June 5

Hope maketh not ashamed.—Romans 5:5.

WHY should I be ashamed of my hope in Christ, as the only and all-sufficient Saviour, and as my Saviour? Is there not every reason, rather, to glory in the hope, and in him who is its everlasting foundation? Amid all the changes and uncertainties—the sins and sorrows of life, is it not a matter of thankfulness, and joy, and triumph, that I have a hope which is an anchor to the soul, and which has the promise of the life that now is, and also of that which is to come?

Experience of God is a prop to our hope. He that hath delivered, doth and will. Experience of ourselves helps to evidence our sincerity.—M. HENRY.

I have such a hope that with it I can calmly plunge into eternity.—A. FULLER.

Hope takes fast hold of heaven itself. It is like the morning light; the least beam of it shall go on to complete sunshine, it shall shine brighter and brighter to the perfect day.—T. BROOKS.

Faint, and sinking on the road, Still I cling to thee, my God. Bending 'neath a weight of woes, Harassed by a thousand foes, Hope still chides my rising fears, Joy still mingles with my tears; For thy word still sounds to me, "As thy days thy strength shall be." --H. F. LYTE.