Milford chronicle., 1892-06-10

16-AA 1uplVoc owe you q NtrEe sum O
money, and you are persuaded am inca
haeltated to pay, and you give me acquit
~ from that obligation You say: sIcan
n that debt All is right now. Start
AGA" And the next day come in and
: say t''You know about TINT big debt
owl You. have come in to get You to
let Z e0f. feel so bad about il cannot
rest IN let me of" You reply with a
little imp Atience: Il did let you off. Don't
bother youhself and bother me with any
more Of that discussion"
The following day / come IN and say,
Ny dear sir, about that debt anneyer
get over the fact that owed you that
money. It is something that weighs on
my mind like a milestone Do forgive me
that debit This time you clear lose your
patiencel and say; You are a nuisance.
What do you mean by this reiteration Of
that atffiri am almost sorry / forRave
yoH thgt debt. Do you doubt my veraeity
or do Sou not understand the plain Ian
guage in which l told you that debt was
canetledW
Well, my friends, there are many Chris
tians guilt Of worse folly than that.
While II is right that they repent OF new
sins and Of recent sins, what Is the use Of
bothering yourself and insulting God BY
asking him to forgive sins that long ago
were iorgiveni God has forgotten them.
Why do you not forget themg No; you
drag the load ON with you and 865 times
year Il you pray every day, you ask God
to recall occurrences which be has not only
forgiven but forgotten. Omit this folly. I I
do not ask you less to realize the turpi- (
tude Of sin, but ask you to a higher faith 4
in-fhe promise Of God and the full deliv- 1
erance Of his mercy. He does not give a
receipt for part payment or so much re-
ceived on account, hut receipt IN full, God I
having for Christ's sake decreed, "your
sins and your impurities viii remember
no Hiore."
As far as possible let the disagreeabIes
OF life drop. We have enough things in
the present. and there viii be enough in
the fnture to disturb US, without running
q special train into the great comedy to
fetch us as special freight things left be-
hind. Some ten years ago, when there was
a great railroad strike, remember seeing
all along the route from Omaha to Chi
sagpi and from Chicago to New York.
hundreds and thousands Of freight cars
switched on the side tracks, those cars
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
I w9s destroyed, and loaded up with some
hing else
Let the long train Of your thoughts
'hroW of the worse than useless freight of
corrupt and destroyed past, and load up
With gratitude and faith and holy deter !
nination. We do not please God by the ,,
cultivation Of the miserable. He would
thar rsa T.
creased. You would Their see your chill
lref laugh than to see them cry, and your
ieafenly Father has no fOndness for hys- :,
erios.
DON'T SHOW IGNOBLE SCARS. Q
Mo- only forget your pardOned trans Z
,ressions, but allow others TO forget them. ?
he chief stock ON hand of many people is q
o recount in prayer meetings and pulpits y
THAT big scOundrels they once were. They J.
ot only will not forget their forgiven def Ia
its, Int they seem to be determined that p
be church and the world shall not forget p
hem. II you want to declare that Won ~
ave been the chief Of sinners and extol i
be grace that could save such wretch "a
; you were, do so, but do not go into par a
eulars. Do not tell how many times you
Ut drunk or to what bad places you went, u
r how many free rides You had in the nc
ris0n van before you were converted SO
Jump it, brother; give it to us in bulk. w
If You have any sears got in honorable ~
arfare, show them; but il you have scars Ia
1t in ignOble warfare, do not display them Us
know you will quote the Bible reference Al
the horrible pit from which you were eN
gged. Yes be thankful for that rescue, Tn
1t do not make displays Of the mud of ia'
at horrible pit or splash it over other mn
Ople. Sometimes have felt in Christian lo
ceilings discounted and unfit for Chris. wa
IN service because | had done none Of ~
Ose things which seem to be in the th
.imatiOn OF many necessary for Chris .h
IN usefulness. for | never swore a ne
nd, or ever got drunk, or went COZ
compromising places or was guilty Da
assault and battery. or ever ut oW
ed slanderous word, or ever did any :
e a hurt, although knew my heart WAS hei
full enough. and / said to myself There vac
no use of my trying to do any good, for hei
yer went through those depraved expert tht
,es;" but afterward / saw consolation in Al
, thought that no one gained any ordi- WI
lion by the laying on Of the hands Of ing
sOluteness and infamy. And though an ans
inary moral life, ending in Christian clo
:, may not be as dramatic a story to tell can
tut, let us be grateful to God rather bis
~ NOAAg An0AA AAf - We nave never
nged into outward denominations VII
may be appropriate in a meeting Of re- OF {
med drunkards or reformed debauchees VII
luOte for those not reformed how des- lost
ate and nasty you once were, but donot
We a scavenger's cart into asselnbIages y
PEOPLE, the most Of whom have always INV
n decent and respectable. But ! have ana
n sometimes in great evangelistic meet the
5 where people went into particulars the
ut the sins that they once committed plaG
much so that felt likep putting my hand dest
ny pocketbook or calling for the police NOR
these reformed men might fall from thar
se and go at their old business of theft Tor
or cutthroatery. If your SOM
have been forgiven and your life puri can
forget the waywardness Of the past, afte
allow others to forget it. you
GODS GREAT MERCY. a fri
ut what most want in the light Of larg
text to impress upon ny hearers and thei
ers is that we have a sin forgetting Al
Suppose that on the last day you
ID the last day because the sun win Of j.
n again rise upon our earth, the earth min
( being flung into fiery demoiition- on
,osing that on that last day group OF shall
NAL spirits should somehow get near whit
gh the gate Of heaven, and challenge / the
entrance, and say: How canst thou, Der
just Lord, let those souls into the life
n Of supernal gladness2 Why, they crue
a great many things they never ought It ia
nve said and they did great many q y, q
IS they ought never to have done. - u
ers are they; sinners all. - ~ u, y
ID suppose God should deign to an ~ :
, he might say; Yes, but did not my NJ ~
Son die for their ransOmY Did lac not ~
ihe pricei Not one drop Of blood was sue
NED p bis arteries, MOI one nerve Of eouI
hat not wring in the torture He souil
in T.. body and soul all the suf- ygtol
6 that those sinners deserve. They Dloo'
led that sacrifice. They took the fun sloo
on that promised to all who, through sosn
on, earnestly applied for il, and it s.'sin
d ont Of my mind that they were Of w =.
rs. I forgot all about it. Yes, for ~ s1iu
Il about il. Their sins and their In w 8
les do I remember no more. A sin 1 anu >
tting Godl That is clear beyond and i iaee9
hove civ, "a safrr,s.,rr t,1 NfAN