Article October 4, 1947 ISSUE

HOW SUBSTANTIAL IS YOUR FAITH?

HAROLD C. LEWIS

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for," writes Paul in his epistle to the Hebrews (11:1). And Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 23), "Faith, if it be mere belief, is as a pendulum swinging between nothing and something, having no fixity." Certainly mere belief is not "the substance of things hoped for." Blind belief has no foundation, but is like a house built upon the sand, which the storm demolishes.

But Mrs. Eddy continues, "Faith, advanced to spiritual understanding, is the evidence gained from Spirit, which rebukes sin of every kind and establishes the claims of God." Faith "advanced to spiritual understanding" must be the quality of thought which Paul referred to, for this kind of faith reaches beyond the limits of material belief and lays hold on spiritual substance. Such faith is known by its fruits. It heals sickness and sin and overcomes discord and lack.

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