Comfort For The Oppressed.....

Have you ever noticed that throughout your lifetime..
Certain words have been repeated over and over in the headlines ?

Are you tired of reading such words as war, crime, disaster, hunger,
and suffering ?

One word , though, has been conspicuously absent from the news
reports. Yet, it is a word representing something that mankind greatly
needs. The word is " comfort ".

"To comfort " means " to give strength and hope to " and " to ease
the grief or trouble of " someone. With all the turmoil the world has
passed through in the 20th century , hope and an easing of grief
are sorely needed..

True, some of us today enjoy more creature comforts than our
ancestors ever imagined possible. This is largely thanks to scientific
progress. But science and technology have not comforted us in the
sense of removeing all the causes of suffering from mankind.

What are theses causes ?

Many centuries ago the wise man Solomon spoke of one basic cause
of suffering when he said. " Man has dominated man to his injury. "
{ Ecclesiastes 8:9 }

Science and technology have not been able to change the tendency
of man to want to dominate his fellowman. In the 20th century, this
has led to oppressive dictatorships within countries and to horrendous
wars between countries...