Justice in Death – Sunday, March 17, 1940

Walking through the ways of life, we see many enter and leave the scene of human activity through the portals of birth and of death. With our limited understanding, we do not always agree with the time and the place and the manner in which men come and go.

We see many live and prosper whom we may not think deserve to live and prosper. We see many die who, from our point of view, have earned the right to live and whose presence among men is sorely needed. And if, with our limited perspective and understanding, we were called upon to give an explanation of the pattern of 1ife and death, as it daily takes shape before our eyes, we might be led to conclude that in it all there is lack of purpose, lack of justice, lack of consistency.

But fortunately for us and all men, our brothers, it has not been given unto us to judge nor to executes nor to measure out the days and the years of men. We may be most grateful that such matters belong to the Lord God our Father who sees things past and things to come. Men so often forget that thought expressed by Isaiah, wherein he said: “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace; they shall rest * * * each one walking in his uprightness.” (Isaiah, 57:1 and 2) .

March 17, 1940
Broadcast Number 0,552