I. "Expectation" and "hope" these are words which connect the heart with the future.
II. No power can so light up the future and throw over it the hues of immortal beauty as childlike trust in God.
III. The man who is living without expectation and hope is living only half a life, but the man who is living on false expectations and false hopes is wasting life.
IV. It is right that the body should be turned to moral account.
V. The possibility of being ready either for earthly or heavenly life.
VI. Identification with Christ is the secret of such readiness.
Parker, City Temple,vol. ii., p. 207.