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TRUE SPIRITUALISM 243
do nothing to help that poor man who lives
in the
square?"
"What is the matter with him?" I asked.
"Only that he is the most miserable man I know."
"Why doesn't he seek for happiness, then?" I
said.
"That's just what he has been doing all his life."
"Then why is he not happy?"
"Simply because he has got all he wants, which
seems always fatal, to happiness."
He was a poor boy once, but he believed if he was
rich he would be happy. He became rich.
He then was .sure that if he had a good social
position he would be happy. He got it. He then
thought that what he wanted to make him happy
was a fine, large house. He bought it.
Still seeking happiness, he discovered that what
he really wanted was to adorn his walls with the
almost priceless pictures of the one artist he adored.
He, at last, bought several for a great sum. Still
defeated, and growing old, he felt what he yet
required to satisfy him was a first-rate chef to gratify
his fastidious tastes. He got- one at a great cost.
And now, having caught all his birds, he is the most
miserable man my friend knows, for they won't sing.
His mistake is obvious, and is twofold: First, he
believed a lie, and was undone. Secondly, he
sought his happiness "beneath the sun," where it
isn't to be found.
The Truth at
Last
Let him, even now, look "above the sun" into
the face of Jesus Christ, and he will find there, in
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