"The world, and the Church too, wait for men of strong conviction, who can, upon matters upon which others are uncertain, say “I know,” and can give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in them. Emerson declared that we need positive men, not negative men – affirmations, positions; not denials, negations. Goethe, with a despair begotten of habitual doubt, cries, “Give us your convictions! as for doubts, we have quite enough of our own." And Mr. Spurgeon quaintly adds: “It may be a great thing to doubt, but it is a greater thing to hold your tongue till you get rid of your doubts." Those who, in this sceptical age, are sowing the seeds of doubt, may do well to consider whether one firm conviction of truth is not of more service to mankind than a thousand denials, or questions, or uncertainties. On this subject, Rev. Dr. C. F. Deems has given young men a wise maxim: “Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts. Never make the mistake of doubting your beliefs and believing your doubts." Faith and unfaith are both susceptible of nurture, of culture. He who presumes that what he has been taught to believe is, for that reason, to be questioned; and that what he has been led to question is therefore unworthy of unquestioning confidence, and that his doubts are more trustworthy than his faiths, will find himself drifting away from all the moorings of truth and duty, – on an open sea, where clouds hide the stars and fogs obscure all headlands; and where, without compass, chart, or rudder, he is driving on blindly toward the utter wreck and ruin of all religious faith."
-A.T. Pierson, The Divine Enterprise of Missions, 1896
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