Faith is not an occasional act which takes place in the believer's life, in the hour of conversion to God, when he first lays hold on Christ for salvation; but is an abiding principle which runs through every part of the life of sanctification. As the infant lives upon its mother's breast, and derives its whole nourishment, support, and daily growth from her, so, faith lives and depends, daily, upon Christ for righteousness and strength, and for constant supplies of divine grace, by which the soul grows from strength to strength, until it arrives at the stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus. This is the meaning of the apostle when he says, "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me."

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