Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-06
HOW NOT TO THINK
Talmage Shows the Use Of
Forgetfulness
IN HIS REGULAR SERMON
Delivered IN the Brooklyn TaoefnAcie
TssseGdsy-Ihe Value Of Re-
tsnt.Ve Memory.

BzcoKLYs. june 5.-Ths enormous
Radience which thrOnged the Tabernacle
ms morning had fresh evidence Of DR.,
xalnAges originality. The value Of
sstsntzye memory every one knew BY
sxperssn,s7 and had heard extolied from
their school days up. bat they learned
from DR.. Ialmags's sermon that the art
Il forgsexias - worth caltivatlng. and
that there y the highest possible ex-
ample for its exercise. He text was
Ushrews vf1i, IL, Their sins and their
tutqu1k1ss VII remember no more"
Tia nsstsonal flower Of the Egyptians
= ~ hstioerope. Of the Assyrians Is tie
vns1 My. Of the Hindoos is the mari
g0ad. Of she Chinese - the chry-anthe-
Bmm- We have no National flower. but
ohnss y hardly any tower more susses-
I've % many Of as than the forgetme-
"a We eli hike 70 be remembered,
end one q oar mfsfortnnes - that there
ass % inzkny things We cannot remem-
bsr. Mnernonics. OF the art Of assisting
xsmOry, b an important art. Ii was
1zse yuggesssd by Simonides OF Cos i've
hundred years before Christ
Persuns who had but little power TO
recall events. OF put facts and names
md dates IN proper professions have.
through this art. had their memory re-
enforced % an alnoet incredible extent.
A good memory Il On invaluable posses
sion. by all means cultivate It. l had
IN aeet friend who. detained all night
NJ . miserable depot In waiting for a
rail train fast 10 the snow banks, enter
tanned . group Of some ten or fifteen
cisrgyraen, likewise detained on their
way home from a meeting or pres
bytery, first, with a piece OF chalk,
drawing out on the black and sooty
walls % the depot the characters OF
Walter SCOTS '.Msrnion." and then re-
citing from memory the whole Of that
poem OF some eighty pages IN hne
print
My cid friend. through great age. lost
his memory. and when asked him If
this story OF the railroad depot WAS true.
hs said 81 do not remember now, bot IL
Wa just like me. Let me see" said he
70 me. shave l ever seen you before?"
~Yes.' said. you were my guest last
night and | was with you an hour ago.
What an awful contrast in that man
between tho greatest mmnory i ever
know and 10 u,amory at all
CULTIVATE roR0ErYULSrss.
But rishAs1nng with this art Of recol-
lsctiox.. which cannot too highly eulo-
gize. 10 ono quite rs important and yet
usysr beard It spplauded- mean the
&C Of forgetting. There Is . splendid
1culry In that direction that we all
pssd ~ cultivate. We raight. through
tiat procss.. be ten times happier and
moro usafrA than we nov ara. We have
besn told that forgstfufDsss II q weak
Dsss and oaght 10 bs avoided by all pos
texs ascrfbe~is 10 God Il b the very
Top Of ouipnAence ehss God - sbae %
obliternss pact q hiAowu Memory II
20 rsrsut Of sln ssnd rightly seek the
divine forgiveness, the record Of the mis-
behavior h not only crossed OF the
bochs. bus God actually lets It pass out
- memory.
Il WI Wis III okIckf kxx1{<4bx<S ~ III i
ssmember NO nose' To remember nc
Uure 10 10 forsef. and you cannot make
anyshing else QUE Of IL. Gods power o:
fossss<hg h 20 great that II two mel
oVpenl b him. and tho one man. after q
Me 81 S@ght. ssts tho xins Of his heart
pnDdcusd. znd tho other man. afser q
H. a shkmination. gets pardoned, God
I. -,
agAipse No ottrr- The entire past OF
buoh NE moralist. with his imperfec.
tious. snd the psofigase. with hts de-
hanchsrSes, n a. much oblitereted in
~ one enss ~ I'm the o<her. Forgotten
fuse~er and forever Their ains and
sAsir hiquieaes win l remember nc
Dpre."
Ths suhfine.s sssributs Of forgetful
usss on the part of God you and need
IN cur finite way 90 initiate. You viii
DO val 10 cast ous Of your recollection
al wrongSdoae you. During the course
Of ones life he Is sure 20 be misrepre
osntsd. 10 Be he'd about. 20 b. injured
There are those who keep these thing,
fresh by frequent rehaarssd. IL thing,
hsvs sppssred in print they keep then
in Their scrupbcok. Zoe they cut thes,
precioas paragraphs out Of newspaper,
- bookszond % .ieisase times hook then
over. a. ssAeyAsve them ted mp IN bun
d1es o. thrus< in pageonhoies. and they
freQncntiy sagaie themselves and sheil
frienos b. - nspection Of shese fiings
shess ssrcasns. these fsieehoods, thes,
erueit5es.
1 have know gentlemen who carries
Sbrn h their pocketbonks. 90 that they
could essily get ~ shers irrissfions, ans
they pat thar rghtahzEsd In the inside O
she coat pochss ezer The heart and say
~Leok nssei Lee ms show you some
ahinx-s ScSsnsn1s. czAch w~svs and hor
ness sn<k poauus.s tnsscss and tr~nsa,
shsm N esx1saey bsx7~sfes usdy. sns
that y wsn. But thesc Of whom
speak c&rh ne wnsfs. and We hornets
and skc pcsrocoawfrsects and play will
mem and Y< them on thars~eiv~s sns
On kheds sSseods. and 80 hpw far th'
noz3pus nspcss, can funp. ADD shov hov
dasp they can rinG. Hsvs No sscl
srraph~ak Ksrp ssshine ia yoss pa
ssn~1sn fh~< y ds~<reeshse. Fssr Al
che fAkN1AoofAL ard the slAnderS. sns
- hyYrsv1k3csxe
fss1>uAs De I<R,iss my ssxs ard for
- sss.sfy huess N6zfmraY forget
Tos% y no hsuoS.ss Tn ysu In IN.
cfAux penn x prpcsdure Tsa 80 81
oupux3 yun. In The esa<oh ard cut 81 sh'
cAWch, 1eprxeinss.- s,erb. maisxn- cyn
- psu<sms<sso Do ysa know hc~
thngurn sed w~wre gos that sk-pn<,