In his right hand a tipped staffe he held,
With which his —— steps he stayed still;
For he was —— with cold, and weak with eld;
That scarce his loosed limbs he hable was to weld.
FAITH ([page 164]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is belief? 2. How does credence compare with belief? 3. What is conviction? assurance? 4. What is an opinion? 5. How does a persuasion compare with an opinion? 6. What is a doctrine? a creed? 7. What are confidence and reliance? 8. What is trust? 9. What elements are combined in faith? 10. How is belief often used in popular language as a precise equivalent of faith? 11. How is belief discriminated from faith in the strict religious sense?
EXAMPLES.
—— is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Put not your —— in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
—— is largely involuntary; a mathematical demonstration can not be doubted by a sane mind capable of understanding the terms and following the steps.
Every one of us, whatever our speculative ——, knows better than he practises, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.