The Duty of Happiness: Thoughts on Hope (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Rev. J. M. Lelen

9780483733466: The Duty of Happiness: Thoughts on Hope (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483733466 ISBN 13: 9780483733466

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from The Duty of Happiness: Thoughts on Hope

I AM intimately convinced that thou dost watch over all those who hope IN the, and that WE can want for nothing whilst WE expect all from thee: therefore I AM resolved from henceforth To live without anxiety, and TO cast all MY care upon thee. Men may turn against me; sickness may take away MY strength and the means OF serving the; I may even lose thy grace BY sin; but I will never lose MY hope. I will keep IT even To the last moment OF MY life; and all the demons IN hell shall try IN vain To tear IT from me. Others may look for happiness from their riches OR their tal ents; they may rely upon the innocence OF their lives, the rigor OF their penance, the number OF their good works, OR the favor OF their prayers; but for me, 0 lord, MY confidence shall BE MY con fidence itself. This confidence has never DE ceived any one. No one hath hoped IN the lord and been put To shame. I AM sure, then, that I shall BE eternally happy, because I hope firmly To BE so, and IT IS from thee, O lord, that I hope it. I know that I AM frail and changeable; I know the power OF temptation against virtues the most firmly based; I have seen the stars OF heaven and the pillars OF the firmament fall; but not even this can make ME fear. As long As I hope, I AM safe from every evil, and I AM sure OF always hop ing, because I hope for this unchanging hope. IN fine, I AM sure that I can not hope Too much IN the; and that I can not obtain less than I hope for from thee. Thus I hope that thou wilt UP hold ME IN the greatest dangers, protect ME IN the most violent assaults, and make MY weaknress triumph over MY most formidable enemies. I hope that thou wilt love ME always, and that I also shall love the with unfailing love; and To carry MY hope AT once AS far AS IT can Go, I hope for thee from thyself, MY creator, both IN time and eter nity.

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