Joy And Power Author:Henry Van Dyke Surely such a notion is far from the spirit of Jesus. There is nothing of the hardness of Stoicism, the coldness of Buddhism, in Christ's gospel. It is humane, sympathetic, consoling. Unrest and weariness, the fever of passion and the chill of despair, soul-solitude and heart-trouble, are the very things that He comes to cure. He begins His grea... more »t discourse with a series of beatitudes. "Blessed" is the word. "Happy" is the meaning.« less