THE CHRISTIAN'S MOTTO by G. T. Wilson

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Nov 8, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 45.

THE CHRISTIAN'S MOTTO.

By G. T. Wilson

[By the late Pastor G. T. Wilson, of Australia.]

THE Christian's motto always is, "We walk by faith and not by sight." True happiness doth not consist In seeking after feeling's flight.

Faith is the cable to our ship, And hope the anchor in the vail. Long as our cable does not break, No storm against us can prevail.

Faith is a shield unto the soul, Which quenches every fiery dart; When Satan would thy soul assail, 'Tis faith that shields thy troubled heart.

Faith rests upon the Word of God, Upon His promises secure; And, tho the earth may vanish quite, "By faith we walk," and thus endure.

'Tis faith the blood of Christ applies, To heal the malady of sin; 'Tis faith that ope's the blinded eyes; "By faith," eternal life we win.

Faith is a cord from heaven let down, When by some precipice we walk; We grasp it as our safety there, And of its saving power we talk.

In prayer uncoil this blessed cord; Thy message it will bear to God, And Christ a message will return, To guide thee in the path He trod.

Would you your Saviour's presence share? Then just uncoil that cord each day; It stronger grows by sincere prayer, And holds thee safe on life's dark way.