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which, yet, is no succession, in the sense in which that word is commonly used by us for our worldly expression.
GOD.
From the foregoing analysis it is obvious that pure joy is a state which is not created temporarily by the absorption of any external material, but which is inberent in the very nature of the soul, and comes into manifestation by the removal of fetters from it. Now, the permanent success of man, in some particular enterprise, removes an idea of want from the soul and lifts it up, as it were, from the slough of despond into which it was thrown by virtue of the desire for that particular thing. Its fetters, thus, consist of the ideas of want, ie., desires, which it has collected about itself; and, as each idea of want or desire is replaced by one of fulness and success, it rises triumphant and exultant in its real inherent glory, and leaps for pure joy.
The word delight itself, if analyzed, conveys a very accurate idea of the feeling of joy. It is a compound word, made up of the Latin prefix de, employed to denote the idea of increase or intensity, and of 'light,' used in contradistinction to 'heavy;' and means a state of feeling which is opposed to the care-laden, i.e., worried, or sorrowful, attitude of the soul. Thus, delight signifies mental ease, i.e., freedom from care, hence, the state of buoyancy and light-heartedness which is a necessary concomitant of release from anxiety. The word 'release' itself only means liberation or discharge from some sort of confinement or bondage, or from care, pain, or burden of some kind, or from some obligation, responsibility, or penalty, and also signifies acquittance. The idea con
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