Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-22
TO ~ CoNrINUKD.

It was part ot fauls solaCe when he
came to die that hc hal kept the faith. "
What did the heroic apostle mean: What
the English hing meant when he AFRO
gated to himself the title Defender ~
the Tmth:' or what the theologian might
mean who shodld urge his claim to such
title, as founded upon his evidences,
| has logic aud lis acum.n: Did Paul con.
ceive the faith - - treasure tp be hoarled
and guarded: Were his "reminiscences "a
| satisfactory becaus,. he had Rugged tn,
faith Ia his breast a. something - riC.
that none might hope 10 take II from
him until they had first destroyed him ?
In hi old age did he congratulate him
self upon hiS fidelity in keeping watch
above the faith. committed 10 him a. u
trust. from which he had been able Ia
warn all IncidlerS away;
What evidence IL there that Paul
thought OF The faith IS system of ab.
Stract truth Of which he wa. u war,lrr
merely: Was not the question of LOYALTY
= personal question To hims Tn. faith
was the Chri~t The elements ~ il were
not distractions of the Iaiud. bat facts
faith WA Ia know and assert The fact,
which composed il. Paul was mis-
siunary, not n thrologiau. Ne looked
back upon his life with Satisfaction and
pIrloudple comulacency because. i; had
been from the nr,t day OF his surrender
to Christ "A constantly loyal devotion to
hls Lord. for whom he had suffered the
loss ut all things To know whom, aud
10 make him known, hal been his one
aim. His keeping of the faith had bcen
neither Apologize nor polelnic; it had
been, rather, positive and direct service
for man, prompted by love, in making
known the Christ In word, he had
kept the faith by spreading the faith.
With industry, enthusiasm. self sacrifice
he had gone everywhere, heraliins the
Christ as the saviour of men. The longer
he had done this. the less likely his own
faiths decline. The more he wrought
the less possibility that he would WAIVER.
The vitality. the increase of his own
fellowship with Christ had been pre- /
served and promoted by the exercise of /,
his apostleship. Because he had labored /
50 ardenily the faith ofother men in the
gospel had ilourished SD abundantly.
rs recognized force and factor in the
life of man that gospel had never been
so strong la the world IA when Paul. in
Rome, could say, Il have kept the .
faith He had wrought by love, aud .
the very movement of the faith, active
in him, had kept it pure and made
1t great. II is the flowing stream that is
ever clearing itself; the moving waters
that win tributary streams. The way
to keep the faith is To spread the faith.
The way Ia enlarge the faith il To scat
ter the faith abroad. There is that
scaitereth and vet increaseth, and there
IL that withholdeth more than is meet,
but IT tendeth To poverty" Is a prOyerb
as applicable 10 truth as 10 corn or
money. The believing ages of the
church have been the missionary epochs
of her history. The missionary. the evan
gelist. the herald of the Christ of every
order, or of noue-these are the true de-
Tenders of the faith. When they cease
their aggressive labors the faith must
wane. 1t is "a truth for the humblest
disciple as well as for the wisest scholar
IN the things Of Christ. The way to
keep the faith is to spread the faith
Christian Inquirer.