The Relation of Faith to Missions: A Sermon, Preached at Troy, New York, September 7, 1852, before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1852), p. 19

Faith realizes that the work is Christ's; that his commission is its warrant; and that his presence in it is the assurance of its ultimate success. There may be times of discouragement; defeat may follow upon defeat; the…