Article July 28, 1928 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from George Lawrence Parker, George H. Morrison, Gardiner M. Day, John M. Thomas

[George Lawrence Parker, in the Christian Register, Boston, Massachusetts] If a man says, "I will some day be happy," he never will be. Real happiness is a case of now or never; for happiness lies inside us and not outside.... Happiness is a social duty, not a selfish possession. I owe it to other people to be happy. The world is a commonwealth. If I store my hoarding of happiness in my own spiritual stocking, I am robbing the public treasury. There is too much talk of happiness as personal bliss, and too little talk of it as a duty to others and to the universe. The duty of happiness, that's the real slogan! Happiness is not merely superficial good cheer. It is a process of education, of personal, scientific, inward skill, the skill of spiritual attitude. Sorrow may overwhelm our bulwarks at times, but never sweep them away. O great Spirit, unite us in deep contentment with Thyself and with our fellows! Teach us the eternal good news of Thy happiness! Unite our social obligation and our moral conduct to Thy stars of hope! Amen.

[From an article by Dr. George H. Morrison, in the British Weekly, London, England]

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