The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

Has any one ever actually lived with
out hope: Look into your own heart
and see iT you could. see If you ever
have: Look back through the ages
that are past, look forward 10 the ages
yet unborn. ami answer tails questions
Could any one live without HOPPER
Without hope means without life. and
without life we Rre dead The heart
is the organ that increasingly keeps
blood pumping and thrObbinE through
our veins and maintains life within our
bodies. Hope IL the little unseen heart
within N heart, which keeps alive In
our breasts expectation, ambition. en-
ergy, love, faith, and virtue, and makes
us what we are for good or evil. II we
had but n heart which simply per-
formed its function of keeping the
alive, and we were conscious of moth
Ing going ON about US, were not able
20 participate in the great bRttie OF
life, but lay inert and still. we should
be in 81 state OF coma, and 80 morally.
mentally, and spiritually we should be
In just such state OF coma, without
hope. There does not exist heart
without this little inner heart Of hope.
Sometimes it il without any definite
shape or form; sometimes we could
not put into words what hope says IN
uS, but still deep down In the inner
being the little voice whispers "hOpe
on When life becomes weary bur
den and the heart Is heavy, and the
soul fOTlOTn. listen to this little mon
itOr and 'hOpe on" Yet this little un-
seen heart cannot do itH work alOnei
IL must be trained and guided Alright.
The Creator. provided we do our part.
keeps the human heart in order and
enables II 10 properly perform all its
important tasks, hut 10 He leaves
the veal woe of this little inner
heart. IL il for US to make IL a bless
ing in our lives; it Il for US 20 train
IL 40 help instead of hinder. We should
never allow ourselves TO hope for any
thing 20 satisfy the lower, baser sides
.
never hope for things which will not
increnSe our influence for good. but
we should always hope for beautiful,
helpful things, for the perfecting OF
our characters, for the things which
Will make us nObIer. purer. and better,
and then when the last great day
daWns we will find thnt hope has been
fulfilled and that the little inner heart,
our lives, has become tangible. won
derful reality, and That the reward of
beautiful hope h glorious hereafter.
MARION G. BARKER.
r. o. Box No. 1, Brentwood, Nd.
Cheerful, active, useful living. bnsed
on belief I'm the mystery that opens,
finfs, and perfumes the fOWcrss shines
from the stBra. picTccS the conscience,
SObS In our tcurN, NtOrntcN In our SONGS
sleeps in the cradle. and hides In the
grave. Belief in the ultimate down
fall of evil, the triumph OF love. eNpi-
alton for sins in heaven. but also In
earthi in the pTcdOminHncc of good In
man; ardent belief I'm God, not alone In
the God of splendid creations, trans
cendnnt power, unnpProachabie light,
but the God who works in human
guisc. trembles In our fear, suffers In
our gricf-the God 10 whom nothing
human II alien. Mans greatest and
best thoughts and achievements In his
greatest and best moments feeds the
hope that il the fOndest, most satisfy
Ing, and at its height the most sub
Stantial human possession The hope
that the present II not all nor the
hest Of our existence.
This hope 81 born of the experiences
which make Us less high to tn. lOwly,
less the creatures OF our own narrow
nfiirmatiOns and negatiOns, less self
, sufficient. and less fnint-henrted; less
snd in our mourning, happier In our
work for the present and future and
gives uS the peace which the world
Cannct give. cannot understand, and
which IL cnnnOt take away.
MRS. ALTA MIDKIFF.
1901 r. street northwest.