Now abideth faith, hope, and love. These three,
but the greatest of these is love. And if love
is the greatest of these, then the second greatest
is hope. And this is my second heart -to -heart
talk with you regarding this wonderful thing
of hope. Someone has so ably said, it's worth
a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of
looking on the bright side of things. And that's
what hope is. Hope is a feeling that what is
wanted will happen. It's a desire, a mental desire
accompanied by anticipation or expectation. Hope
is like the sun, which as we journey toward it,
casts the shadow of our burden behind it. And
in all things, it is better to hope than to despair.
Hope is like the cork to the net, which keeps
the soul from sinking in despair and fear. like
the lead to the net which keeps it from floating
in presumption. Before you give up hope, turn
back and read the attacks that were made upon
Abraham Lincoln. Oh, this wonderful thing of
hope. And may I remind you again that hope is
something that is mental. And if ever there was
a day when hopelessness filled the hearts of
literally tens of thousands of people in the
world today, it's this present moment. I mean
that. As I told you in our last heart -to -heart
talk, this goes something that is hope. This
something that is mental. Put stars in the darkest
sky. There may not be a star in your sky. Not
the smallest sign of a star. And yet, hope will
put stars in that sky. Hope will literally put
windows in your blank wall. I mean that. And
the Bible even teaches us that hope will put
a smile on the face. That's right. And hope hangs
on even after the boat has sunk. There's something
about hope it absolutely refuses to take no for
an answer. Even when there's nothing left. Remember.
When I came to you with my little heart -to -heart
talk the last time, I told you something that
is very definite. If your mind is filled with
hope, if you will completely immerse your mind
with hope, you'll cast off destructive factors.
You'll be healthier. I'll guarantee you you'll
be happier. I will go further. I will guarantee
you that you will be a more efficient person.
I don't care whether you are a housewife, whether
you are an office worker. I don't care what your
position is. I don't care where you live, what
your circumstances may be. I'll guarantee you
that if you permit your mind to be completely
immersed with hope, you will be a more efficient
person. You'll be happier yourself. And in being
happier, you will radiate happiness to others.
It's the greatest weapon that I know anything
about against mental depression. I mean that.
I agree with you that it's dark out there. God
only knows you have troubles. So do I. But watch
something. Don't saturate your mind with your...
troubles. Don't get your eyes on your troubles.
Admit them, recognize them, but as quickly as
you do. I pray that you will instantly defeat
your depression with hope. Oh, that's great.
Yeah. You'll never be defeated. Never. You will
not go down in defeat. You will never have a
nervous breakdown. As long as you can immerse
your mind with hope. And it's just like that.
Mm -hmm. Depression is a sickness. Many of you
are a victim of depression. You are a victim
of discouragement, a victim of futility. Now,
sit there for just a few minutes. I'm going to
ask you to do something. I want to try some of
my vitamins. Oh, you say, Miss Kuhlman, are you
a doctor? Well, not in that sense of the word,
not really. No, of course not. But I've got some
mighty good vitamin pills. I've got some wonderful
pep pills, and you can't buy them at the drugstore.
No. My vitamins you can't buy. The kind of shots
I give, you don't go to your doctor for them.
But I'll guarantee you that I have a sure remedy.
I've got the greatest remedy in the world for
depression. I've got the greatest remedy in the
whole world for discouragement. So I'm going
to ask you to do. Try using some of my vitamins.
Try some of my tip pills. Get a shot of what
I have an awful lot of. This is the first time
that some of you have stopped sweeping long enough
to listen to what I'm trying to say. This is
the first time you've taken your hands out of
the dishwater. You want to hear what I have to
say? All right, here it comes. What's your vitamin,
Miss Grooman? What's that wonderful pet pill
that you're talking about? Here it is. Hold thou
in God, for I shall yet praise him. Who is the
health of my countenance and my Learn to look
forward with hope instead of backward with discouragement.
I repeat it. Learn to look forward with hope
and you'll have physical vigor. You'll have mental
clarity. You'll have spiritual health. you will
have an anchor that is sure and steadfast. My
hope is mid -man. Oh, listen. I couldn't guarantee
you victory. I couldn't guarantee you that my
vitamins would work. I couldn't put a guarantee
on my pep pills. If I recommended that you put
your hope, In man, no man. There is only one
who is absolutely steadfast, a sure anchor, and
that's our God. That is what this generation
needs more than anything else in the world. I
need it. You need it. Everybody needs it. In
Hebrews, the sixth chapter, the 19th verse, which
hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and steadfast. But how do you go about looking
forward with hope? It's very simple. All you
need to do is start thinking hope. Hope is mental.
Acting hope. If a person's mind is filled with
apprehension and fear, he'll generate apprehension
and fear. You are what you think. Fear begets
that which we fear. If you fear a disease long
enough, you'll get it because you create conditions
favorable to it. If you fear failure over a period
of time, you're likely to get it because you
have created a failure atmosphere. A woman said
to me not very long ago, and I knew she was a
very capable woman. I knew her employer was completely
satisfied with her as an employee because he
told me so. But she came to me and she said,
Miss Kuhlman, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
job. Three weeks later, she did. I was so amazed
I went to her employer. I said, what in the world?
You told me six months ago. What a wonderful
employee she was. And now you fired her. You
let her go. Why? He said, that's what I'd like
to know. Why? What was the reason? He said she
was wonderful. Until about six weeks ago, she
changed completely. What had happened? Fear had
entered her mind. Fear begets that which we fear.
Suddenly, she feared that she might lose her
job. Perhaps she heard that somebody else had
lost their job. Perhaps she was having a conversation
with someone else who had lost their job. Immediately,
That fear became the master of her mind. And
she thought it and thought it and thought it
over and over again. I'm going to lose my job.
There's a possibility that I'm going to lose
my job. And she did. Watch. The real secret of
looking forward with hope is to put your faith
in the past. power of Almighty God. And you'll
never be defeated.