The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
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performed.-J. 8. Mn.
There IL always Time
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WIN Of God,
II you do the
Will Of God
All thu Time.
Believing Without Seeing.
Terse Comments for May 3-.Twelvs
Great Verses v. The Faith Verse;
Heb. I'LL.
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIs.)
Seeing is believing" runs the ole
saying which every philosopher and
every worker Of legerdematn is ready
to disproye. The arrant waterfalls
cannot always accept the evidence OF
MS senses. Even physical science Il
established on q firmer basis than the
testimony Of the five senses II we
only believed what we can see we
should have to discard half the teach
1ngs OF our scientific textbooks. Now
adays the great scholars, including the
the realm OF spirituality. heard an
astronomer declare the other day that
the vary basis of physical science-the
principle OF relativity''-cannot be
proved and must be taken on faith All
or which merely means that tho pendu-
ium OF thought in these over-wise times
Is swinging back to the conviction al
our. grandfathers. that It is nobler to
believe without seeing, which IL faith,
tnan to refuse to believe what cannot
De seen. The prayer Of today may we'll
be that Of the disciples Of old. Lord,
increase our faith
There are many arguments for faith,
out In this. as in most other things.
arguments seldom produce conviction.
The great spring Of faith is the Scrip
lures. Moody used to say that he
prayed in vain for an increase of
Iaatn, until he began to read his Bible
Tor the strengthening Of faith There
he found It. Faith conaeth bv
the word Of God" We shall never
nave an age Of faith until we have a
revival of Bible reading. Realities are
not always tangible. The most real
FACTOR and force in the life of many
q man. Is not the task at which he
works the house in which he lives.
the money he has in bank, the clothes
ne wears or the food he eats. More
real than any or all Of these fs the
love winch CLOVIS in his heart for his
SION. which battles description or ana
lysis, Is all Of life to him. In his
ne1gnbor it may seem unreal and in
SUBSTANTIAL; to the man himself II IL
the most definite and potent thing In
all the world. So it Is with faith. We
cannot detach from Christian his
laltn' and exhibit it in a glass case.
The ancient prosecutors Of Christie ni+v
could not cut out their victims faith
ana place 1t In evidence at his trial.
as doctors could cut out an appendix.
ne martyrs testimony often seemed
Ioonsnness to his slayers. Yet that
1aitn Is making world-conQuests where
al the visible might and arms OF the
roman Empire failed. The apostle
e.sM clearly into the potentiality Of this
lnaescrlDable. intangible force called
1altn when he cried. This is the VIC
tory that overcometh the world. even
our faith" e'e4A
true faith Is objective; 1t is faith in .
istn Durlng the fatal illness Of the
nostic told a missionary that he hed
prayed for his recovery But Won ID NO. not
oe IN any god?' asked the mission
the man. showing by his manner th:t 81
recoemzed the desperate incongruitv ~ .
shir r,, greeted to the inconsistent. like q
tain. The conquering ouaiitv ~ t caR
consists In Its being directed towara ON
Impotence, who has never BETRAYED a tr,.t
~ SposSo IN Him. On the wall of a home
OF useful man has hung since bovhoc6
the motto. Have faith in Cod
:, What we believe determines what
become. The character of an fndjvidn.i
or OF race il fixed by its faith. "~'
INC sIeat record Of faith in the New
ne testament is found In the eleventh chap
twelfth chapter. The closing apostronhe
SHOULD be read and rereard in connection
WITH this topic: And what shall more
Gideon. Barak. Samson. .Jephthat. ~
David and Samuel and tho prophets: Who
through faith subdued kingdoms. wrouxhf
th righteousness, ros. obtained promises. stopped
.He mouths Of lions. quenched the power
OF IRE. escaped the edge of the sword.
from weakness were made strong. waxeli
m n1;sny IN war: turned to flight armies Of
resurrect1on; and others were torturefi
not accepting their deliverance: that thev
lnisnt OBTAIN a better resurrection: and
ings yea. moreover Of bonds ana imnris-
onment: they were stoned, they were
s s asunder: they were tempted, they
were slain with the sword; they went
destitute, afflicted. ill-treated 1of whom
the world was not worthy. wanderinr in
the deserts and mountains and caves. and
the holes Of the earth. And all these
navlng had witness borne to them
through faith. received not the profnise
God having provided some better thin2
concerning us. that apart from US they
should not be made perfect
Therefore let us also, seeing We are
compassed about with SO great q cloud Of
Witnesses. lay aside every weight, and the
SIN which doth SO easily beset US. ana let
US run with patience the race that a set
before us. looking unto Jesus the author
ana perfector of our faith. who for the
JOY that was set before him endured. the
Cross. despising shame, and hath sat
Cod ~ "
Christian faith is grand cathedral
with d1vfnely pictured windows. Stand