mory, I stationed myself
where I could see her, but could not be seen by her, and called her
name in the familiar tone, 'Maggie!' She dropped her playthings,
glanced around the room, and then looked down upon her toys. Again I
repeated her name, 'Maggie!' when she once more surveyed the room;
but, not seeing her _father's_ face, she looked very sad, and slowly
resumed her employment. Once more I called, 'Maggie!' when, dropping
her playthings, and bursting into tears, she stretched out her arms
in the direction whence the sound proceeded, knowing that, though she
could not see him, her father _must be there_, for she knew his
voice."

Now, we have power to see and to hear, and we have power to believe.
It is all folly for the inquirers to take the ground that they cannot
believe. They can, if they will. But the trouble with most people is
that they have connected feeling with believing. Now Feeling has
nothing whatever to do with Believing. The Bible does not say--He
that feeleth, or he that feeleth and believeth, hath everlasting
life. Nothing of the kind. I cannot control my feelings. If I could,
I should never feel ill, or have a headache or toothache. I should be
well all the while. But I can believe God; and if we get our feet on
that rock, let doubts and fears come and the waves surge around us,
the anchor will hold.

Some people are all the time looking at their faith. Faith is the
hand that takes the blessing. I heard this illustration of a beggar.
Suppose you were to meet a man in the street whom you had known for
years as being accustomed to beg; and you offered him some money, and
he were to say to you: "I thank you; I don't want your money: I am
not a beggar." "How is that?" "Last night a man put a thousand
dollars into my hands." "He did! How did you know it was good money?"
"I took it to the bank and deposited it and have got a bank book."
"How did you get this gift?" "I asked for alms; and after the
gentleman talked with me he took out a thousand dollars in money and
put it in my hand." "How do you know that he put it in the right
hand?" "What do I care about which hand; so that I have got the
money." Many people are always thinking whether the faith by which
they lay hold of Christ is the right kind--but what is far more
essential is to see that we have the right kind of Christ.

Faith is the eye of the soul; and who would ever think of taking out
an eye to see if it were the right kind so long as th