Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-07
SUNDAY MORNING SERMON.

"For have learned m whatsoever state am therein to be content" "-Phillipans All
 Paul in prison when he wrote the above wise and and great sentence. In it he forth the recipe for the acme of human happiness. contented is the happies man alive. Content grows mans mind and soul with unfailing radiance It brings quiet happiness satisfaction serenity an ideal state nothing else bring.
 Pleasure success riches, fame these bring a bright happiness and thrill that they are short lived. Success and Fame have third twin who with them to all the homes and hearts they visit upon this earth, and this third sinister twin is called Discomfort It will corrode the yelowest gold and tarnish the brilliant tapestries happ from the gayest heart.
 Paul, every Bible student knows, a rich and famous Jew He learned as rabbi and elo- quent David Dark saturnne filled with resstless energy patrcian to his finger tips he despsed the simple Christians. and his thin, face in the rank of those who persecuted the preachers of the creed of the Nazarene.
 And then the Jew became Christian; the arstocrat poor wanderer without place to lay head He changed purple and linen for rough smock
 
 lowly The Romans Jews united to destroy him. But writing his bench in prison the glorious apostle to the genes declared that q have learned whatsoever state I am, therein to be content"
 He was happy in work He was satisfied with his lot He serene and calm and great The petty af- fairs of this world and the ambitions of its rulers and the mouthngs of it's crusaders and the hosannahs ecraons of the rabbe and the laughter and shouting it's seekers after pleasure disturbed him His spirit the prince royal over his flesh.
 Men and women laugh and make merry in the brilliant and only the litter of the the lees of the wine remain is there any pleasure then? Every who has been guest this place that only bitter regret follows in the train of folly The thrills the hrong is in despair because his message did reach the heights of the famous who had gone before The writer sigs he his book will be- classic. There is always richer than the rich;
 greater than the great And the worm that never dies eats at the heart of those to whom the people look up to with envy and admiration
 But the who is strong enough in spirit to be with his lot matter what may be- he is Of the blood royal and prince of the house of Golden
  always balance in his favol His smile diamond and his easy chair under his own and fig is a throne His books are chariot of fire that will carry him the rim the fartherest His table is al ways banquet board because sprinkes the salt of common upon his food. He enves man, there fore he is of all the most to be envied.
 The contented is not only happy, he is great. He has solved the problem of earth and humble fdence in his Maker solve the problem immortality
 Paul. the apostle, lighted lamp prison that to ilumine the world He with his lot there fore he wrought greatly John Bunyan and Cervantes wrote in prison and their books were full of wise maxms and splendid imageries and carried their writings from the gloom of darkness and placed them in the bright light all ages that should them.
 The mind is the master. Each is the captain of his soul Riches and fame have nothing whatever to do with happiness. Love and Kindness and Content are the Handmaidens in the throne the palace of Joy.