James Foote on God as the source of all happiness

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God himself is the source of all happiness, and the centre of all rest. Why is it that we have been subjected to any trouble or disquietude, but because we have wandered from God—but because we have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewn out to ourselves broken cisterns that can hold no water?

Hence, it is only by returning to God, that we can recover our lost peace. Believe it, my friends, the eternal Jehovah, who is possessed of every perfection in himself, and who is the author of life to you, is the only satisfying portion, the only rest for your rational and immortal spirits. If He smile on you, all will be peace; if he frown, nothing can give you rest. …

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