The Secret of Happiness [antikvár]

Preface I sat down to write a book on "The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached"—the Sermon on the Mount—but I got no further than the eight Beatitudes. The more I read them, meditated on them and studied them, the more I realized that Christ was giving a formula for personal hap-piness that applied to anyone, no matter what his race, geo-graphical situation, age or circumstance! I have based my comments on the beautiful and beloved King James Version of the Beatitudes, although I follow the suggestion of scholars and many modern Bible translations who use the word "happy" for "blessed" since it suggests joy in the midst of real life. When trying to put these thoughts on paper, I consulted with other writers. In these few statements Jesus shares almost the whole depth and scope of His teaching. As someone has said, "The character which we find in the Beatitudes is beyond all question, nothing less than our Lord's own character put into words. It is a description set side by side with an example," The Beatitudes are revolutionary! Startiing! Deeply pro-found, and yet amazingly simple! If applied on a universal scale, they could transform the world in which we live. p