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FAITH.

Faith is the subtle chain

That binds us to the Infinite.

- MRS. E. OAKES SMITH.

Faith is the key that unlocks the cabinet of God's treasures; the king's messenger from the celestial world, to bring all the supplies we need out of the fullness that there is in Christ.

-J. STEPHENS.

Faith makes the discords of the present, the harmonies of the future. ROBERT COLLYER.

Faith converses with the angels, and antedates the hymns of glory.

- JEREMY TAYLOR.

Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do it.

-J. G. HOLLAND.

Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.

- THOMAS GUTHRIE.

Faith is a practical habit, which, like every other, is strengthened and increased by continual exercise. It is nourished by meditation, by prayer, and the devout perusal of the Scriptures; and the light which it diffuses becomes stronger and clearer by an uninterrupted converse with its object, and a faithful compliance with its dictates.

- ROBERT HALL.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

Never yet did there exist a full faith in the Divine word which did not expand the intellect, while it purified the heart; which did not multiply the aims and objects of the understanding, while it fixed and simplified those of the desires and feelings.

-S. T. COLERIDGE.

Faith is seated in the understanding as well as in the will. It has an eye to see Christ as well as a wing to fly to Christ. WATSON.

In reviewing the most mysterious doctrines of revelation, the ultimate appeal is to reason, not to determine whether she could have discovered these truths; not to declare whether, considered in themselves, they appear probable; but to decide whether it is not more reasonable to believe what God speaks than to confide in our own crude and feeble conceptions. No doctrine can be a proper object of our faith, which is not more reasonable to believe than to reject.

- ALEXANDER.

There is a boundary to the understanding, and when it is reached, faith is the continuation of reason.

- WILLIAM ADAMS.

Faith is the revealer of knowledge; it is the office of reason to defend that knowledge and to preserve it pure. Independent knowledge-the knowledge that comes not through faith whether it be of things earthly or things heavenly, never can be

ours.

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There is a power in the soul, quite separate fro lect, which sweeps away or recognizes the marvelous, by which God is felt. Faith stands serenely far above the reach of the atheism of science. It does not rest on the wonderful, but on the eternal wisdom and goodness of God. The revelation of the Son was to proclaim a Father, not a mystery. No science can sweep away the everlasting love which the heart feels, and which the intellect does not even pretend to judge or recognize.

-F. W. ROBERTSON.

Faith is the inspiration of nobleness, it is the strength of integrity; it is the life of love, and is everlasting growth for it; it is courage of soul, and bridges over for our crossing the gulf between worldliness and heavenly-mindedness; and it is the sense of the unseen, without which we could not feel God nor hope for heaven.

WM. MOUNTFord.

Faith, like light, should ever be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.

MARTIN LUTHER.

Given a man full of faith, you will have a man tenacious in purpose, absorbed in one grand object, simple in his motives, in whom selfishness has been driven out by the power of a mightier love, and indolence stirred into unwearied energy. - ALEXANDER MACLAREN.

Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

A man who is not poor nor ill, nor about to be stoned to th, must not distress himself if he does not feel all through his life faith Stephen had only in his last moments.

- WM. MOUNTFORD.

Faith, though it hath sometimes a trembling hand, it must not have a withered hand, but must stretch.

WATSON.

Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.

- H. CLAY TRUMBULL,

Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift.

- MARTIN LUTHER,

Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.

THOMAS BROOKS.

There is a grand fearlessness in faith. He who in his heart of hearts reverences the good, the true, the holy — that is, reverences God does not tremble at the apparent success of attacks upon the outworks of faith. They may shake those who rest on those outworks they do not move him whose soul reposes on the truth itself. He needs no prop or crutches to support his faith. Founded on a Rock, Faith can afford to gaze undismayed at the approaches of Infidelity.

-F. W. ROBERTSON.

The faith of immortality gives to every mind that cherishes it a certain firmness of texture.

- WILBERFORCE.

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain and wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world.

Our Lord does not praise the centurion for his amiable care of his servants, nor for his generosity to the Jews, nor for his public spirit, nor for his humility, but for his faith.

- WILLIAM ADAMS.

Ye children of promise, who are awaiting your call to glory, take possession of the inheritance that now is yours. By faith take the promises. Live upon them, not upon emotions. Remember feeling is not faith. Faith grasps and clings to the promises. Faith says, "I am certain, not because feeling testifies to it, but because God says it."

MANDEVILLE.

Never more than to-day were needed the men of calm and resolute faith. Brothers, to your knees and to your ranks! To your knees in humblest supplication; to your ranks in steadfast bravery which no foe can cause to quail. Stand forth in courage and in gentleness for the truth which you believe to be allied to Freedom and Progress and God. Be so strong that you are not afraid to be just. Cherish a tender humanity and a catholic heart. Then take your stand, calm and moveless the stars.

- WM. M. PUNSHON.