THE SACRED TEXT 27 In every place your Faith to Godward is spread abroad. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT 1 Thes. 1:8. Be Be willing to live by believing and neither think nor desire to live any other way. willing to see every outward light extinguished, to see the eclipse of every star in the blue heavens, leaving nothing but darkness and perils around, if God will only leave in the soul the inner radiance, the pure lamp which Faith has kindled. -J. C. Upham. THE SACRED TEXT 28 Serving the Lord with all humility and Faith toward our Lord -Acts 20:21. Jesus Christ. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT The shadow which pursues us all, Whose voice we hear behind us all— That shadow blends with mountain gray, Assured that He whose presence fills The simple Faith remains, that He The best alike for men and tree. -J. G. Whittier. THE SACRED TEXT 29 to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly truth. dividing the word of -2 Tim. 2:13-15. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Oh, the pity of it!—that men and women, thousands of them about us, capable of the highest spiritual life and the noblest character, should live and go to their graves, without realizing the beauty, the comfort, and the grandeur of the Christian Faith! O that we could move them to it, and chains of love! bind them to it with -William Laurence. THE SACRED TEXT 30 Paul steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had Faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. -Acts 14:9. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT It is only by the performance of duty that Faith can be increased. It is a fact that nearly all of us want to reap the reward before we run the race. We want robustness of body before we have exposed it to the elements which give strength. The grain of mustard seed is very small-but under proper circumstances it grows to be a vigorous and prominent shoot. So a slight real Faith will grow and achieve what under other circumstances is simply impossible. 81 -7. N. Hallock. May "O God our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness. Be ready, we beseech Thee, to hear the devout prayers of Thy Church; And grant that those things which we ask Faithfully we may obtain effectually: through Jesus Christ our Lord." Amen. -The Book of Common Prayer. 82 THE SACRED TEXT May Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: and do count them as dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the Faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by Faith. -Phil. 3:8, 9. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Faith in God produces a higher life and greater gratitude than any other principle. They live indeed who live by Faith. -C. H. Spurgeon. THE SACRED TEXT 2 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of Faith. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT -Heb. 10: 22. The simplest Faith be it only deep and trustful, the very smallest idea of a mission |