(c) Every human being has need of suffering in one or other of its various aspects, penal, corrective or preventive. 2. In the field of Religion. (a) Belief in a future life. Craving of human heart for justice, man's own verdict on his sin. (b) Sacrifice acceptable to God . The root of sacrifice is self-sacrifice. Giving the best. Suffering has a mysterious value. 3. A modern attitude: ignore pain. (a) The avoidance of the Crucifix. A gilded Cross. Easter without Lent. (b) The idea of a God of love - no pain - neither the example or teaching of Christ. (c) Pain, sorrow - hope, joy, love. C. The Christian Approach . 1 .Christianity once and for all has put the value before the painfulness in our thoughts - the Author and Finisher of our Faith . "For the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame." And, as St . Paul says, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding weight of glory, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen." 2. Face our problem of suffering. Gethsemane faced. 3. endured. Offer our affliction to God . stands... Suffering - sorrow - the greatest power in the world. God is love - and love as we know it must be shown in sacrifice. The way to God is the way of the Cross. 33