_Eph. 3:17_—“_that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith_”; _2 Tim. 3:15_—“_the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus._” Faith is the soul’s laying hold of Christ as its only source of life, pardon, and salvation. And so we see what true religion is. It is not a moral life; it is not a determination to be religious; it is not faith, if by faith we mean an external trust that somehow Christ will save us; it is nothing less than the life of the soul in God, through Christ his Son. To Christ then we are to look for the origin, continuance and increase of our faith (_Luke 17:5_—“_said unto the Lord, Increase our faith_”). Our faith is but a part of “_his fulness_” of which “_we all received, and grace for grace_” (_John 1:16_). A. H. Strong, Sermon before the Baptist World Congress, London, 1905—“Christianity is summed up in the two facts: Christ _for_ us, and Christ _in_ us—Christ _for_ us upon the Cross, revealing the eternal opposition of holiness to sin, and yet, through God’s eternal suffering for sin making objective atonement for us; and Christ _in_ us by his Spirit, renewing in us the lost image of God, and abiding in us as the all‐sufficient source of purity and power. Here are the two foci of the Christian ellipse: Christ _for_ us, who redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us, and Christ _in_ us, the hope of glory, whom the apostle calls the mystery of the gospel.