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fortune definition: bad luck, or an unlucky event: and other external, arbitrary forces affecting human affairs. Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Online Edition (1 of 8 meanings) 1. Properly, chance; accident; luck; the arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner. Hence the heathens...

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise. Charles Hodge