The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
WILL Be CONTINUED
Another Revival Was Started by 10
cal Ministers Last Night.
AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
II Is to Be Of the ArsumentatiVe
and Reasoning Character-Good
Singing Is Promised me
First Subject OF Discourse.

Another revival was started fast
evening and will run course OF unde-
termined length at the Christlan
church. at the corner of Oak ana Sixth
streets. and will be conducted by the
pastor. Elder George f. Barnaby. Inc
work is to supplement in a way the re-
cent services held in this city by the
united churches and Is to be OF the
argumentative and reasoning charac-
ter. according to the minister's manner
of argument Good singing Is prom
ised. The subject this evening is Ihe
First Step" ,.,
The sermon last night was on fafth,
and based on the following text;
For whatsoever is not of fatth is SIN,
Romans. 14:23. But without faith III
is Impossible to please him. heoie"9'
l1:6.
A synopsis is as follows:
The question naturally arises, what
Is faith? We answer negatively: First,
Faith is not feeling; second, falth Is
not seeing; third faith is not a miracle
Faith is not feeling-Beauty pleases
the eve. while destruction causes pain.
This we call cause and effect. BY the
sound of sweet music / am charmed,
or by the dark clouds and loud peals
of thunder / am terrified. am
charmed not by the nature of hearing
but by the thing heard. The same
may be said of smelling; II does not
consist in the mode or manner OF smell
ing but the thing smeh. Bitter and
sweet come in contact with the taste
The effect of this contact would not be
the manner of taste but the thing tast-
ed. Cold and heat are realized how!
When we come in contact with frost
or flame credit must not be given the
manner or mode of feeling but rather
4. Tn
smelling, tasting and feeling we call
exercising the five senses. This is not
faith.
Faith Is not seeing-The Apostle
Paul says: We walk by faith, not by
sight" second Cor, VT; hence faith Is
not seeing in a scriptural sense, ac-
cording to this language of Paul.
Again, the same author, speaking to
the Hebrews, says: Now faith is the
confidence Of things hoped for, the evil
5ence of things not seem" Hebrews,
XII, 1; or, according TO the literal trans
lation by Joseph II. Rotherham, But
faith is of things hoped for, a conf
dence-of facts, a conviction, when
they are not seen" Once more the
same apostle records, For he that
cometh to the Lord, must believe that
he is, and that he is. a rewarder of
them that diligently seek Him." He
brews, xi.:6. Conclusion, faith is not
seeing. Jesus said to Thomas, BLESS
ed are they that have not seen, and
yet have believed" John, Xxx. :29; hence
the conclusion, faith is not seeing.
Faith is not a miracle-Why? God is
the author of miracles and the power
to perform miracles was a special gift;
see Exodus for the story of the Egyp-
tian plaques and the dividing of the
Red sea Again the book of Joshua
tells us that the waters of Jordan
stood and rose up upon an heap"
Joshua. Ill. :16; as also the falling of
the walls of Jericho, Joshua vi. 20. All
this under the o. t. dispensation. The
power TO perform miracles was given
to Jesus, viz: Turning water into
wine. giving sight to the blind. hear
ing to the deaf, speech to the dumb,
healing all manner of sickness and dis
ease, raising the dead, controlling ma
ture (wind and wave). This before
His resurrection. After His resurrec-
ton from the dead he gave the apos-
ties this power; see book of acts When
the last apostle died miracles ended,
but faith Is still in the world. Faith is
not a miracle. Another reason: All
mankind can have faith. but not the
power TO perform miracles; see first
Cor. xii. ITO. and also first Cor. xii.
S-13. Faith is the power that works
by love and purifies the heart.