The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to read more

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.

Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of
seeing God "without holiness," or of having read more

Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of
seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except
thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind
of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.