are present to his mind ideas of justice and mercy and
love,--whence came these, he enquires, for these are not material
forces at all, they are intellectual and spiritual? He sees men die
and infants born, and he asks whence do they come and whither are they
going. He refuses to believe that this life sees the end of man for he
has within himself the witness that he is spirit and not matter. It is
in this refusal of the innermost being of a man to consent to any
materialistic explanation of the phenomena of nature or of human life
that faith declares itself. The judgment which insists that the only
adequate explanation of the universe (as science has made it known)
must be sought on the basis of the existence of a spiritual world
permeating all that is seen in human life, and that behind it all as
its source and origin, as its upholder and controlling power, is
God--this is faith.

Further. Faith--living faith--is the elemental act within man going
forth from him as a son in search for the knowledge of God as Father.
It is the greatest energising force within man, for it includes within
itself the other capacities within man's personality, such as his
emotions and his will; and in the case of the intellect,--it embraces
all that the intellect can accomplish, and then goes beyond the limit
which intellect can reach. For faith takes all the conclusions arrived
at by man's intellect, and then, supported by these conclusions, makes
its venture as it were by the very power which is its own.

FAITH GOES FURTHER THAN REASON.

Think for the moment of the subordinate part played by reason in
relation to both heroism and love. Heroism is universally admired. It
springs spontaneously from within. It makes few calculations. It
seldom weighs the pros, and cons. It may act rationally or in defiance
of reason. It cannot stop to argue. It may court certain destruction.
The challenge is accepted. The heroic action is done. And is it not
the same with the affections? Whoever met the lover who became so
through his intellect? Who can know what love is except by loving?
The lover does not sit down and reason the matter out, and after
weighing all considerations say, "Yes, I will now love." Tell him to
act thus and he will laugh outright. Love it is which draws him and
causes him to act. He finds himself acting as he does just because he
is in love, that is all. 'Tis true that reason exercises her part.
Reason may