[Bible Light 19.1 (2000):3, 7.] Every human being desires to be happy and at peace. Men abhor misery, suffering, unpleasantness and unhappiness. It was this sentiment that caused Ella Wheeler Wilcox to write: Laugh and the world laughs with you:Weep and you weep alone.For the sad old earthMust borrow its mirth;But has trouble enough of its own. Not only does man long for happiness, but God intended that his creatures should be happy. It is safe to say that the pursuits and endeavors of men through the ages have been in quest of true and lasting happiness, but frequently to no avail. This is not due to the failure of God who has done his part, but the failure of men to do theirs. This human failure is twofold, to recognize that happiness is of two kinds and to seek for genuine happiness where it may be found. The kind of happiness for which most men seek is purely animalistic pleasure. It consists in eating, drinking, sleeping, lusting and conquering — the same kind of happiness that an animal might seek and find. A Gospel preacher during a meeting heard two couples in the hotel room next to his drinking, fighting, arguing, laughing and cursing throughout the night. The next day he heard them exclaim in voices of jubilation, “Didn’t we have a wonderful time last night!” They had a pale, pathetic idea of happiness, a cheap imitation, a fading fancy, fitting well into the statement of Paul, “But she that …