Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-04
HOPE.

| which has more numerous or more
pleasant associations than "hope."
With its sound, as soon as it falls on
the ear, we are accustomed to link all
the grateful sensations which its indul-
gence never fails to impart, and on nc
count of which 1t is considered one Of
the dearest boons man can possess.
Wherever we turn our eyes among
mankind, we see the influence OF hope.
II begins with the first dawning of rea-
SON and ends only with life itself.
Before the eyes ~ofyouth, hope spreads
the future, clothed in all the glowing
colors of Imagination it promises him
happiness, honor, and fame, and tells
him that his most ardent expectations
shall be more than realized. Would he
| climb the hill Of science and stand fsrt
among her votaries2 Hope whispers in
his ear that nothing can be more easy.
Docs he long for wealth? Hope says il
shall be his. Would he be n distin.
guished man, and have his name writ
ten on the pages Of history? Hope tells
him that it shall be attained.
1t is hope that impart, to youth half
it's happiness and yiyacity, and to age o
blessed assurance. Take it away and
YOU leave n blank which It would be i'm
possible to fill. If we survey the busy
world around us we shall soc no one
who is not influenced, in one way or
another, by this all.pervading emotion.
Each has some favorite object in view
which II leads him 10 believe he can
accomplish. Each n is engaged in
some occupation which he thinks most
likely to aid him in accomplishing and
realizing his wishes.
Look at the man of business; see how
entirely absorbed he seems to be in the
pursuit Of gain-with what anxious
looks he hurries to and fro, with what
eagerness he embraces each opportunity
Of increasing his treasure. Watch the
changing outlines Of his troubled brow,
and if you can read the thoughts there
inscribed, you will find that the subject
ever uppermost in his mind is hope Of
gain. The student whose whole soul is
in his studies lis bending over his books
from morning till %night-he consumes
the midnight oil in search of acknowledge,
and thus, in his ardent thirst, changes
night into day. 1t is hope Of one day
standing first In tho ranks of literature
that enables him to plod along from
day to day, storing his mind with tho
choicest gems, even while he is admon-
ished that disease is making encroach-
ments upon his system.
Again, look at the man whose god is
ambition-he may be a statesman, a
warrior, or an author it matters not /;
see with what perseverance, he sur
mounts every obstacle that lies In his
way to emiuence, and how constantly
he struggles on, carefully removing
every impeachment, until finally no at
tains the summit Of his hopes, and sees
no one above him whose honors he can
snatch. He looks proudly on, and
views all bis competitors toiling far be-
low him, surveying with wistful eye the
eminence on which his feet are securely
placed. What is it, may we ask, that
urges him on? It is hope Of fame.
In our adversities and troubles, when
all whom we esteemed as our friends,
have forsaken us, hope displays its real
value ; it cheers US onward and gives
us promises or better days, and whis-
pers to US that all may yet be we'll.
That aged man whose locks are
whiteued by the o of four.scour win
tiers, still thinks he may live a few years
longer, and deaths arrow may pierce
his bosom while hope is still growing
there. One would think that old age
would no more listen to her syren song.
But the dying man still clings to this
eternal principle, this blissful passion,
and as the lamp blazss brightest when
glesming its last, its spark flies heaven.
ward and is r%ekindled upon the alters Of
eternity.
Hope is the connecting link between
the past and the future. 1t is q con
slant prophet, save that it always dresses
out events to come in a gaudy
attire which fades and blackens when
the wheels Of time bring US to consum-
nation. Were it not for this earnest of
the future, this principle implanted in
the breast Of man, he would have nothing
for which to live, nothing to induce
him to drag out a miserable existence.
What 10 It that can cheer the mind,
raise. the dropping soul, calm the agi-
tated bosom, and throw q cheerful light
on the future? It's hope sweet hope
thou ministering spirit Of heaven, who
visiteth the abodes of misery, wipeth
the tear from sorrows eye, chaseth
away the anguish Of despair, and sweet
eneth the cup Of affection.