Evil is that which produces unhappiness; anything which either directly or remotely causes suffering of any kind—Webster. This subject, therefore, not only inquires regarding human ailments, sorrows, pains, weaknesses, and death, but goes back of all these to consider their primary cause—sin—and its remedy. Since sin is the cause of evil, its removal is the only method of permanently curing the malady. This booklet discusses why God has permitted evil.