Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University will teach almost everything and will stand for the broadest principles of truth and education. It is not to be sectarian in the sense of promothing the principles of the Baptist faith. It is merely to be governed by Baptists and to stand for their contribution to the learning of the world...
...Christian often says "How can I live in the world and keep my faith?" My answer is "Be earnest in the faith you now have, and though it be slight, let it be strong...
...great number of the young men who start in life with the determination to work for Christ, lose their faith after three or four years simply because they lose their earnestness. They get nothing to take the place of the faith they have lost. They have stopped to salute every man by the way, and distracted by the questions on all sides of them, they have been unable to maintain their zeal. One way, then, to overcome this evil is to inspire the young with permanent enthusiasm...
Granted, however, that these young men have faith, have they the courage of their convictions? To be a christian does not require much courage, one may say. No, if we mean by christian the conventional kind; but for a man to devote himself body and soul to the service of Christ does require courage. Let men who are afraid to stand up for christianity remember the great men who in the past have been proud to call themselves christians...
...ministry offers great advantages to those who would serve their own generation by the will of God. One may say, however, that he has had no deep religious experiences, and that he is doubtful on certain questions of faith; how is he to know that it is the will of God that he become a minister. To such a one, if he has average ability and the wish to put his life where it will do the most good for his Lord Jesus Christ, I would say without hesitation that he has sufficient assurance of the will...