HOPE

New Zealand Tablet, 17 December 1908, Page 37

HOPE

Tho great orator, the groat painter, tho groat poet, the great statesman— all arc children of Hope. "It was Hope that hung the lantern upon the ship of Columbus; it was Hope that brought Milton tidings of Paradise ; it was Hope that waved the torch before Bacon as he descended into the dark laboratory of Nature ; it was Hope that supported the steps of Newton when he wandered into the dim solitude of the unknown worlds; it was Hope that scattered the Persian chivalry before the eloquence of Demosr thenes; it was Hope that sprinkled the purple hues of summer over the canvas of Titian, and breathed the solemn repose of heaven over the divine heads of Raphael. But Hope has yet a holier signification. Christian happiness is folded up in the bosom of Hope. In the home of the good man, indeed, that angel is never absent; in the darkness of winter, and in the bloom of spring, it is alike present to cheer, to comfort, and to exhort.