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You must train the faith. Is that possible? Yes, I will give you an instance. Richard Cecil one day went into a room where his little girl was-bright-eyed and happy as she could be. Somebody had just given her a box of very beautiful beads. The little child ran to her papa immediately to show this little gift. "They are very beautiful, my child," he said; "but now, my dear, throw them behind the fire." The little girl looked for a moment. It was a great trial. "Now, I shall not compel you to do it; I leave it to you. But you never knew Papa to ask you to do a thing that was not kind to you. I cannot tell you why; but, if you can trust me, do so."
It cost a great effort, but the little child began in her own way to think, "Father has always been kind to me: I suppose he is right." And she took the box and, with a great effort, threw it behind the fire. The father said no more for some time. The next day, however, he presented her with something far more beautiful, and which she had long desired. "Now," said he, "my child, I did this to teach you to trust in that greater Father in heaven. Many a time in your life He will require you to give up and to avoid what you cannot see the reasons for avoiding. But, if you trust that Father as you have trusted me, you will always find it best." That was training the child's faith.
William Moses Tidwell, "Pointed Illustrations."
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