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Title: Every life a delight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Potts, James Henry, 1848-1942
Subjects: Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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to God. Without faith it is impos-sible to please God. Without pleasing God there is no permanenthappiness for a man here or hereafter. Faith is the cubic root of all essentials. It is superior to anycondition that may arise in mans life. It grasps the funda-mentals and holds them as with cable strength. When the bodily ear hears no words of encouragement; whenthe physical eye sees no way of escape; when reason can deviseno means of relief or comfort, faith steps in and does it all. Faith has lifted the sinking soul out of the mire and clay.Faith has arrested the stroke of wrath and saved the immortalspirit from death. Faith has thwarted the cunning of Satanand rescued unnumbered souls alive. Faith has dispelled themists from the mountains of life, lifted the gloom from thevalley of death, and given to millions of departing souls brightervisions of eternity. Have faith in God. Have it at any cost. Get it, and neverlet go of it. It is the sine qua non of happy living and holydying. 230
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FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY Pleadings of the Heart HOPE Hope looms higher than a wish. It has more soul in it andbetter backing behind it. Hope is really the inspiration of life. It is the spring ofeffort, the backbone of resolution. The hopeless are the helpless. In temporal affairs hope is a float. It buoys a fellow up intrial, cheers him in suffering, and encourages him in trouble. Hope is the chief blessing of man on earth. It gives himvision. It points a straight path. Without it the average lifewould be a continuous circling around the whirlpool of despair. In spiritual matters hope is an anchor. It touches the Rock.It gives a sense of security. It reaches into that within the veil.It takes hold on eternity. It lifts upward. We are saved byhope. Hope is as various as human temperament, and as diversifiedas human conditions. It is riches to the poor, solace to thegrieving, medicine to the sick, and soothing to the wTronged. Let us believeThat there is hope for all the hearts that gr

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