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God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable

August 19, 2013August 5, 2013 by Tim

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Maybe you’ve heard the saying “God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable,” but I bet you didn’t know that this expression was originally coined in 1902 to describe the important role that newspapers play in society!

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