ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1847, BY FOWLERS AND WELLS, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. ARTICLE I. A HAPPY YEAR-A HAPPY LIFE. HAPPINESS is the one constitutional function of human nature-the only legitimate product of every organ of the body, every faculty of the mind, every element and function of our entire being. What but ENJOYMENT, both in their respective functions themselves, and in all those objects they were created to subserve, is the natural product of muscular action, of breathing, eating, seeing, hearing, and every other physical function of man? And is not Benevolence naturally calculated to enhance the happiness of both giver and receiver, and Veneration constitutionally adapted to render us happy in the worship of God, and in all those puri. fying influences devotion sheds abroad through the soul? Is not Ideality ordained to fill the mind with delight as it contemplates the beautiful and perfect as seen in nature; and thus of all the other human powers and capabilities? And was any faculty of mind created for any other object than to confer enjoyment, both in the exercise of these faculties, and in all those ends they are naturally adapted to attain? I repeat, every power, every function, every element of man centers in this one focusENJOYMENT—this sole legitimate function of our entire being. Behold, then, in this summary of human nature, in connection with the fact that all mankind love happiness, and love nothing else except and as far as it subserves this one end, the infinite Benevolence of God! Behold, also, the one object which we should pursue from the cradle to the grave. We should live and strive solely to render ourselves happy. The catechism tells us "the chief end of man is to glorify God." Granted; and since he made us for the express purpose of being HAPPY, we glorify him in and by promoting this end of our being. Nor will anything else please or "glorify" him, because he made and has adapted us for nothing else. How, then, can we fulfil this destiny of our being, and thus "glorify God?" By "obeying his commandments" in rendering obedience to |