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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61389" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61389" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Mirth,]] n. merth. Social merriment hilarity high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company noisy gayety jollity. Mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise. </p> <p> With genial joy to warm the soul, </p> <p> Bright [[Helen]] mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl. </p> <p> [[I]] will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah 7 </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_144372" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_144372" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity. </p> <p> (2): (n.) That which causes merriment. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) That which causes merriment. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51023" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51023" /> == | ||
<p> the expression of joy, gayety, merriment, is thus distinguished from its synonym, cheerfulness: Mirth is considered as an act, cheerfulness a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient; cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy: on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. </p> <p> Mirth is sinful, </p> <p> 1. When men rejoice in that which is evil. </p> <p> 2. When unreasonable. </p> <p> 3. When tending to commit sin. </p> <p> 4. When a hinderance to duty. </p> <p> 5. When it is blasphemous and profane. </p> | <p> the expression of joy, gayety, merriment, is thus distinguished from its synonym, cheerfulness: Mirth is considered as an act, cheerfulness a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient; cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy: on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. </p> <p> Mirth is sinful, </p> <p> '''1.''' When men rejoice in that which is evil. </p> <p> '''2.''' When unreasonable. </p> <p> '''3.''' When tending to commit sin. </p> <p> '''4.''' When a hinderance to duty. </p> <p> '''5.''' When it is blasphemous and profane. </p> | ||
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