Let it be far, O Lord, — let it be far from the heart of Your servant who confesses unto You; let it be far from me to think myself happy , be the joy what it may. For there is a joy which is not granted to the wicked , 25Isaiah 48:22 but to those who worship You thankfully, whose joy You Yourself art. And the happy life is this — to rejoice unto You, in You, and for You; this it is, and there is no other. But those who think there is another follow after another joy , and that not the true one. Their will, however, is not turned away from some shadow of joy .
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