THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Faith triumphs over reason, by securing the revelation of the God of reason. It is done, the fountain is opened: and He who is the beginning of all our hope, stands ready to bring us to its full fruition. -Anna Warner. THE SACRED TEXT And Jesus Christ said unto him, go 27 thy way, thy Faith hath made thee whole. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT -Mark 10: 52. Faith is man's truthful acceptance of God's gift, rising to absolute self-surrender, culminating in personal union with Christ, working within him as a spirit of new life. -F. W. Farrar. Former mercies should encourage you to expect all future favors. The promise is, "To him that hath shall be given." - Unknown. THE SACRED TEXT Righteousness shall be the girdle of 28 His loins, and Faithfulness the girdle of His reins. Isa. 11:5. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Time flies, hope flags, life flies on wearied wing: Death following hard on life gains ground apace; Faith runs with each and runs an eager pace, Outruns the feet, makes light of everything, Spurns earth, and still finds time to play and sing; While love ahead of all uplifts his praise Still asks for grace and still gives thanks for grace, Content with all day brings and night will bring. - Christina G. Rossetti. THE SACRED TEXT 29 Who is Faithful? THE HELPFUL THOUGHT -Num. 12: 7. It God's livery is a very plain one; but its wearers have good reason to be content. it hath not so much gold lace about it as Satan's it keeps out foul weather better and is besides a great deal cheaper. -J. R. Lowell. Howe'er it be, it seems to me Kind hearts are more than coronets -Alfred Tennyson. THE SACRED TEXT 30 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord: and they prepared them, and brought in the offerings and the tithes, and they dedicated things Faithfully. -2 Chr. 31: 12. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT All who have ever been strong for God, have been strong in Him, and have known too, where the secret of their strength lay,in a dependence out of which they would have been consciously weak, and as other But when full of Faith and men. power in the resources of human energy that Faith and power is able to work marvels. -Dora Greenwall. THE SACRED TEXT 31 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of Faith and love; and for an helmet the hope of salvation. -1 Thes. 5:8. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT The victory of Faith proceeds from stage to stage, the first victory is when the present is conquered by the future: the last, when the visible and temporal is despised in comparison of the invisible and eternal. Then earth has lost its power forever, for if all that it has to give be lost eternally the gain of Faith is still infinite. -F. W. Robertson. THE SACRED TEXT 1 April Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found Faithful. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT To believe is to be strong. energy. -1 Cor. 4: 1, 2. Doubt cramps Faith has power. Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth the doing. It is not so far as a man doubts, but so far as he believes that he can achieve or perfect anything. -F. W. Robertson. THE SACRED TEXT 2 I sent to know your Faith lest by some means the tempter have tempted you. -1 Thes. 3:5. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Faith is the very heroism and enterprise of intellect. Faith is not a passivity but a faculty. Faith is power, the material of effort. Faith |