Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-09

fsiittt - 49, iss.7- is4Die- INT they have had
eisot ii uis..ie philosophy 10 cast Off the
am Ysinces, ;..ii thsy have kept themselves
Ia tIe snnlis-.i OF Gods favor and have
realized that these oppositons and hin
ORANGES are part of mighty discipline,
by whiei they are 10 he prepared for Use
fulness and heaven The secret of it all is,
they have by tae help Of the Eternal God
learned how 10 :orgJt.
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Another practical thought: When our
faults are repeuted of let them go out
Of mind. Ii God iorgets them, we have IA
right to forget them. Having once re-
pented Of ourinfeii"itiesan msden' eanors,
there is 80 lietd OF our rcpenting Of them
again. Suppose owe yon Il large sum Of
money, and ycu are persuaded am inca
pacitated 10 pay, and you give me acquit-
tai from that obligation. Yon say: II can
Gel that debt. All is right now. Start
again. And the next day come in and
say: "lcu know about that big debt
owed yon have come in to get you to
let me Off feel 80 bad about it | cannot
rest. Do lot me off" You reply with a
little impatence q did let you off Don't
bother yourself and bother me with any
more of thai discussion"
The following day | come in and say:
'My dear sir, about that debt. can never
get over the fact that | owed you that
money. 1t il something that weighs on
my mind like milestone Do forgive me
that debt" This time you clear lose your
patience and say: you are nuisance
| What do you mean by this reiteration Of
| that affair? am almost sorry ! forgaye
| you that debt. Do you doubt my veracity
H.
| guage in which | told you that debt was
| cancelled"
Well, my friends, there are many Chris
tians guilty Of worse folly than that
| While it is right that they repent Of new
| sins and of recent sins, what is the use Of
| bothering yourself ana insulting God by
| asking him TO forgive sins that long ago
| were forgiven God has forgotten them
Why do you not forget thems No; you
| drag the load on with You and 365 times a
year, if you pray every day, you ask God
to recall occurrences which he has not only
| forgiven but forgotten. Quit this folly. !
| do not ask you less TO realize the turpi
| tude of sin, but ask you to higher faith
| in the promise Of God and the full deliv
erance of his mercy. He does not give a
receipt for part payment or SO much re-
/ CtlNtt vi ttCibNhAs bbA iftfiliA III ihiif NfOA
having for Christ's sake decreed, your
sins and your inqutes will remember
no more"
As far as possible let the disatsreeables
of life drop. We have enough things in
the present, and there will be enough in
the future To disturb us. without running
special train into the great gone-by to
fetch us as special freight things left be-
hind Some ten years ago, when there was
great railroad strike, remember seeing
all along the route from Omaha to Chi
cago, and from Chicago to New York,
hundreds and thousands Of freight cars
switched on the side tracks, those ears
loaded with all kinds of perishable mate
rial, decaying and wasting. After the
strike was over did the railroad companies
bring all that persisted material down to
the markets. No, they threw it off where
it was destroyed, and loaded up with some.
thing else.
Let the long train of your thoughts
throw OFF the worse than useless freight OF
corrupt and destroyed past. and load up
with gratitude and faith and holy deter
mination. We do not please God by the
cultivation of the miserable. He would
rather see US happy than to see Us de
pressed You would rather see your chill
IL, jo,,,,l, ,b,r n. SEQ tbap, cr,, a,d vour
beavenly Father has no fondness for hvs.
ts,ics
Don't SHOW IGNoBLE SCARS.
NOT only forget your hardened trans
pressons but allow Others to forget them.
The chief stock on hand Of many people is
10 recount in PRAYER meetings and pulpits
what hid seoundrels they once were They
NOT only win not forget their forgiven def
cits but they seem to be determined that
the church ana the world shall not forget
them. If Won want to declare that You
bave haen Tho chief of sinners and extol
NJ graee tint could save such a wretch
~ van were 10 q. but do not 60 into bar.
rienlars Do mol tell how many times YOU
sut drink or "a what bad places YOU went,
or how many free rides Won had in the
nrison van before You were converted.
hmm II brother; give it to us in bulk.
If Won hav. any scars got in honorable
warfare. show them; but if YOU have sears
rot IN i,,nohla warfare. do not display them.
I l,now Won viii ouote the Bible reference