, 1875-06-07

to ths coming Of tho Lord. liz never
came III lilo 1lno Of their looking. 4
groae aud earthly =. eifmeut l,ad creps
was 30 tr1o that the7 were i,evor 10 auro OF itH
ftuttion NJ when tley wont out quietly to tho
Mild beasts or tho block, and,
ol,.y THY lr.y.am.na ,, .' '5oa, il 4, h.rry p1acs
and they wero changed into The samo Image
We ali ptticd tboHe poor creatures who stood
shiyor1ng In Hn upper room in our city lately,
expecting tho natsut appearing Of tho Celestial
City: Thoy were 70 bo p'ticd for thoir grossness
II wan ono Of thoso people, q lady said to me-
Tho nthor dav. 'one Of tho old company ttat
waited md watched for tho Lord iii "a. l had
my uhito ronea roady mud put them on. It sraA
terrible blor to. find QUO there mistaken,
md since then l,aso tnkon no moto'
stock III tho rcckonnsa. hi, tho hope has never
loft mo that l shall ono day 10 natlsled. and
would not cXcllanRo is to-day for tho world"
That poor lady haw tho m!rago M tho ApostlcA
saw II, and stc may scc another aid another,
but tho hopo is trne. tho Ilcavona will opan to
the rchlity. aud sho has Roborl D1oWuing'a song
In her happy hoart-
I s.oop
Into dark tremendous sea Of cloud;
it Ia but fur a tina: prt7p uo.a'a lamp
Co.o to my breast, iss sp!endors SOON or tate
MIL pierce tie gloona.
shall sucrHc aolne DAY.
11oro, then, Is tho nccrot of true hope Which
NO can touch f1nollow through Ell tito lights
aud shadows Of li!o. 1t n n prophecy fulfilled
In pnrt; fioda easnest-monty maid into our
Aaud that lie Will ho ready with tLa whotc
when W aro ready fol. IL: the sunlight
tie spirit touching us al! through our pilgrims
age. aud then wien wa know t'lat tho end iH
ncar taking lis on its wings aud soaring away
into tho blessed life where we may oxpccs cittr
that tho frlitloh will 30 entirely cqunl to tho
hope, or, what should like better stll that Tho
old glamour will cutno over IN again, aid bcclon
ua on foravcr Al tho choicest blessing Heaven
Inns to give. And know Of no condition In auy
lifo which is trying 10 be real and trllo iii which
tlfB power wilt not do for us very mucl, what
wait OIL the aoasons for his daily broad.
Hope in tho winged spirit wlstel' ia aiways sing
Ing 10 us out Of licavon ofa possible which il
better than any positive, tho ,atand-
in,g ,,ts contradiction sm a to 9Th Tho prosorb a.!
q bid III tho hand IL worth two in the BUSH.
Ihcr0 III no heurt.wlIpo tlan or wDsnatl rfi this
earth today who can tsult say tlat hope COMO
~ Hucla fr,si"u NJ earth and tsno allows, ever
began to DO 60 good as the nby, sweet glow of =
hope nowly rson. Tla, at least has certainly been
my oNn oxpcrieslce. BY ono imperia1 blessing all
my life haa been certain eager, tre,nulons OIL
looking. Fow men haye had happier fortune
than hnB fallen to my lot, but II that conid DO
II nm angel from Heaven eond say, "You can
como into frntton nt ouce --bogin agaln ut Ii,
and hnvo every slightest wAtl INSTANTLY fulfilled,
no waiting for place until you aeo 3G.-uo
frution at once aud forever, which vii! leave
no room for anticipation. aud TO need, II would
hog OF loayts1 To Hayo ino from sl!c4 fate NJ
ttlas, and siye mo Bsl tho old. hlonseI. buoyaut
hopo tlnt 10 not socn. Aud 40 l Say to YOU,
young ,nou and women who hase still to fight
your way and wonder n,Any t!1no what will
co,,lo or ths tight. knov no moro than you do
low 10 nnswcr that tuontton.-no moro thnu l
know low u atsNer 1t for mysolf: but sha L
know: that, il you can hold on to a real, pure
hope. and folion ita lcadug, that Is a treasure
tho fr1litiou eau nogcr cqIRl bosweon this and
tho foct Ut tho great whito throne.
But It Ia clonr to me that this blessed bolong-
ins Of l!fo muat rest again OH tloso BHso foun-
. truo endoavor in ourselves. For. III tny farmer
would 10 n fool indcel IL lie began TO plaut
iis corn and oxpect bis bloHaoma ia November,
or II. III theso casly hunmor days, ho aot OH tho
ture is p.irrlng; ahs knons what to do; ueod
uot care things will couio oil right without my
tr3 inE; al,aIl havo all Wat,t aud hopo for +"
AMI u he Is only wise when l,o eeizos on tho
right instant, atia, with that OIL his side, which
moaus 10 tho farmer that hoayon IS Oh his aide,
bebtfs himself nnd puts hts whole 1nan-
hood to the taHk Ok making lis horo
come truc, 30 In cur wt1oto life
tllia truth holds good aud call neyer
ho neglected, or our hopc will DO false and vain.
There are hosts OF men aud noncn who iudulga
in tAa most wlnHoMc dreams OF fair and Euud
futre and begtu at lsat to try for it Wllou there
III no moro sos1se IN thur tryug for taia world at
least, tlun thofo would be III planting corn the
III God, tho lHalniBt cries, but hope u tiod that
IL not trne to tho revelation 1e Las ,nade of His
Lam III u lie.
II hope to win the love OF good woman and
kcsp 1t to 1nako homo and iAlhD family that
viii be tue joy oI ny Old age,' tho young man
year tLo iirat persol. singular u writ
top with = bigger ic.tcr. aud soif-indui-
a. rSs ,n hin IA, Up c eesS 10 hons to o tss t
Dlehaed giits u heaven; ho is oil out OF true
Will, himself aud NTH God. 'Wo Lope to raIso
tl,eso Children to DO toaaing to thu world"
thu father aud mother bay ~ tho little Hook
business, aud size c1owda her lifo into hcr card
case. They hops tho children will come out Ail
right they have 10 buBiness to hope for any
such thing they arc M more Justified iu such
earsnlao tbaa TIC shepherd would 90 10 hoping
tho lalnhs would DO safe Oh tho plain willie tho
wolves vera lo.l.ns III tue distance as te turned
ovor and Haht to slocp.
1haye no business 10 hope to bo healthy
mhn again while All eating things and doing
things that must mako mt hick, ii ttcro IL s,cil
Kaalo laws i; or 10 DO aooer tnan it my sill doea
not forever mount guard over my appetite or
= clean man while my cyoa ara an insult 70 oyory
Purs woman meet OF trio man aud truhty.
willis taro, ever VI dottly ~ minister, nler-
chant or in any ot4or calling, to 'Soll tie truth
to servo thu hour. and palter With Eternal God
for power" These groat and holy powers OF =
proper manhood coRe no moro by droan,-
Ing than the hayeata do, and tho
grand MuriI!os aud Turner's In tho
galleries, or than safety comes to \ alip
Ut sea when you drive hor through log, ~ they
drovs tho hapleas Schiller, aul take 10 souud.
inga. Those otlicors, no doubt. hopsd abe Wan
going alopg all right they had NO right 10 hope
10, and, nAeroyeE they arc to-day, the boud Ut
those haploss passenge1s Ia on tho1 gouls.
but am 4uto suto again that, when We arc
srue to thls double truth of Heavens opportuui.
" and our own 1nanfuI sndeayor, nhat u Lost III
failing to cherish great, pu1o hope cannot be
recovered i'll tic grace Rnd the Joy Of life, and
allowing, NJ w0 must, for that dlloronco Ia tic
human nature BY whlcl, one mans hopo IL ~ five
tasents, aud auosler'B two. aud auothera one.-
a!lowlng for this difference, wo a1o tu blams tor
our fo1abod,uBB, and not fleRyon.
We can cllorlsh auro lnpe about our futute,
aud tho future Of those that boluug to us, nun-
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