what they could not see with their natural eyes and endured persecution that they could not have borne with their own strength. A walk through this gallery of saints, this hall of faith, will do the reader of any century much good. What does the author mean with the word “faith”? It is not some hunch-following, some blind leaping into the dark. Nor is it some hoping for the best, blithely disregarding facts and assuming all will be well. “Faith is being sure of what we hope for,” the author states.