The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-16
all is, they have by the help of the Eter-
nal God learned how to forget.
A l., l.

Another practical thought: When our
faults are repented Of let them 60 out
of mind. If God forgets them, we have
a right to forget them. Having once re-
pented of our infelIcitles and misdemean-
Ors, there is no need of our repenting of
them again. Suppose owe you large
sum Of money, and you are persuaded I
am incapacitated TO pay, and you give
me acquittal from that obllgetion. You
say: II cancel that debt. All is right
now. Start again." And the next day
come i'll aad say: ''You know about
that big debt l owed you. l have come
in TO get you to let me Off. fell so bad
about it l cannot rest. DO lot me off,
You reply with little impatience: III
did let you of. Don't bother yourself
and bother me with any more of that
discussitn."
The following day come in and saw:
My dear sir, about that debt. l can
never get over the fact that owed YOU
that money. 1tis something that weighs
on my mind like milestone. DO for
give ME that debt" This time you clear
lose your patience and say: "You are q
nuisance. What do you mean by this
relteratlon OF that affair? | am almost
sorry forgaye you that debt. DO YOU
doubt my veracity or do you not under
stand the plain language in which told
you that debt was cancelled"
We'll, my friends, there are many
Christians guilty of worse folly than
that. While 1t is right that they repent
OF new sins and of recent sins, what Is
the use of botherlng yourself and insult
ing God by asking him to forgive sins
That long ago were iorgivcn9 God has
forgotten them. Why do YOU not for
get them? No; you drag the load on
with You and 3G5 times a year. if vou
pay every day, you ask God to recall
occurrences which he has not only for
gwen but forgotten. QUIT this folly. |
DO not ask you less 10 realize the turpi-
Iude OF sin, but ask you to q higher
lalJh III the promise of God and the full
icllverance OF his mercy. He does not
give receipt for part payment or so
much received on account, but receipt
III iull, God having for ChrisL's sake de-
creed, your sins and your niquities
Will remember no MORE"
AS fur as possible let the disagree.
ablcs OF litc drop. We have enough
thngs III tic present, and there Will he
enough III the future to disturb us, With
q l'SShtl tlttlll lllIO Gllc StC0t
Srne-by to fetch us as special freight
things left behind. Some ten years auo.
when there was a great railroad strike,
remember seeing all along the route
from Omaha to Chicago, and from Chi.
ca"o to New Y Nork, hundreds and thous.
ands of freight cars switched on the side
tracks, those cars loaded with all kinds
OF pcriShahle material, dccayinu and
| W1SllnU \ flor Ihn ofril-n III
Tie railroad companies bring all that
pcrlshcd material down to the marketsy
No, they threw it of where it was des.
SlroIcd, and loaded up with something
else.
Let the long train of your thoughts
, lhf"" OH The worse than useless freight
= nl corrupt and destroyed past, aud
! load un with gratitude and tath and
, molly determination. We do not please
:, Hod NY the cultivation ofthc miserable.
y lie """ld rather sec us happy than to
, see us depressed. You would rather
y see your children laugh than to see them
!; cry, and your heavenly Father has nc
iordncss for Mysteries.
c Not only forget your pardoncd trans
It 4rcssions, but allow others to iorgc
them. The chief stock on hand ofman,
| people is to recount in prayer meetings
O and pulpits what big scoundrels the,
G once were. They not only will not for
r gel their forgiven deficits, but they seen
n to be determined that the church anc
a the world shall not forget them. fyou
t want TO declare that you have been the
a chicl OF sinners and eXtol the grace that
4 could save such wretch as you were,
n 40 so, but do not go into particulars
f 40 not tell how many times you goI
: dIuhk Or to what bad places you went
: or how many free rides you hal III the
G PRISON van before you were converted
amp 1t, brother; give to us in bulk
Il IL may be appropriate in q meeting 0
0 reformed drunkards or reformed Gcbau
checS TO quote for those not reformed
3 now desperate and nasty you once were
, Dut DO not drive scavcngcr's cart int G
D asscmblages OF people, the most O
| whom have always been deceat and re-
q spectacle. But | have been sometimes
III great evangclistic meeting where peo
pic Wcht INTO particulars about the sins
= that they once committed 50 much sc
,hat L felt like putting my hand on m,
, PockeLbNok or calling for the police les
. these reformed men might fall from grace
ana go at their old business of theft or
| vi IL NOuI
sins have been forgiven and your life
purified, forget the waywardness OF the
past, and allow others TO forget 1t.
But what most want in The light OF
THIS text to impress upon my hearers
and readers is that we have a SIN forget
ting God. suppose that on the last
day called Tic last day because the sun
w!Il never again rise upon our earth,
the cal tn itself beng flung into fiery de-
moIitlon-Supposing that on that last
day group OF internal spirits should
somehow get near enough tho gate OF
heaven, and challenge our entrance, and
say: 'llow canst thou, the Just Lord, let
those souls into the realm of supcrnal
&lacncSs? Why they said great many
thugs they never ought to have said,
a"d they did a great many things they
ought never to have done. SlDncrs are
t'IcN; sinners ALL"
And suppose God should del N ~ an
SNcr, hc might Say: Yes. but did not