--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lauritzen, Annie G. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 9 number: 10 published: 1906-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Annie G. Lauritzen, "Hope On and Weary Not," *Improvement Era* 9, no. 10 (August 1906): 788.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0910unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0910unse start_page: 788 end_page: 788 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1906-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0910unse publication_year: 1906 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1906, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Hope On and Weary Not HOPE ON AND WEARY NOT. Had'st thou e'er a hope or prayerful longing, That burned within thy bosom night and day. A surging restlessness thy soul a-thronging, Strive as you would, you failed to force away? Longing for some face from mortals hidden, A loved one whom thou long hast yearned to see Or some attainment presseth thee unbidden; A hope, a joy, a glory yet to be? Toil on, toil on,—hope on, hope on, and never Grow weary with the weight of toil and pain; There'1 come a time when we with Christ forever Will dwell in peace and every good obtain. God planteth seeds of love and faith supernal Which, like the flowers, appear to fade and die, The flower—sweet emblem of the life eternal— That only sleeps beneath earth's wintry sky. God giveth pure desires and hopes to cherish, Within our hearts, He planted love and faith; In dark adversity they seem to perish, E'en blighted by chill winter's dreary breath. Yet, there's no hope but in the resurrection Will reach fulfillment, if we hope aright; There is no gift but can attain perfection, Directed by the power of truth and light. And all our hopes will sweetly then fulfill, Light, love and wisdom, power and majesty; If we but humbly seek to do His will, Success will crown our lives eternally, Annie G. Lauritzen. Richfield, Utah.