The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-06-12

To tell lust how each OF these per-
sons showed their faith would be hard,
II we held faith down to the common
prcScut-day acceptance 81 the word.
We can begin the lesson in no better
way than by writing Our own under
standing oi this first verse,
THE LESSON.
y. /. Faith is the substance Of
things hoped for" But things hoped
for" have ~ VI no real existence,
and therefore cannot have Substance
in the ordinary sense oi that word \
thing that has substance is a substan-
tial thing. and No thing hoped Tor is
substantial
Substance" is the English repre-
scntation al two Latin words COM
bincd. sub under, and dcrivativc
al the verb "Sto." II stand" \ sub
stance is thing that stands under,
forms a basi, ior some other thing.
Read the first verse in this light.
Faith the thing that stands under
what one hopes for" One would be
foolish TO hope for something without
a reason There must Away, be some
sor, OF belief back "i hope That
belief when it comes ont ni conscious
relation To God is faith
The evidence 81 things not seen"
This word evidence does not mean
what 1t does in a court room. II also
mu>, he carried back TO its Latin ori-
GIN. "cx." "out off, away from"
"out at. violence" "A locking"
whole word. evidence. evidence. a
looking uul IL Things invisible ."
Mo>c, endured a. seeing him who was
invisible Faith is q looking ont and
away u, invisible things
The whole lesson can be tested by
this explanation
V ; It was by 1t the cider, oh.
those ~ Presbyterian church. but
ancestors. men OF long ago. They are
well known and remembered simply
because they rested uu God iur what
they expected. There must have been
great promises from God to- those dis
tant men. and they believed them.
They could no, see clearly how things
were Ia be. hut they looked ont in the
direction ui those invisible things and
hoped and PRAYED and waited
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