Belief or faith as an attribute of the soul.

Christian faith is a mystical revelation in the human soul. It is broader, more powerful,

closer to reality than thought. It is more complex than separate feelings. It contains within itself

the feelings of love, fear, veneration, reverence, and humility. Likewise, it cannot be called a

manifestation of the will, for although it moves mountains, the Christian renounces his own will

when he believes, and entirely gives himself over to the will of God: “May Thy will be done in

me, a sinner.” The path to faith lies in the heart; it is inseparable from pure, sacrificial love,

“working through love” (Gal. 5:6).

Of course, Christianity is bound up also with knowledge of the mind, it gives a world view.

But if it remained only a world view, its power to move would vanish. Without faith it would not

be the living bond between heaven and earth. Christian belief is something much greater than the

“persuasive hypothesis” which is the kind of belief usually encountered in life.