The Globe-republican., 1901-11-21

course Dr. Talmage would lit people f
out of dependency 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 fulIness in the verse from which |
my text is taken, and I only wade into
the wave at the beach and take two
words We all have favorite words
expressive of delight or adherence,
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 Iexicons and voeabularies there
few words that have for me the
attractions OF the last word of my
text. Which hope
There have in the course of life
been many angels of God that have
looked over our shoulders. met US
on the road. or chanted the darkness
away. or lifted the curtains of the
great future, pulled us back from
the precfpices, 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 all eternity to
celebrate 1.-THE angel of Hope St
Paul makes it the center of a group of
three. saying, Now abideth faith,
hope, charity And, though he says
that charity is the greatest OF the
three, he does net take one plume from
the wing, one ray of 1uster from the
brow, or one aurora from the cheek,
or one melody from the voice of the
angel OF my text, (which hope"
An Ample Deposit.
When we draw check on a bank
we must have reference to the amount
of money we have deposited, but Hope
makes draft a bank in which for
her benefit all heaven has been depos-
tied Hope. May it light up every
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a helping hand to every orphanage,
loosen every chain, caress every for
lorn soul and turn the unpictured
room OF the a1mshouse into the vesti-
bu1e of heaven! How suggestive that
mythology declares that when all
other deities fed the earth the god
dess Hope remained!
It was hope that revived John Knox
when on shipboard near the coast of
Scotland he was fearful1y ILL., and he
was requested to look shoreward and
asked if he knew the village near the
coast and he answered, 81 know it
well, for see the steeple of that place
where God first opened my mouth in
public to his glory, and am fully per-
suaded how weak that ever I now
appear / shall not depart this life
till my tongue shall g1orify his holy
name in the same place" His hope
rewarded. and for twenty-five
more years he preached. That is the
nope winch sustained MT. A1OTTo11 Oh
Norwich when departing this life at
twenty-four years of age he declared,
L should like to understand the
secrets OF eternity before 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 I fall, tell my dear wife that
I die with a good hope in Christ and
that / am glad to give my life for my
country" That was the good hope
hour when he said: 'sAh. is this
death? How have I dreaded an
enemy this smiling friend!"
Assurances of Heaven.
Many have full assurance that all is
right with the soul They are as sure
of heaven as if they had passed the
pearIy panels of the gate. as though
they were already seated in the temple
of God unrol1ing the libretto of the
heavenly chorister. I congratulate al
such. 1 wish 1 had it, too-ful1 assur-
ance-but with me it is hope. Which
hope" Sinful, it expects forgiveness;
troubled, IT expects relief: bereft, il
expects reunion; clear down, it expects
wings to lift; shipwrecked, it expects
lifeboat: bankrupt, it expects eterna
riches; a prodigaI. it expects the wide
open door of the fathers farmhouse
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backward; it always looks forward
What is the use of giving so mucl
time to the rehearsal OF the past? You
/. mistakes are not corrected by a re
view your losses cannot, by broodin:
over them, be turned into gains. It i
the future that has the most for us
and hope cheers on We have al
committed blunders, but does the call
ing of the roll of them make them tn
less blunders? Look ahead il
all matters of usefulness Howeye
much you may have accomplished 70
God and the worlds betterment, you
greatest usefulness is to come. mo.
says some one, my health is gone.
No says someone, my money
gone No says someone, the mos
of my years are gone and therefor
my usefulness Why. you talk Hk
an infideI. Do you suppose that a
your capacity to do good is fenced