Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-13
HOPE.
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an anchor to the soul through hope,
which without, this world would be
desert waste. How bright and
beautiful is that hope that meets the
shadowy future without fear. Well
might it be said it is Heavens
choicest gift; it sheds its balmy in
fluence over the lonely heart, and
though the pale messenger is near
us, it is the last spark extinct in the
bosom of mortals. Although in OBJ
security, we feel its magic rays, ana
pass our lives in eager pursuits with
as much pleasure as if we had attain
ed the object of our wishes. 1t be-
gins with the dawn of existence and
ends only when life is extinct. Turn
where we will, we see its graceful
emotions, its joyful influence. 1t Is
more visible in the soul OF honor;
YOU will see its radiant smiles shin
ing forth as a bright star; while with
the morose, sordid, envious creature
there is a vacancy. 1t seems he does
not deserve so choice gem, he dare
not presume to be first among its
votaries.
In taking survey of this world
we see no one who is not influenced
one way or the other, by this all pre-
vading emotion. When sickness, adj
versities and trouble assail us, and
those we considered our friends for
sake us, then it is that hope displays
its real value. 1t cheers us onward,
and whispers in our ears that all may
yet be well; then calm resignation
comes. We say: ''Whatever is, is
right We would suppose when age
has met so many disappointments
and so many expectations blasted, that
it would listen no longer to the voice
of hope; but we will never cease to
hope until the last Pickering lamp of
| life flies heavenward and rekindles
upon the altar of eternity.
Hope is secret instinct to draw
our minds to future happiness; but
there are a variety of ways OF seeking
happiness; some in one way and
some in another. The industrious
man who lives by his own exertions,
struggling from day to day, until he
| feels that this life is almost monoto-
nous, if it were not for hope he would
feel that his lot were hard to bear.
Many days, and perhaps years, may
he struggle with adversely, until he
is almost tempted to envy those who
live in the lap of luxury. But they
are not to be envied. God does not
love an idler; He never destined man
to be indolent, for he says: "By
the sweat OF thy face thou shall eat
thy bread all the days of thy life
Incidence is a pathway to vice and
immortality, and those that yield to
Incidence are mere drones in the
hive of nature. and in reality seem
too INDECENT to hope, unless he hopes
that some one will be kind enough
to bid adieu to earth and leave him
a portion of this worlds goods. How
very different from the man of spirit,
who is proud that he can by his own
industry be independent. Such a
man is a fortune within himself.
His heart is full of honest joy and
hope. If he has chosen profession,
he must struggle hard to gain knOwl-
edge. Many weary days and nights
has he toiled almost in dispair, but
the ministering angel of hope whis-
pers: "Persevere; you shall reap the
reward of your labor; if you are
poor, struggle on in your honest
poverty, for you can be useful mem.
bers OF society, proudly filling the
sphere allotted to you by destination;
aspire to be truly great by being
truly good.' 1t is but hope
that urges the man who guides the
iron horse; he sallies forth the dark
est night midst dangers seen and un-
seen, perhaps never to return. But
his heart is radiant with hope, and
not until he sees the awful danger
assail him with lightning speed does
he fear. Then hope, like an cleo
trio shock, bids him leap-leap per.
haps into eternity; it is only then
that hope with him does cease. But
such is life. The waves of the bill
lowed ocean are not more unstable
than the fortunes and conditions OF
the human life. One day we bask in
the sunshine of prosperity; the next
we are hurled into adversely and
despair. 1t is then that we feel that
hope is a ministering spirit of heav.
en-. Hope carries its cheering rays
into the recesses of the dungeon; il
fiutters in the breast of the doomed
felon; even then it carries his spirit