Prophet, ' he said, 'Your doctrines I do not know; therefore if I accepted them, I would do it out of fear like a coward and a base man. Are you anxious that your faith be professed by cowards and base people?

Henryk Sienkiewicz
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When Tertius carried the letter to the Prophet, he arrived too late. The prophet had died. He admitted that he was anxious that his faith be professed by cowards and base people. This shows that a person’s faith does not depend on how a person looks or acts. A person’s faith is something that is shared with others, and it is something that makes a person strong.

Source: In Desert And Wilderness

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