Faith and Works by S. S. Times

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 6, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 17.

Faith and Works

By S. S. Times

FAITH and works are not two distinct and separate agencies, as many persons would seem to suppose, any more than are cause and effect. Faith is the life, and works are the proof of life. Unless good works are to be seen as the result of faith, there is no reason for supposing that there is any faith in that direction; and unless the good works which are seen are a result of faith, they are not to be depended on as a permanency. The apple tree that never bears apples is a sham apple tree; but good apples found on the top of a fence-post give no ground for supposing that the fence-post is an apple tree. Faith ought to show itself in works, and works ought to have their prompting in faith.—S. S. Times.