The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

doubled and our best powers made mani
fest. Yet to simply hope Is TO depend on
others and 10 often stand with folded
arms. but he who trusts himself will
! arouse the best that is in him. Thus hope
will expand and become great faith,
which food celestial feedeth
Faithful and steadfast 10 one purpose.
our hopes viii be guarded Alright to give
more courage and comfort to those who
are needing to-day the hope OF everlast-
ing bliss.
/ EMMA HUGHES.
What is it thou knowest. sweet voice.
cried:
"A hidden hope. the voice replied.
Mas y CAvANAUGH
The miserable have no other medicine,
but only hope.-shakespeare
+ KATHERINE oBRIEN.
1 A life that has been spent unreservedly
in the service OF God, Of ones neighbor.
and OF ones country is sure 70 obtain q
happy eternity. THOMAS v MURTo.
/ Hope peers beyond the sunset sky.
And sees Heaven ope. with clearest eye;
In sorrows sOmber vale we wait
TIL love translates ns to the sky.
But fear is ike the clouds that shed
Their shadows Ger the summer sky:
When life is freshest, gloom and dread
OF grief is ever lurking nigh.
Foreboding fear with frowning face.
Dispels life's sweet and sunny smiles;
Till dear hope comes with winsome grace
And cheers our way with winning wiles
Where the bright wells Of gladness spring
Hope will the youthful heart decoy;
But fear Is lowering there, TO fling
A shadow Ger the path Of JOY.
A rainbow never spans the sky.
But some dark spirit Of the storm,
With sable plume is always nigh
To shroud its light and airy form.
LIES pathway lies mid smiles and tears.
The wedding peal-the funeral toll;
But though o'ershadOwed still by fears.
Hope is the sunlight Of the soul.
MrA W. F. HALLECK.
When clouds are about our pathway
/ there stll shines the beacon light Of hope
and points 20 clearer skies. We part with
our dearest friends. buoyed up with the
joyful hope OF a reunion. In sickness
i comes hope as the joyful harbinger OF
health And in the bereavement Of death
we have the joyful hope Of the eternal
( far rfuacc Of Have
slra. A. E. NJ AvERILL-
Hope IS sure and steadfast anchor OF
the soul that will restrain our frail bark
and enable it to outride the storms Of our
earthly voyage. It is a good angel within
that whispers Of the triumph over evil
of the success OF good. Of the victory Of
truth. and the inal achievement Of right
The way Of the world is dark enough
even 70 the most favored ones among US
Why not. then. gather all the happiness
out Of life that We can? Why not strive
to cultivate cheerful. hopeful disposition
that viii enable US 70 see the silvery lin
ing 10 every cloud? BY so doing we
may do much 10 asSuage the sOrrows of
others and increase the joys and pleasures
Of life. Mrs L B CHAMBERLAIN.
Hope is the watchword Of every Opt
mist Hope is the light OF the world. II
means the very embodiment OF Christ--al
He worked for. all He stood for. From
the eternal truth we CLEAN the great jewe
Of hope Il means 10 us everything We
strive for. everything We wish for. and
il brings 70 US everything we earnestly
work for. Hope masters discomfort and
crowns earnest endeavors. The jewels Of
life are made up Of optimistic hope
HELENA 7. DOGGY
lis the part OF a coward TO brood
Ger the past that is withered and dead
What though the hearts roses are ashes
and dust.
What though the hearts music be fed,
Still shine the grand heavens o'erhead.
Hope. the voice of an angel. thrills clear
on the soul;
Grid Sbout thee thine armor, press on to
the goall
II the faults or the crimes Of thy youth
Are burden too heavy to bear,
What hope can rebloom on the desolate
waste
OF a jealous and craven despair
Down, down with the letters of fear.
In the strength of thy valor arise.
With the faith that flumes and the hope
that defes.
Then up 10 the contest with fate.
Unbound by the past which is dead,
What though the hearts roses are ashes
and dust.
What though the hearts music be fed?
Still shine the fair heavens o'erhead;
Grasp the banner that floats to the breeze
on the morn.
Emblazoned WITH with hope. and the vic.
tory's won.
Mrs L. D. ELLIOTT.
Hope tells US we meet at one gate when
alrs over The ways they are many and
wide. and seldom are two ways the same
side by side we may stand. dear optimist
at the same little door when ans done. Th
ways they are many the end IL is one
He that knocketh shall enter; who asks
shall obtain, and who seeketh, he findeth
No stream from its source flows sea
ward. how lowly so ever its course, but
what scmeeland is gladdened. No staI
ever rose and set without influence some
where Who knows what earth needs
from earth's lowest creature? No life
can be pure in its purpose and strong In
its strife and all life not be purer and
stronger thereby. The spirits Of just mer