Editorial August 29, 1925 Issue

Hope

Ella W. Hoag

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast." So sang Alexander Pope many years ago. Since the proverb, "Without hope the heart would sink," is also as true as when it was first written, it is fortunate for mankind that hope is still of this same eternally upspringing character. Men have not always realized how large a part this quality plays in all right accomplishment, for without hope they would drop all too quickly into a state of inaction and desuetude.

Hope is that mental attitude which always exists at the point of expectancy of good. It is ever looking forward to the gaining of the fruition of its desires, to the winning of a wished-for goal. It has among its closest companions courage, assurance, and confidence, and should be cherished and clung to at all times, lest defeat claim to be a foregone conclusion in each undertaking not thus supported.

When Christian Science was given to the world, it brought the revelation which makes it possible for all mankind to be always hopeful. Showing as this Science does that all good is of God and therefore infinite, it places hope on the solid basis of the right to expect perfect fruition as the result of every true purpose and endeavor. The Psalmist glimpsed this same wonderful foundation for hope when he declared, "Happy is he ... whose hope is in the Lord."

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