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“Strong as a man and pure as a child is the sum of the doctrine 
Which the Divine One taught, and suffered and died on the Cross for.” 
— Longfellow. 
f AITII is of inestimable price. It is the principle of all justification, 
of all merit, of all true greatness. It is the very joy of our heart. 
By it man unites himself to Eternal Truth, plunges with delight into this 
ocean of light, and enjoys the happiness of honoring God by believing on 
Divine Authority what he already knew, and by believing on the same 
Authority what he does not comprehend, because there where God affirms 
we have no need to understand, and because, on the contrary, the less we 
comprehend, the more beautiful homage we render to Divine Veracity, 
which is of itself the sole sufficient foundation of all belief. 
Faith consoles and sustains man in the trials of this life, which are 
so severe. A glance cast upon the Cross, another raised to Heaven, con¬ 
sole, encourage, and fortify to such an extent as to make us find happiness 
in suffering, to sustain the heart in its weaknesses, to raise it up in its de¬ 
pression, and to hold the place of all that is wanting to us. 
Oh, how much to be pitied is the man who has not faith, amidst the 
many trials of which this life is full!— 
“Faith is the subtle chain 
Which binds us to the Infinite; the voice 
Of a deep life within.” 
—Elizabeth Oakes Smith. 
But remember, 
“If faith produce no works, I see. 
That faith is not a living tree. 
Thus faith and works together grow, 
No separate life they e’er can know: 
They’re soul and body, hand and heart: 
What God hath joined, let no man part.” 
—Hannah More. 
