The Washington herald., 1909-04-25

q loving Creator. That is the inherent
/ duty OF all men.
! The quotation from Whittier sent IN by
Mrs Emma I Giering, Of 20 Gars!de
street Newark, y. J., wins the third
/ prize OF So
! Through this dark and stormy night
/ Faith behoids a feeble light
Up the blackness streaking:
/ Knowing Gods own time is best
/ IN patient hope rest,
For the full daybreaking.
For the next FIVE prizes OF 81 each 7
have made the selections which are print
Z ed below.
Better trust all and be deceived,
And weep that trust and that deceiving.
/ Than doub; one heart that. If believed.
Had blessed ones life with true
I believing
ELEANOR sPoIswooD H1cKsox.
/ Nathalie Va
( Faith builds a CauseWay 10 the stars,
And over it we tread.
/ Faith Is a slender silzen thread.
! And by II We are led.
/ Faith brings 70 light the tiny flowers
J That spring up one by one.
! And faith controls the planets swing
! Around the blazing sun.
/ With faith fl God and faith in man
We pave the way 20 heaven.
+ Pure faith is Ike the polar star
For human guidance given
/ Ii5 street nor1hvssy.
+ Faith Is a bulwarlc our strength. our
{ shelter IN hours OF direst need When
I dIsaDpOinImenIs assaH rs and wreck
+ threatens mid the breakers OF doubt and
despondency. faith IN God ourselves or
some one comes 10 the rescue and casts
+ us anchor where hope nlumines the way.
. 7 is faith that makes faithful The
( knowledge that some one believes in US.
+ trusts Us. is an incentive 10 greater en-
( deav0r 10 be worthy OF trust
ELIzABETH THORNE
/ Whoever plants 2 leaf beneath the sod
;. And waits 70 see II push away the clod.
He trusts 81 God
BE patient. heart. night breaketh by and
/ By,
Trusts the Most High
Whoever SAYS "to-morrow' the IN
The future trusts unto tha, Power
alone
He dares disov-n.
There is no unbeHeC
And day by DAY and night unconsciouslv
I The heart lives by THAI faith the lips
deny.
/ God knows the why.
Lizzie York Case
/ EDWARD 2. CARR.
( Faith. Of all things in life. is the most
beautiful and helpful L Is faith that
/ helps us on 70 noble things in this life.
and faith in Gods promise that neIps rs
70 live 50 that We may gain eternal life
in the end. May we each live with faith
/ in God and faith in our felIov-msn
CARRIE 5. FAUNCE
( 100 North Csritol street
( I an awarding honorable mention 70
( the following contributions
Faith is belief. There is no unbeIief.
orly different kinds Of belief vet when
/ the Interpretation Of our fellow-mzn dif-
fcrS from our own we call his faith su-
. perstition or heresv. Faith Is the sub
stance Of things hoped for. The evidence
Of things not seen" Tie interpretations
viii be as many as there are minds u
! think. Faith Is universal, co-existent
/ with life illimitsbie: yet 10 live should
not be bound for the thought and the
/ feeling become so interviewer that r the
( thought be shattered the faith. too. may
fslter OF even die. Then. Il we would
! have a people OF great faith we viii fos-
i IL 81
bind the fetters OF dogma and forced be-
lief on infancy and you'll"
81 c street southeast.
r you only knew what simple faith In
Christ has done for ne.
Ms. NcCAULET.
1896 " ssZet northwest.
/ wftho& faith life would not he worth
! living Let rs have faith that right
makes might. and in that faith lei rs 70
the end dare 10 do our duty as We under
stand it-Lincoln- AIDA " wHIPPLE
zIl5 sresJ norJh1rS-
T. There lives more faith in honest doubt.
Believe me. than in half the creeds
Ms THOMAS K. OBRTEN
4 . street northwest
I From the voiceless lips Of the unreply-
7 ing dead there comes no word. but in the
night OF death hope sees , star and listen
/ ing love can hear the rustic OF wing
! Robert G. IngersolL
Mis-. ANNE 2 McCARLE
800 Sixteenth street northwest
Faith is the most durable foundation
on whiCs. - build our desires. IL Il the
object half accomplished. The mightiest
sJimulspt - ambition. the key 10 the
most difficult task. the greatest comforter
IN adversely: ard. greatest Of al. faith *
the golden ladder upon which We climb
TO the throne Of the Almighty.
HESsON B. HICKS
2cs street northwest
Works without faith are Ike q fisn
without water-it wants the element IL
should live in \ building without a basis
will not stand Faith Is the foundation.
! anG every good action is as a stone laid.
ARTRIDGE BBLT.
Let Us have faith that right makes
might. F. N. HULFTsH.
The Plains. Va.
Keep Thou my feet. do not ask 70
see the distant way. one steps enough
for me
Unless We become as little child"
Years ago my little three-year-oid son
said to ne. Mamma. all need IS a Isd-
der to climb to hebbin an den des jump
{ yite in Gods arms" On that ladder or
faith. that rock OF ages, Il is the only
escape from sorrow and trouble. the only
way that leads. 10 Gods arms. IRE
+ sscctifying and comforting power. the
. eternal safety. the nrop % LIE the unlifi-