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ext Hebrews VIII. IL: Their Sins and
Th.ir in.qu. ties VIII kemember No
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Copyright. 1902. Louis Illopsch. N. y
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tier 10 the Hebrews Or. Taimage
&kes a text and illustrates how all
lenders may be emanclpated; text.
hebrews viii. u, Their sins and their
3idultieS VIII | remember no more"
1 ne national flower of the Egyptians
5 the heiiCtrope. of the AssyrianS is
ne water lily, of the Hindoos is the
arigo4d, OF the Chinese is t1,s chrys-
.nthe.Ium. We have no national flow
=, but there is hardly any flower
ore suggestive to many of us than
he forget-me-not. We all like to be
eLnenl bered, and one of our misfor-
-unes is that there are so m4ny things
.:e cannot remember.
WIKI the art of recollection, which
'annOt too highly eulogize. is one
1uite as important, and get l never
leard it app auded. l mean the art Of
o-gettinG. There is a splendid facul-
y in that direction that we all need
20 cultivate. We might through that
process be ten times happier and more
useful than we now are. We have
oeen told that forgetfulness is a weak
ness and ought to be avoided y, ali
possible means. So far from a weak
Dess. my text ascribes it to God. 1t
the very top Of omnipotence that
1Cd is able to obliterate part of his
wn memory. If we repent of sin
I'd rightly seek the divine forgive
acss- tie record OF the misbehavior is
cot only crossed Off the books. but God
actually lets it pass out Of memory.
Their sins and their iniQuities will
| remember no more" To remember
no more is TO forget, and you cannot
make anything else out of it. Gods
over of forgetting is so great that l.
wo men appeal to him and the one
nan. after a life all right, gets the sins
# his heart pardoned ard the
sther man, after a life of abominauon,
gets pardoned. God remembers no
Iore against one than against the
other. The entire past of both til.
noralist, with his imperfections. and
he profiisate, with his debaucheries,
is as much ohliterated in the one case
IS in the ether, Forgotten forever
end forever. Their sins and their in
EQUITIES will l remember 70 more"
I his 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 done you. Dur
tho nf nna'c life jS
20 be misrepresented, to be lied about,
to be injured. There are those who
keep these things fresh by frequent
rehearsal. Keep nothing in your pos
session that is disagreeable. Tear up
The hypercriticisms.
Initiate the Lord in my text and
forget, actually forget. sublimely for
get. There is no happiness for you in
any other plan or procedure. You see
all around you in the church and out
Of the church dispositions acerb,
nalign. cynical, pessimisuc. Do you
know how these men and women got
that disposition? 1t was by the en-
balmment of things pantherine and
vigorous. Their soul is a cage of vul-
lures. Everything in them is sour Or
en- FILTERED. The milk of human kind
ness has been curdled. They do not
believe in anybody or anything.
Where there is one sweet pippin in
their orchard there are fifty crab
apples. They have never been able to
forget. They do not want to forget
They never will forget Their wretch
edness is supreme, for no one can be
happy if he carries perpetually in
mind the mean things that have been
done him. On the other hand. you
can find here and there man or wo-
man (fOr there are not many of them)
whose disposition is genial and sum
merry. Why? Have they always been
treated Well? Oh, no. Hard things
have been said against them. They
have been charged with OfficiOusuess.
and their generosities have been set
down to a desire for display, and they
have many a time been the subject of
little tattle. and they have had enough
small assaults like gnats and enough
great attacks like lions to have made
hem perpetually miSera Bile If they
would have consented to be miserable.
But they have had enough divine phil
0sophy to cast off the annoyances, and
hey have kept themselves in the sun
light of Gods favor and have realized
hat these oppositions and hindrances
are part of mighty discipline by
which they are to be prepared for use
ILLNESS and heaven.
Another practical thought: When our
faults are repented of let them go out
Of mind. If God forgets them we have
4 right to forget them. Having once
of our infelicities and misde-
neanorS, there is no need OF our re-
0euting of them again. While it is
light that Christians repent of new
Sis and of recent sins, what is the use
If botnerng yourself and insulting
iod by asking him to forgive sins
hat long ago We're forgiven? God
las forgotten them. Why do you not
orget them? No; you drag the load
IN with you, and 365 times a year, if
'ou pray every day, you ask God to
'ecall occurrences which he has not