Classic Poem

Faith is the Christian's Pisgah. Here he stands
Enthroned above the world; and with the eye
Of full Belief looks through the smiling sky
Into the Future, where the Sacred Lands
Of Promise, though extending ev'n beyond
His half-ubiquitous vision, are brought nigh,
And he beholds their beauty. Faith is strong;
It is the giant arm that puts aside
The mountain-tops of Error. 'Tis the bond
Indissoluble, that unites man to
His God; the trusty, Omnipresent Guide
That wings him with electric speed along
The intervening space that screens the view
Of that high heaven where the Sons of Faith abide.