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"sane men could have been led to the invention or discussion of such trivialities. The Puritanic Sabbath was child's play compared with the rigor of that of the Pharisees. Like the Puritans they believed that God was to be served in a spirit of sadness and gloom, and how great was their error may be learned from Christ and His followers. " Rejoice and be glad," He says, " for your reward is exceeding great," and, " Be not like the hypocrites, sad." " Rejoice," says St. Paul, "and again I say rejoice; let your moderation be known to all men: the Lord is nigh." Sadness is rather the lot of sinners, of whom St. James says: "Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow. Go to, now, ye rich men; weep and howl in your miseries." Every true servant of God, from that band of Apostles which returned from the Ascension to Jerusalem rejoicing, down to the saints of to-day, has been characterized by a cheerful, joyous disposition. And rightly so, for our body's capacity for enjoyment is to that of our soul as is a shallow cup to a mighty reservoir, and as a source of happiness God is to the world as is a limitless ocean to a little pool. The saints rejoice " always," for worldly joy is fitful, and the only joy that is stable is " joy in the Lord." Theirs is a double joy, for they rejoice in the Lord, and again in His works; in God their Creator, and again in God their Redeemer; in prosperity, and again in adversity. Theirs is an evenly-balanced joy, without excess, without irreverence, their moderation patent to all men, for their