“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Nothing means more to us than the truths we have proved by our own experience. The young man whose sight has been restored cries: “One thing I know; whereas I was blind, now I can see.” The anxious father, hopeful and even confident for his demoniacal son, fairly shouts forth: “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief!” And a host of folk down through the years give their vote of confidence to a religious experience proved and retained.

They all held fast. Dare we do less if we, too, would live as they lived? Fearless to ask, confident in proof, firm to the end, holding that which has withstood the test, strengthened by power from above, we would also join the great throng and bend our voices in everlasting praise of the Eternal Master of the Ages. 

Rev. A. Marland Shoemaklp