Christ ever calls to hope. He bids us rise again from the worst defeat. In the kingdom of grace there is always margin enough to start again, and to build up a noble life. Even down to the life’s latest hour this remains true. The door of opportunity opened to the penitent even on the cross in his dying hours; there was no time to make anything good or beautiful of his life on the earth, save in His dying confession and testimony; but the eternity into which he passed is very long, with time enough for a glorious career. So it is always. In this world, blessed by divine love and grace, there is never any need for despair. The call after any defeat or failure still is: “Rise up, let us go.”