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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 29, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 13.

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HOPE.

By Mrs. W. E. Lowry

BY MRS. W. E. LOWRY.
THERE is not a word in our language which has more pleasant associations than "hope." Wherever we turn our eyes among mankind we see the influence of hope. It begins with the first dawning of reason, and ends only with life itself. It is hope that imparts to youth half its happiness, and to the aged a blessed assurance of eternal life. The prisoner in his cell, who perhaps has to die on the morrow, has hope, and not until the fatal rope is tied, does hope forsake him.
Our Heavenly Father has given us a hope of immortality. How true, then, the sentiment of the apostle, "Hope is an anchor to the soul"! How bright is the hope that meets the future without fear even of the persecutions that are coming upon the earth! Then, by believing on our Lord and Saviour, and living in obedience to his commandments, we can lift our eyes to heaven with that blessed hope of the soon coming of our King.