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    The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880
    The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880
    The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880
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    The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880

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      The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 - Various Various

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      Title: The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880

      Author: Various

      Editor: Aaron Walker

      Release Date: May 3, 2009 [EBook #28668]

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      Scientific and Religious Journal.

      THE FOUNTAIN OF HAPPINESS.

      The source and fullness of created good is the knowledge and enjoyment of God. Give what thou wilt, without thee we are poor; and with thee rich, take what thou wilt away. The wicked are like a ship's crew at sea, carried by the winds upon unknown waters, without peace or safety until they can renew communications with the shore. A man alienated from his God is without his proper relations, and separated from the fountain of happiness, is like a child unconscious of his father—an orphan, forced along, the sport of accident, with no hope for the future, but darkness that may overshadow his pathway to the tomb. If we were at once deprived of all knowledge of God where would we find hopes for support in the gloomy hours of adversity? What sadness would reign over the world! What black despair! O, what a chasm it would make to strike the Infinite One out of existence! The angels might retire in silence and weep, or fly through infinite space seeking some token of the Father they had lost. With unbounded grief and despair they might wing their way farther and farther, with their harps all unstrung, and every song silent, and the soul-harrowing words, 'We have no Father, no God, a blind chance rules,' might be all that would break the awful silence of heaven. Let the glorious words once more be heard, 'God reigns, he lives, he reigns,' and what joy would fill the heavens and the earth. The child of sorrow would lift up his head and say, Our Father who art in heaven. The heavenly songsters would string anew their harps, and send the good news far and wide, He lives, he reigns, God over all, blessed forever.

      We are not able to estimate the effect it would produce to blot the knowledge of God from the universe. We can not appreciate the state of that mind which labors under the impression that God is retiring. Perhaps we have one momentary example of the sad gloom that takes possession of the man under such circumstances. It is seen in the Savior's dying words, 'My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?'

      In our nature and condition there are two sources of misery—the mind, or conscience, disturbed by sin, and the body affected by disease and death. Sinful emotions cause disquietude, uneasiness, sorrow and misery, bitterness, recrimination, reciprocated treachery, infuriated rage, malignant and stormy passions; envy, jealousy, suspicion and unlawful desires distract the mind and quench its joys. Who can be happy in such a condition? Disquieted and corrupted affections cause the greater part of the unhappiness or misery of the race. The angels of light could not be happy in such a murky sea. Our great ancestors were doomed to toil in a world of disappointment and sorrow for yielding to such a guide. Haman occupied a high position at the court of Persia, yet he made himself miserable because Mordecai the Jew sat at the king's gate. And Ahab, on the throne of Israel, refused to eat bread because he could not get possession of the vineyard of Naboth. Men can not be happy with such passions reigning in the mind, and yet they are found in almost every bosom, unless it has been purified by the influence of the gospel of Jesus the Christ. The great idols of this world are fame, pleasure and wealth, and the love of these is the strong passion of the heart. But it is the most prolific source of individual, social and public misfortune, the most mischievous, contentious and demoralizing passion. The ambitious, the voluptuous, the rich and the great are not necessarily happy. Alexander wept upon the throne of the world because there was not another world for him to conquer.

      In the midst of seminal pleasures and corrupt passions men are always miserable. The influence of the Gospel of Christ is the only remedy for such diseases. It saves men from aggravating selfishness and holds in check their fierce passions until they are extinguished. Virtuous affections are invariably the great

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