The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-26
[For the Prairie Newa.1

HOPE.
The theme Of hope is one which ami.
mates the breast Of every human being
IN the land, and yet We are evidently ex-
pecting too much from each other in the
moral scale Of existence, and thus the
human family 60 on, and on, until they
land in the gulf Of black despair, where
hope and the mercy of God will never
reach them. How careful, then, should
we be in how we walk, and in how we
talk, and in how we act. AS the tree
falls, so it lies forever in the unchange.
ableness of eternity. The motives which
actuate pure and unsullied principles Of
love and humanity are alone from God !;
for our best thoughts are only the indies
of sin and turpitude. Jesus Christ said
while on earth, when INTERCEPTED upon
this subject, that there was none good,
no, not one but God Hope in scripture
is represented as the anchor of the soul !;
once divest us of it and we would be as
the apostle Paul said of all persons
most miserable. We many times hope
for things which is impossible for human
beings to attain. The divine lesson is,
let it be both sure and steadfast, always
Astounding in the works of the Lord
We are too apt to imagine and desire
things which do not exist, but this is the
proneness of the human family conse-
quent upon our nature. God then, the
supreme w-giver of the Universe, is the
only fountain to which to look to direct
our course in these things, and if we look
not to Him we are derelict to our duty,
and can never reach the climax of ineifa-
Bile glory. We no doubt all desire to get
to heaven, or at least should if we con-
slider our best interest. There is really
stoo much expected of the minister of the
gospel to perform, and thus the mass of
mankind do away with investigation, and
at last will be lost in eternal darkness,
where hope and mercy can never be
found AS death finds a person, so it
will be through vast eternity. How i'm
portant then that we all be endued from
on high. The hopeful months and years
that have passed and gone are but one
scene Of disappointment and trouble to
the mind; but when we know in whom
to trust, and to whom to look, we should
stand firm as the everlasting hills of
Gods creation. The all penetrating
and scrutinlzing eye of Jehovah sees all
things, from the beginning of time to
the final consummation. Nothing is bid
Prom his omniscient eye If we take the
wings Of the morning and fly into the ut
termost parts of the earth, behold he is
there The brightest luminaries that
ever lived or adorned the earth have long
since fallen, and been consigned to the
silent tomb to await the trump of the
resurrection morn. No one can assure
themselves of long life or length of days;
all things are but transitory here below,
and our brightest hopes are but fleeing
away to return no more. Hope is the
christians anchor. Take this inestima-
Bile jewel from them and you strip them
of all their glory, helmet and armor.-
Who will be without hope? There are
those who desire to be rich, and accumu-
late in this worlds goods, and they toll,
and toll on, until at last the edict of heav-
en- DEGREES that time to them shall be no
longer, and thus end their earthly hopes.
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