A Reasonable Faith

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 18, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 28.

A Reasonable Faith

A Reasonable Faith.—A reporter in a daily paper, speaking of the great Bible parade in San Francisco, said of the men who carried the Bibles, "Their religion was grounded in faith, not reason; and their appeal to other men was an appeal to faith, not reason." But this is a misconception of Christianity. Altho we hear Christians sometimes talking that way, God gives His children reasons, the very best of reasons, for believing; and Christian faith is one of the most highly, strongly reasonable things there is in this world. This same reporter said: "Probably there are other religions as good as the Christian religion, and other books that are as good as the Bible. There are many millions of people who hold this view." But the reason why the people hold this view is that they do not know the Bible. Other books teach ethics, other books say good things; but the Bible brings to the man of faith, who will yield himself to its teachings, the very life of God in the soul. "If any man willeth to do His will," said Christ, "he shall know of the teaching;" and he shall know it not in form, but in life.