deep religious convictions, there must be something grand and beautiful in this faith; and then is the poet right when he warns you, dear reader, in the following lines:
Son, let no man take away
The faith that is thy soul's chief stay;
Count it as thy dearest treasure,
Far beyond earth's wealth or pleasure.
"The kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it." (Matt. xiii. 45, 46).
The one pearl without price is the true faith and the state of grace. Guard this treasure carefully. Sacrifice everything to preserve your faith and the grace and love of God.
Faith is our beacon -light in the storms of life. Faith is our strength and consolation in adversity. Faith is certainly a supernatural treasure of such value that no earthly good whatever can compensate for its loss. Purity of heart is the fairest ornament of a young man; faith is his most precious treasure. It resembles the bright light of the sun, which cheers and enlivens the face of nature, and without which the earth would be dark and dreary, cold and unfruitful. Infinitely more sad, however, would be our life without the bright rays of the true faith.
