Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-23

NIGpA f&Nhts Louis htupSGus ldul.l
TN this discourse DIR. Talmage would
lift people out of dependency and
bring something of future joy into
earthly depression. The text is He
brews 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 favofite words expressive of delight
or adherence, words that easily hnd
their way from brain TO lip, words thai
have in them mornings and midnights,
laughter and tears, thunderbolts and dew
drops. In all the lexicons and vocabula-
ries there are few words that have for me
the attractions of the last word of my
text. (Which hope"
There have in the course of our life
been many angels of God thar have look
ed over our shoulders, or met us on the
road or chanted the darkness away, or
lifted the curtains of the great future, or
pulled MS back from the precipices. or
rolled down upon us the rapturous music
OF the heavens, bat there is one of these
angels who has done so much for us that
we wish throughout all time and all eter-
nifty to celebrate 1.-THE angel Of Hope.
st. Paul makes it the center of q group
of 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 a Bethlehem caravansary the
Infant Royal was born. and that will be
a great night in the darkness of your soul
when Christian hope is born. There will
be chanting in the skies and a star point
ing TO the Nativity. | will not bother you
with the husk of definition and tell you
what hope is. When we sit down hungry
at a table, we do not want ar analytical
discourse as to what bread is. Hand it
on; pass it round; give us slice of it.
John speaks of hope as a pure hope"
Peter calls it a ''lively hope" Paul
styles it good hope" a 'sure hope" a
rejoicing hope" All up and down the
Bible 1t is spoken of as an anchor, as a
harbor, as a helmet, as a door.
An Am pie Dcpo11rs
When we draw a check on bank, we
must have reference to the amount of
money we have deposited, but Hope
makes a draft on bank in which for her
hanefit sll heaven has been deposited.
Hope! May it light up every dungeon.
stand by every sickbed, lend helping
hand to every orphanage, loosen every
chain, caress every forlorn soul and turn
the unpictured room of the almshouse
into the vestibue of heaven. How sug-
gestive that mythology declares that
when all other deities fled the earth the
goddess Hope remained!
1t 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, Il know it we'll, for | see
the steeple Of that place where God first
opened my mouth in public to his glory.
and am fully persuaded how weak that
ever / now appear / shall not depart this
life till my tongue shall glorify his holy
name in the same place. His hope was
rewarded and for twenty-five more years
he preached. That is the hope which
sustained Mr.. Morrell of Norwich when
departing this life at twenty-four years
of age be declared, Il should like to un-
derstand the secrets of eternity before to-
morrow morning" That was the kind of
nope that the corporal had in the battle
when, after several standard bearers had
fallen, he seized the Gag and turned TO a
lieutenant colonel and said, IF fall, tell
my dear wife that / die with a good hope
in Christ and that / am glad to give my
life for my country" That was the good
hope that DR.. Goodwin had in his last
hour when ne said: "Ah, is this death :?
How have l dreaded as an enemy this
smiling friend"
No better medicine did a man over take
than hope. 1t Is a stimulant, a febrifuge,
a tonic, a catholicon. Thousands of peo-
pie long ago departed this life would have
been living to-day but for the reason they
let hope slip their grasp. I have known
people to live on hope after one lung was
gone and disease had seemed to lay hold
OF every nerve and muscle and artery and
bone.
Assurances of Heaven.
Many have full assurance that all IS
Sc viii LAAG ceG4s L 1T aiE as SURE Oh
heaven as il they had passed the pearly
panels Of the gate, as though they were
already seated in the temple Of God I'M
rolling the libretto Of the heavenly choris-
ter. / congratulate all such ! wish had
it, too--full assnraucc-but With me it is
hope. (which hope" Sinful, it expects
forgiveness: troubled, it expects relief;
bereft, it expects reunion; clear down, it
expects wings to lift; shipwrccked, it ex-
poets lifeboat; bankrupt it expects eter-
nal riches; a prodigal, it expects the wide
open door Of the fathers farm house II
does not wear itself out by looking back
ward; il always looks forward. What is
the use Of giving so much time 10 the
rehearsal Of the past? Your mistakes are
not corrected by a review. Your losses
cannot. by brooding over them, be turned
into gains. 1t is the future that has the
most for rs, and hope cheers us on. We
have all committed blunders, but does the
calling Of the roll OF them make them any
the less bluaders? Look ahead in all mat