ISRAEL’S HOPE ENCOURAGED OR WHAT HOPE IS, AND HOW DISTINGUISHED FROM FAITH WITH ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR A HOPING PEOPLE BY JOHN BUNYAN ‘Auspicious hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.’ Christian hope is a firm expectation of all promised good, but especially of eternal salvation and happiness in heaven, where we shall be like the Son of God. This hope is founded on the grace, blood, righteousness, and intercession of Christ-the earnest