The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.
Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).
God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.
It is one thing to know a truth, and another thing to know it by unction.
When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.