These people would do much better to pray with the apostles that the Lord might increase their faith (Lk. 17[5]) than in any way to boast of a perfection of faith which no person ever has had or will have in this life. Let them answer what faith they think was in the person who said: "I believe, Lord! Help my unbelief!" (Mk. 9[241). For this faith somehow begun was good, and could still be made better by the diminishing of unbelief.
