And it is right to offer such a prayer as this, because the Bible teaches us to hope for this great glory. How well a hope like this may be called "_a hope that maketh not ashamed_," Rom. v: 5; "_a good hope through grace_," II. Thess. ii: 16; "that _blessed hope_," Tit. ii: 13; "_a lively hope_," I. Peter i: 3. And how well it may be spoken of as "_a helmet_"--to cover the head in the day of battle; and as "an anchor" to keep the soul calm and steadfast when the storms of life are bursting upon it! Moses and Elias appeared with Jesus at his Transfiguration, and shared his glory on purpose to teach us this lesson of hope, and to show us what we shall be hereafter. We shall be as glorious as Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration! This seems something too great and too good to be true. But no matter how great, or how good it is--_it is true_. Jesus taught this lesson of hope when he said--speaking of the time when he shall come in his kingdom, "_Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father_," St. Matt, xiii: 43. He taught us the same lesson, in his prayer to his Father, when he said, speaking of all his people, "_And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them_," St. John xvii: 21. And the apostle John taught us the same lesson, when he said,--"We know that when he shall appear _we shall be like him_," I. John iii: 2. These sweet passages make this lesson of hope very sure. And this is just the way in which we are made sure about other things we have not seen. "How we Know There is a Heaven." A Sunday-school teacher was talking to one of her scholars about heaven and the glory we shall have when we reach that blessed place. He was a bright boy, about nine or ten years old, named Charlie. After listening to her for awhile, he said: "But you have never been there, Miss D., and how do you know there really is any such place?" "Charlie," said the teacher, "you have never been to London; how do you know there is such a city?" "O, I know that very well," said Charlie, "because my father is there; and he has sent me a letter, telling me all about it." "And God, my Father, is in the heavenly city," said Miss D., "and he has sent me a letter, telling me about the glory of heaven, and about the way to get there. The Bible is God's letter." "Yes, I see," said Charlie, after thinking awhile, "there must be a heaven, if you have got such a nice long letter from there." The lesson of hope is the first lesson taught us by the Transfiguration. _The next lesson taught us here is_--THE LESSON OF INSTRUCTION.