Around the great white throne in heaven the angels are shouting day and
night, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving, honor and power, belong to thee." But amid all this
sound of praise God hears a voice and bends an ear to listen. It is the
prayer of faith from the heart of one of his children. There is never too
many angels singing nor too many harps resounding for God to hear the
voice of his child. "My voice," said the sweet singer of Israel, "shalt
thou hear in the morning." He hears the first faint cry of his heaven-born
child. Even the unuttered wish of the heart, the unexpressed desire, the
faintest breathing of love, he hears and recognizes as the voice of his
child. Faith will wing its way into the presence of God. It traverses the
universe until it finds him and there brings the soul to its rest. Faith
will guide us through this world.
Faith touches God. A woman came to Jesus and tremblingly reached out her
feeble hand and touched the hem of his garment. He asked, "Who touched
me?" It was not the finger-touch that he felt, but the faith-touch. Today
we can touch him by faith and by no other way. Though many angels may be
thronging him, yet the feeblest touch of faith will reach him. You may be
one of the weakest ones, unnoticed and unknown. A little cabin on the
mountainside may be your home, but your feeblest cry of faith will reach
the throne of God, and he will send angels to encamp round about you and
deliver you. <i>Have faith in God.</i> When all is dark around you,
believe in him. Trust him when you can not trace, and believe when you can
not see. Never doubt his Word. Faith will prevail and bring you the desire
of your heart. Will you believe?
A VALUABLE LEGACY.
A legacy is a gift that some one makes to another; usually something that
one leaves behind, when departing from this world, for others to enjoy.
Some have left great sums of money to others and to institutions, and
these bequests have been called valuable legacies. I am now to tell you of
the greatest and most valuable legacy that has ever been left to man. It
is a bequest left not to one man but to all men. It is not a legacy of
silver or gold or diamonds nor of houses and lands. Nor can this precious
gift be purchased with gold. It is something Jesus gives; and what he has
can not be purchased with any earthly thing. I will read you what it is:
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you." These are the words
that Jesus uttered just before his departure from the world, and this is
the legacy he leaves to man. Oh, what a gift! We can all possess it. We
need it as we are crossing the sea of life. Many storms arise and billows
roll high, but the soul possesses this valuable treasure of peace. There
is a stillness, a calmness, a peacefulness, in the soul that stormy winds
can never disturb.
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