"Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe; Won by their sweets, in Nature's languid hour, The way-worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower; There, as the wild bee murmurs on the wing, What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring! What viewless forms th' Ĉolian organ play, And sweep the furrow'd line of anxious thought away."

Faith and hope are so closely related, it is difficult to speak of one as apart from the other. Hope has an important office in life, for it is the foundation on which faith builds; there can be no living faith without hope. It is because we know in part that we have hope for still greater things. Before the spirit of hope, gloom and doubt must pass away; hope tends to clear, and improve the mental vision, and rest comes to the mind because of its presence. All the pessimism of the world has never had the tendency to make man better, and we know that happiness is as far from pessimism as the North Pole is from the South. With the inner realization of hope will come an outer expression, which in itself will be a gospel of joy and glad tidings of peace and good-will, giving hope and courage to others.

Life is one eternal round of progress; in its spiral motion, one height reached discloses still another, making hope an eternal factor in man's development. Hope is a never-failing spring; from it we drink the waters which quench the thirst occasioned by the unrest of doubt and despair. Let us learn to place our hope and trust in the Eternal Father who brought us into existence - that Father who has cared for us and has given to us of every attribute which He possesses; given them to us that we may use them to become His representative on this earth. Let us learn to be hopeful in all things, knowing that whatever comes to us brings a lesson that will work for our good and profit. Under seemingly the most adverse circumstances, hope is to be found if we seek it, and it will aid us to overcome all difficulties. Live in the spirit of love, let hope do its perfect work and let the faith which is in thee be the substance from which the whole life is fashioned.