# Faith — Verses on Various Occasions character guide

> Faith in Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-epigraph

## Who they are

Personified virtue, often addressed in poems.

## In the story

### [XXVI: Zeal and Purity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xxvi-zeal-and-purity)

Faith is personified as one who may blame, serving and adoring at the altar.

### [LXIX: Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxix-hope)

Personified as the virtue that admires the desolate scene and trusts in the promise.

### [LXXII: Warnings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxii-warnings)

Faith disowns dread of earthly tones and heeds only Heaven's call.

### [XCVIII: Flowers Without Fruit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xcviii-flowers-without-fruit)

Faith is personified as the source of deeds that bear favor, contrasted with transient emotional displays.

### [Vexations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/c-vexations)

Personified as the guiding light that fills God's word and walks through earthly dust.

### [CXV: Separation of Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxv-separation-of-friends)

Personified as one of the twin-sisters in a breathless struggle with sight.

### [CXXXIII: Lauds—Monday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxxxiii-lauds-monday)

Personified as a 'keen flame' and the 'cup of Heaven,' essential for spiritual joy and ascent.

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