The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-08

preme, Tor no one can be happy II he q
carries perpetually in mind the mean /
things that have been done him On I
the other hand, you can find here and I
there man or woman (for there are not
many Of them) whose disposition is ge- s
nial and summery. Why? Have they ]
ALWAYS been treated wcllp o, no. Hard
things have been said against them
They have been charged with ofiicious-
ness; and their generosities have been
set down to q desire for display, and
they have many time been the subject
of tittle-tattle, and they have had
enough small assaults like gnats and
enough great attacks like lions to have
made them perpetually miserable, II
they would have consented to be miser-
able. But they have had enough divine
philosophy to cast of the annoyances,
and they have kept themselves in the
sunlight of Gods favor and have realized
that these oppositions and hindrances
are part of mighty discipline, by
which they are TO be prepared Tor use,
fulness and heaven. The secret OF 1t oil
is, they have, by the help of the eternal
God, learned how to forget
Another practical thought: When our
faults are repented of let them go out
of mind. If God forgets them, we have
a right to forget them. Having once
repented of our felicities and misde-
meanors, there is no need of repenting
Of them again. Suppose owe you
large sum of money, and you are per-
suaded am incapacitaed to pay, and
YOU give me acquittal from that obliga-
ton. You say: 81 cancel that debt.
All is right now. Start again" And
the next day, I come In and say: You
know about that big debt owed youP
have come In to get you 70 let me on
feel so bad about it cannot rest. DO
let me off," You reply with little Inn
patience: "I did let you off. Don't
bother yourself and bother me
!, with any more Of that discussion
/ The following day come In and say:
"My dear sir, about that debt can
I never get over the fact that l owe you
that money. 1t issomething that weighs
: on nv mind like q milestone. Do for
. give me that debt" This time you clear
q lose your patience and say: "You are
a nuisance. What do you mean by this
4 reiteration of that affair? am almost
r sorry forgave you that debt. Do you
|, doubt my veracity, or do you notunder-
: stand the plain language In which told
= you that debt was canceledg' Well, my
= friends, there are many Christiansgu
y 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 and insult
!. ing God by asking Him TO forgive
= sins that long ago were forgivenP God
= = has forgotten them. Why do you not
n forget them? No; you drag the load on
n with you and 1855 times year, II you
"a pray every day, you ask God to recall
- occurrences which He has not only for
!, given 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
~ deliyerance OF His mercy. He does no
- give rec eipt for part payment, or 81
=. much received on account, but receip
~ in full, God having for Christ's sake de
=, creed, "your sins and your iniquitie
- will remember nomore." AS far aspos
y sible. lot the disagreeables Of life drop
We have enough things In the presen
w and there will be enough In the future ;
~ disturb us without running specia
IS train into the great Gone-By to fetch u
y, as special freight things left behind
10 Some ten years ago when there wasa bi
49, railroad strike, remember seeing a
70. along the route from Omaha TO Chicag
W and from Chicago TO New York hundred
~ and thousands Of freight cars switche
- on the side tracks, those cars loade
90 with all kinds OF perishable materia
A. decaying and wasting After the strik
was over, did the railroad compsnie
an bring all that porishable material dow
Nd TO the markets? No, they threw it o
where II was destroyed, and loaded u
with something else Let the long trai
,,, of your thoughts throw of the wor:
od than useless freight Of corrupt and d.
rill stroyed past, and load up with gratitue
Ion and faith and holy determination. "
r.e do not please God by the cultivation
,rs- the miserable He would rather see !
ed happy than 70 see us depressed. fo
ese would rather soc your children laug
70 than 10 see them cry and your Heavenl
,ev Father has no fondness for Mysteries.
new Not only forget your pardoned tran
Of gressions, but allow others to forg
nes them. The chief stock ou hand OF mar
led people is TO recount in prayer meeting
con and pulpits what big scoundrels The
ale once wero. They not only will not 10
in eet their forgiven deficits, but th'
ms. seem 10 be determined that the chur'
ave and the world shall not forget theI
, In II you want to declare that you ha'
mid been the chief Of sinners and eItol Il
the grace that could save such wretch
,av: YOU were, do so, but do not go into pa
me- ticulars. Do not tell how many tim
and YOU got drunk, or TO what bad plac
ms YOU went, or how many free rides y
Idv. had In the prison van before you we
M converted. Lump II, brother; give
,ets TO us in bulk. II you have any sea
nth got In honorable warfare, show thel
and but II you have scars got In ignot
the warfare, do not display them. / knc
now you will quote the Bible reference
ran the horrible pit from which you we
sion digQed. Yes, be thankful for that n
,lse- cue, but do not make displays Of t
per- mud of that horrible pit, or splash
INV over other people. Sometimes / ha
me felt In Christian meetings discomft
-, cd ,nft for Christian service becau