I wanted to teach my little boy what faith was some time ago, and so I
put him on a table. He was a little fellow two years old. I stood back
three or four feet, and said, "Willie, jump." The little fellow said,
"Pa, I'se afraid." I said, "Willie, I will catch you; just look right
at me, and jump"; and the little fellow got all ready to jump, and
then looked down again, and says, "I'se afraid." "Willie, didn't I
tell you I would catch you? Will Pa deceive you? Now, Willie, look me
right in the eye, and jump, and I will catch you"; and the little
fellow got all ready the third time to jump, but he looked on the
floor, and said, "I'se afraid." "Didn't I tell you I would catch you?"
"Yes." At last I said, "Willie, don't take your eyes off me," and I
held the little fellow's eyes, and I said, "Now jump; don't look at
the floor"; and he leaped into my arms. Then he said to me, "Let me
jump again." I put him back, and, the moment he got on the table he
jumped, and after that, when he was on the table, and I was standing
five or six feet away, I heard him cry, "Pa, I'se coming," and had
just time to rush and catch him. He seemed to put too much confidence
in me. But you cannot put too much confidence in God. Now faith never
looks down; it looks right up. God says, "Trust me," and God will
bring us through all our difficulties, if we will only trust Him. Who
will trust Him to-night? Who will have faith in Him to-night?
"Whatsoever He saith unto thee, do it," is what the mother of Christ
said at the wedding; and whatsoever God speaks to you, do it. If God
tells you to run, run. If God says, "Believe," believe, and you will
always be safe in doing just what God tells you to do.