Connecticut western news., 1901-11-21

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 WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.-In this dis course Dr. Talmage would lift people out of despondency and bring some thing of future joy into earthly depres- sion. The text is Hebrews vi. 10, (Which hope"
 There is an Atlantic ocean of depth and fullness In the verse from which my text is taken, and only wade into the wave at the beach and take two words. We all have favorite words ex- pressive of delight or abhorrence, words that easily find their way from brain to lip, words that have in them mornings and midnights, laughter and tears, thunderbolts and dewdrops. In all the lexicons and vocabularies there are few words that have for me the at fractions of the last word of my text. (Which hope"
 There have in the course of our life been many angels of God that have looked over our shoulders, or met us OA knC IOdd, Ok ShdhtCo kAC ddl hhCoo away, or lifted the curtains of the great future. or pulled us back from the precipices, or rolled down upon us the rapturous music of the heavens, but there Is one of these angels who has done so much for us that we wish throughout all time and eternity to celebrate 1.-the angel of Hope. St. Dc, kho ofo nf three. saying, Now abideth faith, hope, charity" And, though he says that charity Is the greatest of the three, he does not take one plume from the wing, or one ray of luster from the brow, or one aurora from the cheek, or one melody from the voice of the angel of my text, (Which hope"
 That was a great night for our world when in Bethlehem caravansary the Infant Royal was born, and that will be great night in the darkness of your soul when Christian hope Is born. There will be chanting in the skies and a star pointing to the Nativity. l will not bother you with the husk of defi- milton and tell you what hope Is. When we sit down hungry at table, we do not want an analytical discourse as to what bread is. Hand 1t on; pass 1t round; give us a slice of it. John speaks of hope as pure hope;" Peter calls 1t a lively hope;;" Paul styles it a good hope" "sure hope," a Ire joicing hope" And all up and down the Bible it is spoken of as an anchor, T. hnl, ot n
 Power of Hope.
 When we draw a check on a bank, we must have reference to the amount of money we have deposited, but Hope makes a draft on a bank in which for her benefit all heaven has been depos- ited. Hope! May 1t light up every dungeon, stand by every slckbed, lend a helping hand to every orphanage, loosen every chain, caress every forlorn soul and turn the unpictured room of the almshouse into the vestibule of heaven! How suggestive that mythol- ogy declares that when all other deities fled the earth the goddess Hope re- mained!
 It was hope that revived John Knox when on shipboard near the coast of Scotland he was fearfully i'll, and he was requested to look shoreward and asked if he knew the village near the coast, and he answered, "I know 1t well, for I see the steeple of that place where God first opened my mouth in public to his glory, and I am fully per suaded how weak that ever I now ap- pear I shall not depart this life till my tongue shall glorify his holy name in the same place." His hope was reward ed, and for twenty-five more years he preached. That is the hope which sus- taiRed MT. Morrell of Norwich when departing this life at twenty-four years of age he declared, q should like to understand the secrets of eternity be- fore tomorrow morning" That was the kind of hope that the corporal had in the battle when, after several standard bearers had fallen, he seized the flag and turned to a lieutenant colonel and said, If fall, tell my dear wife that die with good hope in Christ and that am glad to give my life for my coun- try" That was the good hope that Dr. uOO0 W III udu III Al6 ldSl nOuI WuCh GC said: "Ah, is this death? How have dreaded as an enemy this smiling friendr'
 No better medicine did man ever take than hope. It Is stimulant. a febPifuge, tonic, a catholicon. Thou sands of people long ago departed this life would have been living today but Por tho roo orp fhov lot hov,a olty, fbnty grasp. have known people to live on hope after one lung was gone and dis ease had seemed to lay hold of every nerve and muscle and artery and bone.
 Alexander the Great, starting for the wars in Persia, divided his property among the Macedonians. He gave a village to one, port to another, a field to another and all his estate to his friends. Then Perdiccas asked, What have you kept for yourselfY He an swered triumphantly, Hope" And, whatever else you and give away, we must keep for ourselves hope-all com forting. all cheering hope. In the heart of every man, woman and child that hears or reads this sermon may God implant this principle right now!
 Usefulness to Come.
 Many have full assurance that all is right with the soul. They are as sure of heaven as If they had passed the pearly panels of the gate, as though they were already seated in the temple of God unrolling the libretto of the heavenly chorister. congratulate all such I wish I had 1t, too-full assur- ance--but with me 1t Is hope. (Which hope" Sinful, 1t expects forgiveness; troubled, 1t expects relief; bereft, 1t expects reunion; clear down, 1t expects wings to lift; shipwrecked, 1t expects lifeboat: bankrupt, 1t expects eternal riches; a prodigal, 1t expects the wide open door of the fathers farmhouse. It does not wear itself out by looking backward; it always looks forward. What Is the use of giving so much time to the rehearsal of the past? Your mis- takes are not corrected by a review. Your losses cannot, by breeding over <kcx. hn x,rrod into OatUa If ta the