The Washington herald., 1909-04-25
OPTLSTS KNOW "FAITH is The BEACON LIGHT OF HUMANITY"

for we lack their guiding instinct Faith
Is the lever by which intelligent effort
laceompl shes al that is worth accom-
plishing. Without faith the progress of
the world would cease Without faith 1t
IS impossible 10 please God
ss Second street no-thres;.
Faith. mighty faith. the promise sees.
And looks az thar alone;
Laughs al fmpossibilities.
And cries, Il shall be done.
Charles Wesley
WILBUR p MCDANIEL
ls street southeast.
This IS a healthy, a practical, a work
ing faith. First, that a mans business is
10 90 the viii OF God. second. that God
takes upon Himself the care OF that man;
third and. therefore. that a man ought
never TO be afraid Of anything.-George
Macdonald. Mrs EDWIN ELKINs.
Guilfurd College. y. c
Nothing before. nothing behind;
The steps OF faith
Fall on the seeming void and find
The rock beneath Whittier
FRANCES E BURNS.
~ Ontario road.
Faith is the scafolding upon which man
stands to construct or change whatever
he pleases. By faith he conquers him
self. subdues sin. banishes disease. dis
arms death OF terro-s. sustains COM
mercial life. leads oaptives the elements.
sscends the air and sails through the
clouds, mounts up into heaven. enters
into unison with his God. and becomes a
part Of the great creative forces Of the
universe WILLIAM L BOARD
IOl5 T S-set northwest
Now faith IS the substance Of things
hoped for. the evidence Of things not
seen--HebTews. xii
Mans best thoughts IN his best mo-
ments are realized by the faith mentioned
in the above citation
HARRY B. MIDKIFF.
ms F1aEleT pllc. northwest.
know not where His Islands lift
Their frOuded palms IN air;
only know we cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
And so beside the silent sea
I wait the mufied oar;
No harm from Him can come 20 ne
On ocean or on shore.-Whittier
N. D. CARTER
When ve have faith IN the faithful
faith IN the faIthless. then we have faith
In ourselves. ANNA FROw PENNYwITT
Glenzrlyu. Va
y faith produce no works. I see
That faith Is not living tree.
Thus faith and works together grow.
No separate life they Ger can know;
They're soul and body. hand and heart:
What God hath joined lei no man part
Hannah More.
KATHRYN Z. PHELPS.
I5oI Fifteenth street northwest
Samuel Taylor CoIeridge's definition ap-
peals 70 ne very much and is as follows.
''Faith-Jhst Is. fideEty-the fealty Of the
finite viii and the understanding 70 the
reason" Ny own idea IS. faith Is an IN
spoken password, the insignia OF the life
OF happiness and COntentment.
sIlS Fourteenth stree, Borthvest
Behold the fowls o. the air: fc- they
SOW not. neither do they reap nor gather
into barns. yet your Heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better
than they?
Which OF YOU by taking thought can
add one cubit unto hts stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment7
Consider the lilies OF the field. how they
grow; they toll not. neither do they spin.
And yet say unto YOU that even Solo
mon IN al his glory was not arrayed like
one OF these. Wherefore. Il God SO cl0fhe
the grass Of the field. which to-day is anG
tomorrow IS cast into the oven. shall he
not much more ciOthe YOU. ye OF little
faith.-From the Sermon on the Mount
r. z. BABCoCR.
Rock Eaven. D. c
Confidence in things unseen has caused
men 20 undertake new and strange enter
prisss Ike wireless telegraphy. flying ma
chimes, &c, which have resulted in ex-
hilarating success In the meanwhile
their less hopeful and less imaginative
brothers trusted only 10 results which
their eyes had seen The latter out Of
their monotonous past carved for them
selves q monOtonous future. At times the
dreariness of their lives grew into apathy.
an apathy Ike that OF the voiceless who
have known the cross without the crown
OF glory II IS due 20 belief In the un-
developed powers o. the blind that many