The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-09

, man and saw over his desk these words,
M tfings work together for good l said
MY ireid, mat motto or yours is not
cue W ny: sl d ht. It is true; II is taken
YES said /. 'but there is a qualify
ing ciause mat YOU have omitted; that
God
Just so, the qualifying clause las been
Scripture insists upon. and which makes ii
VITAL and true. We are told that through
faith the worlds we've framed, that faith
faith fell.d the walls of a city. and many
ctner mighty things nave heen done
through -iaitl. And so ! would insist that
cleaner 81. Louis. more righteous 81.
Louis that she ADOPT the whole text as
Il motto. instead of the smaller part Of Il.
IT We have faith. rothing shall be inn
possible unto YOU. You. doubtless re-
member the circumstances that called forth
this sentence from tie lips of the Master.
He was at the foot OF The mountain on
whose summit he had been TRANSPORTED. A
man came running to him, saying. lord.
have mercy Oh my son. / brought him 10
him
Alter Jesus had healed the son. his
disciples asked why. they could not cast
was because OF th.ir unbelief. Verify. /
say unto you: Il ye have faith. nothing
1t was not a question of Csrist's
ahl!itE 10 help. but a question of faith on
ihclr p2ru t2ith Is tie basis of success,
unhe!!ef the source o. failure.
II faith Will only provide the channel
sSfeanS of blessing Will always flow
through il. There is no way of getting
water into your house but ty laying pipes
Ter il. No matter how much water Is in
the reservoir. nor how well the engines and
pumps are working. if you do not make the
connection. there is no water for you. 81
we must make a connection with God,
make a channel for spiritual power TO flow
into CIR souls or we Will never have that
Fewer. Ihat channel mrYSf ha faith pa-
ieving IN a thing-a quality-or a person
IS ESSENTIAL 10 getting anything from that
Faith has little TO do with the deter
or settling of facts; that IS the
Office Of the Judgment. the understanding.
use.
The object of our faith determines con- |
duct and character. One man believes in
along that line. Money dominates. gain
him. dollars draw him, and his
faith in money fashions him after the
imn2e OF his idol. His very soul takes on |
u metallic ring.
Another man believes in pleasure as the
end or life. end his vitality is drained in
he is swayed by ii. The result is a frivol- !
Gus: Volati!!zed nature. in which no genuine
ana noble virtue can find root and room to i
or IN anything below the God of heaven |
We become a nonentity among the moral
heaven. The greatest obstacle in the way |
Of bringing the world to Christ is lack OF
faith in God.
The achievements of the past have been |
wrought by men of faith. Human history
would be a weary waste of commonplace |
mad 1t not been for men of faith. Men who |
struck the heaviest blows against the |
EVIL world have been men of faith in God. |
to-day. the men who believe that evil is \
doomed. that sin is weak and cowardly and
destined to defeat. whether in civic. munici- !
pal or religious life. these are the worlds |
Such men believe that Satan |
IS no match for God. that righteousness will
flnaily prevail All things are possible TO |
a man.
what could the church not do in this ]
ssnelation II IL were organized into a body /,
strong believers in the power of God. and
IN inc power of moral forces to bring down
evil? The quickest way to paralyze evil is
70 multiply the number of men and women
OF faith. All things are possible. to a
cnurcn OF mighty believers. all things are
10 a city of mighty believers. ali [
.hinas are possible to q nation of great he
levers. All things in the sphere of personal
Prey al things in the realm of social re-
lo.tn: all things in the. possibility of souI-
evangelization. SUI"
.ihe world needs and awaits for a conn
panv OF believers who will undertake and
expect in the name, OF God. the Impossible "