The Dickinson press., 1892-06-18
HOW TO FORGET.
DR.. Talmage Explains The Art Of
Forgettulness to a Vast Audi
ence.
There Is no Need Of Repenting More
Than Once ii 1t Is Done Right
At First.

AZ TllSls
BROOKLYN, n. Y.-Special.-The
enormous audience which thronged
the Tabernacle had fresh evidence OF
DIR. Talmase's originality. The value OF
I. retentive memory every one knew
by experience and had heard eNtol-
led from their school days up, but
they learned from DR.. Talmase's SER
mon that the art OF iorsettinsis worth
cultivatin., and that there is the
highest possible example for its exer-
else. His text was Hebrew Will. l2:
Their sins and their iniquities will l
remember no more
The l,,tional flower OF the Egypt
ian< is the helitrope, OF the Assyrians
is the water lily, OF the Hindoos is
the n,arigol,,, OF the Chinese is the
chrvsanthemum. Wehave nonation-
al flower, but there ishardly any flow
er more suggestive to many OF us than
the ''iorget-me- not,' We all like to
he remembered, and one OF our mis-
| fortunes is that there are so
many things we cannot remember.
| Menmonics, or the art OF assisting
memory, is an important art. 1t
was first suggested by Simonades OF
Cos five hundred years before Christ.
Persons who had but little power to
recall events, or put facts and names,
and dates in proper possessions have,
through this art, had their memory
reinforced to an almost incredible
extent. A good memory is an inval-
liable possession. BY all means, cult,
waite it.
But right along with this art OF rec
objection, which | cannot too highly
eulosize, is one quite rs important
and yet never heard it applauded.
l mean this art OF forgetting. There
is splendid faculty in that direction
that we all need to cultivate. We
might, through that process, be ten
times happier and more useful than
we now are. We have been told that
torgetfuness is weakness and ought
to be avoided by all possible means.
So far from Il weakness, my text
ascribcs it to God. 1t is
THE VERY TOP OF oMNIPoTENCE.
: that God is able to obliterate part
OF his own memory. Gods power OF
forgetting is so great that if two men
appeal to him, and the one man after
Il life all right, gets the sins OF his
heart pardoned, and the other man.
after a life OF abomination gets par
doned. God remembers no more
against one than against the 9th
, er.
This sublime attribute OF forgetful
ness on the part OF God you and
need, in our finite way, to initiate
You will do we'll to cast out OF your
recollection all wrongs doneyou. Dur
. ing the course OF ones life he is sure te
: be misrepresented,t to be lied about, tt
:. be injured. There are those who keel
!. these things fresh by frequen
s rehearsal. Ii things have appeared il
print they keep them in their scral
!. book, for they cut these precious par
), agraphs out OF newspaper or book
and at leisure times look them over
}, or they have them tied up in bundles
/. or thrust in pigeon holes, and the,
/; frequently regaie themselves and thei
>. friends by an inspection OF these fling
}, these sarcasms, thesefalsehoods, thes
% cruelties. have known gentleme
} who carried them in their pocket
books, so that they could easily &c
y at these ilritations, and they put thei
right hand in the inside OF thei
coat pocket over their heart, and say
+, "Lool here! Let me show you SOM
" thing" Scientists catch wasps an
/. hornets and poisonous insects an
81 transtx them in curiosity bureaus fc
!, study, and that is we'll. But these {
whom speak catch the wasps an
~ the hornetsan poisonous insects an
play with them and put them o
n themselves and on their friends an
3, see how far the noxious things ca
Jump and show how deep they ca
ID sting. Have no such scrap bool
OF Keep nothing in your possession thf
le is disagreeable. Tear up the falls
n; hoods and the ISLANDERS and the Ii.
, percriticislns. Initiate the Lord
1g my text and forget, actually Jorge
snblimely forget. There lis no hapl
Gs ls ness for you in any other plan or pr
II cedure.
~ ~, Another practical thought: WHIT
la. our faults are repented OF let them {
all out OF mind. IfGod forgets them, ,
IN have Il right to forget them. Havi
,c- once repented OF our infelicties az
de- n1isdemeanors there is no need OF O
Gil REPENrlNG or THEM AGAIN.
lis Suppose owe you a large sum
,3 OF money, and you are persuaded a
uIs it incapacitated to pay, and you q
,sl acquittal from that obligation. Y
his his say: 81 cancel that debt. All is rig
~ now. Start again" And the he
ed day come in. and say: "Iou knt
py about that big debt l owed you.
f. have come in to get you to let me
| feel so bad about it l cannot re
ler DO let me Off" You reply with
re- little impatence: 81 did let you {
1er Don't bother yourself and bother
10 with any more OF that discussion
.,t !. The following day come in and 81
,as ms "My dear sir, about that debt: C
laa ,t. neverget over the fact that ON
aM =" you that money. 1t is someth
W.. W. that weighs onmy mind like a. m m
hat stone. Do forgive me that debt" Il
Isl time you clear lose your patience a
ar- say; "You are q nuisance. What
ate you mean by this reiteration OF tt
,ar AFFAIR."" am almost sorry I forgs
,nr' 10 you that debt. Do you doubt I
=, he veracity or do you not understa
~ the plain language in which ! told y
die. that debt was cancelled" Well, 1
friends, there are many Christia
guilty ofworse folly than that. WI
"A It is right that they repent OF new S
(tcr- ond ri recent sins. what ia the use
'hus 'Is, bothering yourself and insulting G
mns ,.,s by asking him to forgive sins II
,mis long ago were forgiven? God has