APPRECIATION OF INJUSTICE 149 



The Psalms are inspired by these messages of 

 comfort : for centuries they have calmed the 

 distressed and strengthened the faint-hearted 

 amongst every denomination of Christians in 

 every country of Europe. Christianity offers a 

 more substantial solace : the wrongs of this life 

 will be redressed hereafter : even the injustices 

 of death are only passing. The doctrine of 

 Fatalism offers no hope, and is content to point 

 out that preordained fate is the cause of both 

 justice and injustice. Yet it has reconciled 

 millions of Orientals to tyranny, poverty, and 

 degradation. But these explanations are not 

 always convincing : at times men violently 

 reject them, and, inferring that their wrongs are 

 capable of being remedied, set their hands to 

 strikes, riots, and revolutions. 



