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Show nOWTOKKEPTHK FAITH POSITIVC, DIRECT AID DAILY WORK FOR THE LOnO AND FOR SOULS. II. I'aut'e Kt,itg nf lha lallh Wat Neither Api.loilU nor I'alrmlei Ha H. Ilia I'alllt lr ira.Jlni II,. I .111.. A Mlulnnary, .Nol lliroluiUn, It to iiart cif PiuTaaolneawlini 1m cmo to din that ha Iml "Jtci.t ttio faith." What dl 1 the heroin nrwll mem? What tho l'.ngluh Mnt; meant when lu'arro-pitl lu'arro-pitl to lilratelf Ihotlllii "IXfen.ler of llui rHli" nrnhal llm llieoln-.rlati might Mean who rh'itil I nrjrii Mi t hum 1 7 aui h a title, a found" 1 upon hit orijenct 1, 1 1 Jojtlc ami lil netiini-n? Ul-l Paul 1 on-eilvo on-eilvo th"ulth a a treasure tulie huartl 1 1 ml icrilij.i Weralilarfinlnlterncetiti tatlnt-ictury becntuie ho hal hiiarl mo faith to hit lirmtt na omatliltig an rich that noun mlKlit liupo tn take It fmm Mm until they hi 1 fint tloatrajrnl him? InhliollMiin lie conirrnluhte Win. rtlf upon Ma IMeUty In InvpuijC natch nlxnuilM faith, ri.muiltii1 la him aa n Innt, from whit Ii In ha! been Male to warn all inetlJIera anayl What M-lilraM l.l there that I'.uil. luoiwhlof lh faith ni n eyttefj of 11I1. Unut truth of which ho wu awarder intrel)? Wat not tlieirnntlon of loyalty a iK-nonal irueallmi to Mm? '11m filth wai tha drift. Too element of It ere nntnhllrnetloniof th mini, 1ml facta of hlttory awl experience. To keep tho faith waatn know awl Mnt lira facta which roinMc4 It. Pinl wai n inla-tlonary, inla-tlonary, not n theolraiiaii. Ha loolml Itiefciiiwn hit Ufa with tatlifactloii nnl iwrilunalili' couii,lac nry la-eatm It hail lif-u from ihn llntilayof hli aurmultr tnClirlat a comlantl lojalileriitlonto lilt Lor.1, for whom l.a ha 1 Urn! the loMot all tliilnri," to limv whorj, an 1 toiuoko hliii known, hid tfen liiiona aim. HI l.i-viiln.i of tho faith li.vl Wi uelthor crnlouullo nor leinte It hvt len, rather, it iwaltlraMid illnct acrvlco for man, trouirlnl ly hue, limaUnir known tho Uhriat. la a uorJ, ha had kept tho faith liy ipreadln,! tho faith. With lnilutry,riilhulam. relf .acrlilra liolitd gono rrrrywhtrc, LeralJIn tha Chriit at the parlour of men. Tho lun r ho Iml ilone thin, tha leu likely hi own fallh'a decline. Tin) taora ho wronjlit, tint lea oaitlilllty that lm wuuM warer. Tha vitality, tho Increaw of hit own fellowthlp with Chrlat hal Uen irt-PTTcJand irt-PTTcJand promoted hy thoexenlieof lilt apoatlealil. Il-cattin ha haj laboml m arilenllr tha faith of other men in tho Rtvpel Iml flourbheil ao abundantly. Aa a rrccjnilied forcoaml factor In thu Ufa of man that gospel liad never lTn fo atroaj In tha worl 1 m whtn Paul, In Home, roul.l aay, "I liavo krpt tha filth." llelial wrouclit by love, ami the. icry movement of tha filth, actlm In Mm, hnl kept It pure and made It great. It l tha lion In j; atream that la 1 vrr clearing ItfeHi tha inovinir wattra thitwln tributary ftreima. Tho way to keep tha faith I1 to ijirm I tha faltlu Ttio way to enlargo tho faith ii to scatter scat-ter the faith abroad. "Thera Ii tint rcatterrth and yet inrrcaarth, and thero Uthat wlthhoMcth luorothan la luiit, but It tendeth to iioverty," I n proverb 1 appllcabla to trnth a to com or money, Tha bellevlug ngei of tha church haia been tha miaMonary cpocha of her hlitory, Tlio mluioniry, tha erau-KilUt, erau-KilUt, tho herald of tha Chriatot Licry order, or of nono theeo aro tha true tie fender of I ho faith. When they ceiaa their acitrrolia libor tha faith uiuit wano. It l n truth for tha humblnt liidpla m writ aa for tha wliMt Khobr In tha thlnza of Christ. Tha way to keep tho faith I to tpreal Ilia faith. Christian Inquirer. |