The Heart Of Revelation - Further Traits Of The Sacred Heart (1917) (Hardcover)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE HAPPY HEART Neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things are prepared for them that love Him. The Joy or Our Life Happiness?an Essential Impulse HAPPINESS is the possession and enjoyment of good. The pursuit of happiness is the occupation of mankind. We do not perform any act except for good; we do not take a step; we do not move a little finger; we do not so much as lift an eyebrow unless we see at the completion of the act the attainment of some good. Take good out of this world, and every man, woman and child would stop still and do nothing until good came back again. If there was no happy harvest, would the farmer work? If there was no salary, would the laborer work? If there was no profit to be gained, would the railroads run, would the factories smoke or the mills keep their wheels revolving? If there was no honor, no glory, no good for God or man, would writers write, or speakers speak, or statesmen govern? If no charity existed or other virtue, would the Church continue or the schools, or would the Sisters and priests sacrifice home and all to take their places at the altar or in the classroom? No, surely It is good which keeps the world going. From the infant, whose longing for happiness is hardly known except in its weak, helpless cry, to the old, who totter feebly to the grave with the hope of immortality in their dim eyes, all are tending toward happiness. Even the deluded suicide strives blindly but desperately to reach the same goal by hurling himself to death. Happiness is the motive-power of mankind. Happiness?an Impulse Towards God Where does this universal, perpetual, invincible tendency come from and what does it mean? There is only one hand which can implant so deeply and so widely in man, and that is the hand of the Creator,...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	Francis Patrick Donnelly
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-81154-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
LSN:	1-120-81154-6
Barcode:	9781120811547

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