The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26
1.-THE KIND OF WORLD
 IT WOULD BE A
 JOY TO LIVE IN"
Dr. Byrnes' Sermon Last Night an
 Ideal Picture of Happiness
Statement November 20, 1917
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Dr. Thomas P. Byrnes, in the First Unitarian church Sunday night' preached a splendid sermon on A Happy Human World
 Dr. Byrnes said in part:
 prhe kind of world in which it would be a joy to live in would be democratic world, a world in which the people had a chance, world in which man as man is honored and revered, a world whose business, in- dustry, schools and churches are all run in the interest of all humanity and not for cliques and classes. world in which merit wins, in which virtue is daily rewarded, world in which righteousness conquers, a world in which God is loved, revered, hon. ored and obeyed.
 "A world in which it would be joy to live in, would be world or love and brotherhood, world of good will and food feeling among men. It would be a world in which the hu- man heart would be given 8 chance to express it's best life, to make good with it's most natural and most dom inant sentiments, and to link llte with life, and heart with heart in an even widening circle of human broth : erhood
 "A world in which it would be ioy to live in, would be world in which a modest victory and success would be possible for the average and the common man A world neither too easy to destroy ambition ana worthy aspiration, nor too hard to destroy courage, faith and hope. The
 eli, ad university of hard knocks by telling us that the worlds greatest leaders have come from its hardy classrooms and rugged corridors.
 But we are in danger of overdoing the merits of the university of hard knocks for while struggle discipline and hard toll are essential to big achievements and heroic manhood, yet handieaps too hard to overcome, dif- faculties that are insurmountable and the honest labor that is poorly re- wardAd discourage, deaden and dis hearten instead of inspiring and stim- ulating the men and women of this world.
 eve ask for a world in which real struggle wins it's goal, in which hero ism is really appreciated and in which honest toll wins it's just deserts. This will be a happy world, when every man does his part for the common good, when every man shall have his natural right to the earth fully rec ognized and honored in the social and civic laws of the land, and when the great stores of nature will be open to the common children of the God who created them.
 This will be a happy world when air and sunshine will be free to all, and when every man will reap the full fruit of his honest toil
 This will be happy world in which to live when our great cities will have been made clean and san itary, when health will be more catch ing than disease; when joy and labor will go hand in hand; when play will be as much provided for as food and clothing; when playgrounds will be- come more common than jails and when joy and amusement will be re- garded as sacred and legitimate as prayer and fasting. This will be a happy world to live in when beauty becomes a passion among men, when religion Is linked with sunshine and gladness. laughter and song, when grace and refinement, ever grace the brow of strength and heroism, and when intellectual aspiration and moral struggle will be regarded as the natural mood and daily life ot upward climbing men and women"