Quotes and Anecdotes Vol.2

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Vol. 2

FAITH & TRUST / FEAR & WORRY / DOUBT &UNBELIEFRELATED INDEX TOPICS: Answered Prayer,Communion with God, Contentment, Doubt, Positiveness,Peace, Testimonies of Faith.

1. An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat fortransporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that thegood old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith," & on theother oar the word "Works." Curiosity led him to ask themeaning of this. The old man, being a well-balanced Christian& glad of the opportunity for testimony, said, "I will show you."So saying, he dropped one oar & plied the other calledWorks, & they just went around in circles. Then he dropped thatoar & began to ply the oar called Faith, & the little boat justwent around in circles again--this time the other way around,but still in a circle.After this demonstration the old man picked up Faith& Works, & plying both oars together, sped swiftly over thewater, explaining to his inquiring passenger, "You see, that isthe way it is in the Christian life. Dead works without faith areuseless, & 'faith without works is dead' also, getting younowhere. But faith & works pulling together make for safety,progress, & blessing."2. Let us not rebel against delay. We must not stealtomorrow out of God's hands. God is never too late. He isalways right on time.3. When Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary, firstwent to China, it was in a sailing vessel. Very close to the shoreof cannibal islands the ship was becalmed, & it was slowlydrifting shoreward unable to go about & the savages wereeagerly anticipating a feast.The captain came to Mr. Taylor & besought him topray for the help of God. "I will," said Taylor, "provided you setyour sails to catch the breeze." The captain declined to makehimself a laughing stock by unfurling in a dead calm. Taylorsaid, "I will not undertake to pray for the vessel unless you willprepare the sails." And it was done.While engaged in prayer, there was a knock at the doorof his stateroom. "Who is there?"The captain's voice responded, "Are you still prayingfor wind?""Yes.""Well," said the captain, "you'd better stop praying, forwe have more wind than we can manage."4. Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, &receives the impossible.5. Faith is to accept the impossible, do without theindispensable, & bear the intolerable.6. Faith is idle when circumstances are right, onlywhen they are adverse is one's faith in God exercised. Faith, likemuscle, grows strong & supple with exercise.7. Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated.You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.8. Thy Will be done. No greater words than theseCan pass from human lips, than these which rentTheir way through agony & bloody sweat,And broke the silence of GethsemeneTo save the World from sin.--G.A. Studdert-Kennedy9. Sometimes I'm sad, I know not whyMy heart is sore distressed;It seems the burdens of this WorldHave settled on my heart.And yet I know ... I know that GodWho doeth all things rightWill lead me thus to understandTo walk by FAITH ... not SIGHT.And though I may not see the wayHe's planned for me to go...The way seems dark to me just now.But oh, I'm sure He knows!Today He guides my feeble stepTomorrow's in His right ...He has asked me to never fear ...But walk by FAITH ... not SIGHT.Some day the mists will roll away.The sun will shine again.I'll see the beauty in the flowers.I'll hear the bird's refrain.And then I'll know my Father's handHas led the way to lightBecause I placed my hand in HisAnd walked by FAITH ... not SIGHT.--Ruth A. Morgan10. In 1856, David Livingstone faced a grave peril inAfrica. He was passing through the wild country of the native

chief Mburuma. The chief was hostile & had been seeking torouse the countryside against the man's expedition. Reports hadbeen that he was seen creeping toward the camp!Alone in his tent, Livingstone opened his Bible & readthe Promise on which he had staked his life so often. Then hewrote in his diary,"January 14, 1856. Evening. Felt much turmoil of spirit in prospect of having all my plans for welfare of this greatregion knocked on the head by savages tomorrow. But Jesussaid, 'All power is given unto Me in Heaven & in Earth. Go yetherefore & teach all nations ... & lo I am with you alway, evenunto the end of the world.'"This is the word of a Gentleman of the most strict &sacred honour, so that's the end of fear. I will not cross furtivelytonight as I intended. Nay, verily, I shall take observations forlatitude & longitude tonight, though they may be the last, I feelquiet & calm now, thank God!"11. A coloured church congregation had met to prayfor rain to release a long dry spell. The preacher looked severelyat his flock & said, "Brothers & sisters, you'll knows why we ishere. Now what I wants to know is--where is yo' umbrellas?"12. A little faith will bring your soul to Heaven; a greatfaith will bring Heaven to your soul.13. Where reason cannot wade, there faith may swim.14. Faith does the same against the Devil as unbelief does against God.15. A little lad was keeping his sheep one Sundaymorning. The bells were ringing for church, & the people weregoing over the field, when the little fellow began to think thathe, too, would like to pray to God. But what could he say? Hehad never learned a prayer. So he knelt down & commenced thealphabet--A, B, C, & so on to Z.A gentleman happening to pass on the other side of thehedge heard the lad's voice, &, looking through the bushes, sawthe little fellow kneeling with folded hands & closed eyes,saying, "A, B, C.""What are you doing, my little man?" "Please, sir, Iwas praying." "But what are you saying your letters for?""Why, I didn't know any prayer, only I felt that Iwanted God to take care of me & help me to care for the sheep;so I thought if I said all I knew, he would put it together & spellall I want.""Bless your heart, my little man, He will, He will, Hewill. When the heart speaks right, the lips can't say wrong."16. Hannah Whithall Smith tells about a man slidingdown a rope into a well. He supposed the rope to be of amplelength, but to his dismay he reached the end of it withouttouching the bottom of the well with his feet. He tried in vain toclimb up the rope, & dared not let go for fear of being dashed topieces. He held on as long as he could, & when utterlyexhausted let the rope slip from his grasp. He fell--just threeinches!17. Faith in God is indispensable to successfulstatesmanship.18. The southern tip of Africa used to be called "Capeof Tempests." Its swirling seas & continuously adverse weatherconditions caused sailors great anxiety & took many lives. But acertain Portuguese, determined to find a safer route throughthose seas to the renowned Land of Cathay, discovered a saferpassage round this promontory. And the area was renamed the"Cape of Good Hope."19. True patience means "waiting without worrying."20. You will never learn faith in comfortablesurroundings.21. In a cellar in Cologne, Germany after WW2 werefound these words on the wall:I BELIEVE ...I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining;I believe in love, even when I feel it not;I believe in God, even when He is silent.22. I learned to swim in boyhood, but it was only thissummer that I achieved complete mastery of myself in thewater. For 30 years I had assumed that I must constantlystruggle to keep from sinking.One day an expert swimmer watched me for a fewminutes & then cried: "Stop fighting the water & trust it to holdyou up. Use your strength & get somewhere."Under his direction, a few moments sufficed toconvince me he was right. I lay flat in the water without movinghands or feet & to my delight, it held me up. Then I struck out,using my strength to forge ahead. What a revelation! Why didnot someone tell me that years ago?So many constantly struggle to be Christians, when if they would only trust Christ they would be kept.23. George W. Boschke was the famous engineer whobuilt the gigantic sea wall to protect Galveston, Texas, from thehorrible floods which had brought disaster to the city. He builthis sea wall with a sure confidence of a thoroughgoing engineer& master workman. From Galveston he went to Oregon to buildrailroads in an undeveloped section of the state. Boschke was ina camp 40 miles away from the nearest railroad when anexhausted messenger rode in & handed a telegram to hisassistant. The message said that the Galveston sea wall hadbeen washed away by a second furious hurricane. The assistantwas in consternation & dreaded to hand the telegram to hischief. Boschke read the telegram, smiled, handed it back & said,"This telegram is a black lie. I built that wall to stand."He turned away & went about his work. It turned outthat the message was based on a false report. True, there hadbeen a hurricane as severe as that which had flooded the citybefore, but Boschke's sea wall had not been moved. It stood