Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-02
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
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For Sunday, June 3. 1905.
Topic: Faith; What 1t is, What 1t Does ICON
seeration Meeting) Hebrews xi:1-4o, xiii. 2
we nave not room to print the whole
forty-two verses of this wonderful chap
ter, this splendid record of faith. Let us
catch together the representative verses
The definition:
/. Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for. the evidence of things not seen.
Examples:
2. For by 1t the elders obtained a good
report.
3. Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God.
SO that things which are seen were not
made Of things which do appear
Then comes the faith of Abel and Enoch
In practical Illustration.
The necessity for 1t:
6. But without faith 1t Is impossible to
please Him; for he that cometh to God
must believe that He is and that He is a
rewarder OF them that diligently seek Him.
Then follow the instances of the faith of
Moan, Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
and Moses. the whole subject Of faith seem
ing TO find a focus in that sentence about
Moses. for he endured, as seeing Him who
Is rs invisible" The reality of the invisible.
other witnesses for the faith Even the
stones. "the walls of Jericho" cry out for
the faith az they fall, and Rahab, the har-
lot, Is made to witness for God. There
stand that mighty array of the great dead
Of former times silently witnessing to the
faith that we profess, witnessing for our
encouragement when our faith fails or
grows dim-Barak and Gideon and Samson
and Jephthae and David and Samuel and
the prophets. Women who received their
dead back to life, martyrs who dared all
fortunes known to human ingenuity for the
sake OF the faith. all testifying. Dare we
doubt or grow weak?
The admonltion:
Heb. Kill. Wherefore seeing we also are
comprised about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside. every weight
and let us run with patience the race that
is set before us.
g. Looking unto Jesus. the author and fin
Usher OF our faith. who for the joy that
was set before Him, endured the cross
despisng the shame, and Is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God
Faith what IL is-The bridge between the
seen and the unseen that makes us willing
to bear and wait. and endure, and give up
What IL does-For Abel 1t enabled him
to offer the perfect sacrifice from the heart
and not to be overcome by selfishness; for
Enoch It annihilated death itself: for Noah
II preserved him and his family against
seeming impossibility when all others were
lost, for Abraham, 1t enabled him to go
out into a strange land. not knowing the
future-to believe when ways and means
seemed impossible-to give up the dearest
thing in life. And so ON we might go down
1.-THE splendid roll call OF the heroes of
faith.' as this chapter has been called.
What Is our faith. yours and mine? Does
II bridge over for us the dark valley of mys-
terry between the here and now and the
beyond? Are you content about the blank
that lies in your future? Is your faith to
| you truly 1.-The substance of things hoped
| for, the evidence of things not seem or
| are you only feebly. tremblingly hoping
| II will be some time before you come 10
| die? II your faith is not that bridge then
| there is something wrong about It. You
| need 10 attend to II, to strengthen II, to
| make ii reality, not hope OF possession
| that you talk about, for without faith 1t
| is impossible to please God" do not mean
| that the fear of death must necessarily be
| taken away from you-though that, too,
| may be conquered through faith in Him
who has died and rose again for us-but
| that you are willing to leave all that fear
| In His hands and not spend painful hours
| in thinking about 1t. knowing you can trust
: Him 70 do the best for you
4 Next. what should your faith do for you
that Ii is not doing now? Are you called
upon, like Abel, to offer SACRIFICES and is
| there danger that they may be more like
Cainsf Must you, perhaps. go into Q
strange land among those who do not