THE HELPFUL THOUGHT Let any man focus on his conduct the light of the divine declaration, "Whatsoever is not of Faith is sin," and the better the man, the more alarming and painful will be the discovery. In the light of the infinite. greatness and goodness of God, he learns the infinite evil of sin. - Unknown. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT If I lay waste and wither up with doubt Faith Possessed itself serenely safe from death; If I deny the things past finding out; Or if I orphan my own soul of One, That seemed a Father, and make void the place Within me where He dwelt in power and grace What do I gain, that am myself undone? Howells. THE SACRED TEXT 28 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of Faith. -Gal. 6: 10. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT It has been often remarked that each one of our Lord's great family preserves some portion of His teaching more Faithfully, reflects some aspect of His character more clearly than is done by the rest. We shall find, that they who are in Christ will resemble each other insomuch as they resemble Him: they will be like each other without being alike, our natural characteristics are not obliterated rather is the man renewed after Christ's likeness. -Dora Greenwall. THE SACRED TEXT 29 O Faithless generation If thou canst believe, all things are possi ble to him that believeth. -Mark 9: 19, 22. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT In nearness to Jesus lies all our safety. Weak Faith and little Faith as well as great Faith are encouraged to rush to this Great Deliverer. The world is at best but a treacherous sea. But safe in the ark of God, steered by the Heavenly Pilot, we are as secure as combined omnipotence and love can make us. And when earthly storms are all over, every crested wave of a chequered past will only endear to us more the haven of rest where the tempest's voice will be never more either felt or heard. -Macduff. THE SACRED TEXT 30 Here is the patience and Faith of the saints. —Rev. 13: 10. THE HELPFUL THOUGHT To the eye of the Christian's Faith the love of our Father shines on uneclipsed by our sorrows; that the clouds and darkness round His throne do not mount to His bosom, that his chastenings are affectionate, what we call His anger only the Faithfulness of His regard, and all aur various disappointments and troubles but His way of weaning us from the world, this belief of our religion fills the soul with a satisfaction so deep waves, and storms find no room for a drop of anguish to --C. A. Bartol. come in. 182 October THE SACRED TEXT 1 When the Son of Man cometh shall He find Faith on earth? -Luke 18: 8 THE HELPFUL THOUGHT You can keep a Faith only as you keep a plant, by rooting it into your own life and making it grow there. --Phillips Brooks. When the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something. The soul wakes and grows. Prolong that battle through life! Never leave growing till the life to come. -Robert Browning. THE SACRED TEXT 2 Is not my Word like as a fire? saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? And he that hath my Word let him speak my Word Faithfully. -Fer. 24: 28, 29. |