XXVI. FAITH AND HOPE. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.-REV. ii. 10. Lord, increase our faith.-LUKE Xvii. 5. Who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast.-HEB. vi. 18, 19. Gen. xv. 6-xxii. 1-10-Exod. iv. 31-xiv. 31-xix. 9-Deut. xxxii. 20-2 Kings vii. 2, 17—2 Chron. xx. 20-Job xix. 25-27Psalm xvi. 9-11-xvii. 15-xxvii. 13—xxxi. 24-xxxiii. 18-xlii. 11-lxxi. 5-lxxviii. 19-22-cvi. 12-cxvi. 10-cxix. 43, 49, 74, 81, 114 cxxx. 7-cxlvi. 5-cxlvii. 11-Prov. xiv. 32-Isaiah xxviii. 16-Lam. iii. 24, 26-Dan. vi. 23-Jon. iii. 5-Hab. ii. 4. Matt. viii. 2, 3, 5-10, 13-ix. 2, 20-22, 28, 29-xiv. 28-31, 36— xv. 22-28-xvi. 15, 16-xvii. 20-xxi. 22-Mark ix. 23, 24-x. 51, 52-xi. 22-24-Luke i. 45—vii. 50—xvi. 10–xvii. 5, 19— xviii. 8-John i. 12, 50-ii. 22-iii. 14, 16, 18, 33, 36-iv. 39, 41, 42, 50, 53-v. 24-vi. 35, 40, 47, 68, 69—viii. 30, 56-ix. 35-38— x. 38-xi. 21-27, 39, 40, 43-45–xii. 36, 46—xiv. 1, 11, 12-xvi. 30-xvii. 7, 8, 20, 21–xx. 29, 31-Acts vi. 7, 8—viii. 37—x. 43 -xiii. 12, 39, 48—xiv. 8-10, 27-xv. 7-9, 11-xvi. 30-34-xviii. 27-xix. 18-xxi. 20, 25—xxiv. 14-xxvii. 25-Rom. i. 8, 11, 12, 16, 17-iii. 3, 22, 25-31-iv. 3, 5, 12-25-v. 1, 2, 5—vi. 8—viii. 24, 25-ix. 30-33-x. 4, 8-11, 17-xi. 20-xii. 12—xiv. 23-xv. 13-1 Cor. ii. 5—iii. 11–xiii. 2, 13-xvi. 13-2 Cor. i. 24-iii. 18-iv. 13, 14—v. 7—viii. 7—xiii. 5—Gal. ii. 16, 20—iii. 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 22-26-v. 6-Eph. i. 13-16, 19—ii. 8-iii. 12, 14-19—iv. 4, 5, 13—vi. 16, 23-Phil. i. 25, 27, 29-ii. 17, 18-iii. 9-Col. i. 3-6, 21-23-ii. 5-7, 12–1 Thes. i. 2, 3-iv. 13, 14-v. 8-2 Thes. i. 3, 4, 10, 11-1 Tim. i. 5, 12, 14, 16, 19—ii. 15—iii. 9, 16—iv. 6, 10, 12-vi. 11, 12, 19-2 Tim. i. 5, 12-14—ii. 22—iii. 15—iv. 7, 8 Tit. i. 1, 2—ii. 1, 2—iii. 8—Philem. 4-6-Heb. iv. 1-3, 14—vi. 11, 12, 18, 19—x. 22, 23, 38, 39—xi.—xii. 1, 2—Jas. i. 3, 5, 6— ii. 1, 5, 14-26—1 Pet. i. 3-9, 13, 21—ii. 6, 7—v. 8, 9—2 Pet. i. 1, 4-Jude 3, 20, 21-Rev. ii. 7, 10, 13, 19, 26, 28—iii. 5, 21—xiv. 12-xv. 2, 3-xvii. 14—xxi. 7. Faith, like a simple, unsuspecting child, Sleeps on His bosom, and expects no harm; Receives with joy the promises He makes, Nor questions of His purpose or His power; She does not doubting ask, “ Can this be so?" The Lord has said it, and there needs no more. However deep be the mysterious word, However dark, she disbelieves it not; In vain, with rude and overwhelming force, As evening's pale and solitary star But brightens while the darkness gathers round, So Faith, unmov'd amidst surrounding storms, Is fairest seen in darkness most profound. CAROLINE FRY. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, And still, as darker grows the night, GOLDSMITH. Immortal Hope Takes comfort from the foaming billow's rage, YOUNG. Oh say, what hope is that which can impart Whose pow'r is endless, and whose name is love- Where no joys wither, and no hopes decay. Hope thou in God! to a dying hour This hope sweet assurance brings, When worldly preferments, and wealth, and power Shall all be forgotten things. Aye, hope thou in God, though a feeble worm, Reflected on the lake, I love To mark the star of evening glow; Thus, heavenly Hope is all serene, TOWNSEND. That hope be mine! that anchor of the soul, And binds us to that blest and boundless shore, Hope, with uplifted foot, set free from earth, Cowper. If, where around our holiest things, 'Mid guilt and sorrow here; Then think, where sin hath no control, Where faintness ne'er weighs down the soul, Where faith, where hope need no employ, In God's own presence, think what joy, Full and for ever! GRINFIELD. This hope is earth's most estimable prize : |