Ah! little think the gay licentious proud,
When pleasure, power, and affluence surround;
Ah! little think they of the sad variety of pain:
How many pine in want; how many bleed,
How many pine, how many drink the cup
Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread
Of misery; sore pierced by wintry winds.
Amid all such sad scenes this heroine bids us labor on in faith, and she adds, "Our labor will not be in vain." No, never! "For, they that go forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless return again rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them."
What is faith? Faith is simply taking God at His word. Paul, in the eleventh chapter of the Hebrews, reveals to us the victories God's people obtained through faith. There is often something startling to our sluggish spirits by a critical examination of the almost incredible account of the power of faith. How tremendously efficacious. Oh! that the Holy Spirit may reveal to us its vast importance.
"By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.