WHAT IS FAITH?

Faith is neither a substitute for reason nor an addition to it.Faith is nothing else than reason grown courageous,reason raised to its highest power,expanded to its widest vision.Its advent marks the point where the hero within the man is getting the better of the coward,when safety as the prime object of life,is losing its charm and another object,hazardous but beautiful,dimly seen but deeply loved,has begun to tempt the awakened soul.The reason why birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith,for to have faith is to have wings.Faith must trample under foot all reason,sense and understanding.Faith does not depend upon experience but it is something that is there before experience.As the flower is before the fruit,so is faith before good works.