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Thoughts on the Subject of Faith

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 17, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 9.

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Thoughts on the Subject of Faith

By Albert E. Place

ALBERT E. PLACE
O BLESSED faith—that hand which takes the key called “prayer,” and unlocks the treasures of Omnipotence!
O hopeful faith—that hand which builds a bridge across the chasm of sighs and the gulf of despair!
O guiding faith—that hand whose index finger ever points toward light, toward hope, toward God!
O beautiful faith—thou pencil of the soul, picturing ever the noble, the beautiful, and the true; portraying promise, home, and heaven!
O mighty faith—thou blessed ladder of release, by which the lowest hell is connected with the highest heaven, and covered with angelic messengers of divine love, ascending and descending, bringing heaven to earth and earth to heaven, bringing God to man and man to God!
O farseeing faith—thou divinely adjusted telescope, by which the glories of the far-away homeland are brought near!
O successful faith—thou hidden secret to the success of all ages, by which everything great, high, and good has been brought to the doors and hearts of humanity!
O instructive faith—that makes us understand the works and the will of God! Heb. 11:3.
O blessed, guiding, saving faith—that leads to Jesus Christ the Son of God, who is the treasurer of all the treasures of Omnipotence, who is the real fiber of every bridge over despair, the source of all light and hope, the background and beauty of every true picture, the foundation of every true promise, the joy of every true home or heart, the masterpiece of both earth and heaven!
“O give me such a faith as this, And then what e’er shall come, I’ll taste e’en here the hallowed bliss Of an eternal home.”
San Jose, Cal.