life's deeper meanings. 35
a glimpse of what life really means, and of the un¬
speakable love of God in creating us as he has. For
never did ship-owner, launching his craft upon the
sea for a long and perilous voyage, make such cmple
provision for her safety and success as the beneficent
God has made for the safety and success of these in¬
dividual lives of ours freighted with eternal destinies
Let us, then, not be despondent, but hopeful; for
it will make very great difference in a man's work
and in a man's success, whether he enters upon life
with hope in his heart, with joy in his soul, with sun¬
shine on his brow, or whether he enters upon it with-
gloomy forebodings and the feeling that every step of
the way is through shadow.
The leaders of a people should be hopeful, should
be cheerful, and capable of mental and spiritual en¬
durance, especially the leaders of a people with slave
ancestry. If you wish to know what I mean by this,
read the history of those Israelites whom Moses had
to lead out of Egypt. Slave-born and slave-bred,
with the habits and vices of slavery in their blood,
with the animal in their natures abnormally developed,
they could see no meaning in life beyond the imme¬
diate gratification of their passions, their appetites,
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