SEE how happy the children in our picture look as they swing to and fro beneath the limb of a beautiful tree, with a carpet of green under their feet. We trust our little readers often have this pleasure.
There are many other ways to have happy times in harmless forms of recreation. For the littlest boys and girls there are toys, and for the older ones there are work and studies, games and outings to give enjoyment that is wholesome.
Those who do not know Jesus as their Saviour seek happiness in worldly things, trying to forget God and His claims upon them, only to find that such happiness is far from satisfying.
If you would know what true happiness is, you must look away from this world to the only One who can satisfy the heart.
Solomon, after repeatedly showing that nothing of this earth is worthwhile, turns our thoughts to something better, saying, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.” Eccl. 12:1.
David said;
“HAPPY IS THAT PEOPLE WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD.” Psa. 144:15.
What happy times we can have communing with our Lord, studying His precious Word, carrying out His blessed will, and serving Him whenever we can. This is true happiness, and when we have learned by experience what such happiness is, we will say with Solomon, of the pleasures of this world,
“All is vanity.”
ML 08/06/1933