Ultimate Justice

One of the seemingly unfortunate circumstances of life is the matter in which the innocent are called upon to suffer with the guilty. If misfortune came only to those who is responsible for it, we could welcome it as an avenging angel, but, in the complexity of our living, trouble visits many, and when it is started in one place it travels to another. Dishonesty in high places causes misery all down the line. The failure of the financial institution, the misuse of public funds, the inroads of the racketeer, the wild careening of a drunken driver, spread hurt and sorrow and human suffering far beyond those who are directly responsible. We would oftentimes be led to think upon the unfairness of life except for our unshakable faith in the unfailing wisdom and justice of God our Father. Neither here nor hereafter shall we ever find any innocent victim of an evil, who would be willing to change places with the man by whom the evil was brought about. To carry a conscience of guilt around in this life is punished enough through all the sleeping and waking hours of those who have it. And then, after that, add to this present punishment those accusations which we shall carry with us when we leave this life, and we have ample justice for the quality and sure compensation for those who suffer unjustly by the hands of others. Ultimately, no man will ever fail to receive what he deserves, what he is entitled to—and this is a source of comfort and assurance.