Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-04-05
FORGIVE AND FORGET
Ca Rs~e~s<rs oar sine No More "
We sincerely Ask FcrEt~ee~ss
-Ars Of R<~e1t~~tsen ana
KorEettsnE.
r-o-xr,ss. 1sc. ny Locis KiOpscn- \. II
Washirzton. March q

Prom the letter 10 the heoSe~s ~
Tai,nace takes text and illustrates
how an offenders may be emanciPaseo.
srxt- Hebrews s.ls. Their sins and
their antiquities VIII 1 remember NO
more"
The national flower Of the isgypsisns
& he helicfrope, Of the Assyrians u
she water lily. Of the Hin6oos = the
snsrirol5. Of the Chinese Is the ehrys-
anthemun. We have no DatiorAi
flower. but there l. hardly any ro~ef
more suggestive 20 many OF rs inSn
4he fo-refmenot. We al Ike 20 oe
remembered. and one OF onr nisfcr-
tunes is that there are 50 many thines
w. cannot remember. Anemonics- OF
the ART OF assisting memory, n an 'rAi-
por1anr art IL was first su<yEesteo us
Sinori6es 81 Coos 500 years before
Christ. Persons who had but little
mower 10 recall events or put facts
and names and dates IN proper process
sfons have through this art had their
,nemorv reinforced 10 an almost N
credible extent. A good nenor~is an
irvaluxble possession. BY al means
cusfsvafe IL. had an aged friend WHO.
detained al night a. missrE Die oePot
sn waiting fer q raj train fast IN the
snowbar5ss. entertained a group OF
some ten OF fifteen clerCynen likewise
detained on their way home from n
meeting 81 preshytery. 10y frst with
q niece 81 chalk drawing ont On the
black and socsv walls o. the depot the
characters ~ Walter SCOTS ~Marrni-
On and then recitinr from memory
TIE whole % that poem Of some 50
pages IN fze print. Mv old fTiend,
through great are. lost his memory.
and when I asked him 81 this stcTE 81
the railroad depot was true he said
II do not Just remember BOW, but =
~rns Just IKE me Let me see SAID he
&C me. Have ever seen ron befores
"Yes.~ I said. --you were my guest last
night. and WIS with Won ~ hour 90
WAT an AWFUL contrast II that r,nn
berween the greatest memory ] ever
anew and no memory az all
But right aionE with this AT - rec-
objection. which cannot too highly
euloEize- IS Cne quite as Important. and
YET never heard if appiauded- Imean
the art ~ forgetting There q asplen-
id faculty IN that direction that We
a. need 70 cultivate We might
Through thai process be ten times
herrie- and more useful 2hsn w. now
are We have been teid that forget
1uaness s. a weakness that ought 10 he
avoided by All possible means 80 far
from q weakness. any text hscribes IL
50 Cod II s. thr very top Of ornnipo-
sence that COG Is able 10 nhIiterate a
part % His own memory II sEe repent
% sfn and righfig seek TIE Divine for
rfvenezs. the record of misbehnvlor j.
not only crossed Of rh- books. hut God
artual7y lets q pass out 81 memory
seI-heir sius and their iniqn5tirs viii /
rernernt,e- 10 move To remember no
mere s. 70 forget and you cannot make
ANYTHING else Qua q IL God's power -
sorretsinr s. 80 great that II TWO men
appeal SO Him and the one man. after
4 Efe AT r-rht. gets tie sins Of rs
hears par-8Cned and tie other man.
after life e abominaficn. gets par
doned God remembers no more
Rxzius- enc than against tie other
he entire part IF botk shs morsiiss-
and his fuperferfionss and the p-cfsf
gate. with hiss deba acherses. IL az much
r11fterated in the one ease ~ IL rhs
ether. Forroftcn forever and forever
This subiirne nfrrfbute q forEezful
meas Oh the part 81 God you and need
fr our Enfre way. 20 initiate You rsil
do sNelI 70 east oct u yssur reccllecttor
al wrongs done you During 49,
corrse q ones life hc r. sure 40 b
s-,zere presented. 10 be lied about. 10 b,
fn5uued- There are those who keel
these 1hfnQk fresh by frequent r.
hezreaL II thlngs hsse appeared IS
prfnf. they keen them IS thefr srrsp
-.
aeraphs cBt q nrpspaPers or book
nna al leisure times look them oFer
or fhsy hare thru tied up in bundle.
or thrust IN pigeonholes. and the,
Treque1tiy reraie themselves and sheii
fr5erGs BY an Inspection % 4k4s'
Hfnes, these sarezEnH. there false
hoods. these erueltfek have kDowI
eenflernen who carried fhesn in shefl
psckefbo0ks, 20 that t1sey could easii.
get 81 these trritafforS. snd shey pu
1hzfr right hand 81 the fnside % fbes
coat pocket over their heart and esg
Look here. Let ne show you Scns
fting" SeSenttsts catch uaFps an'
hornetx and ro5eonoux insects an
frzrsex them ia curiosity fspreans q
STACY. and that r. veli bu4 fbese o
se2sorr sneak e<tch tie = aFp1 sad tn
hornets snf the poifcacus insects AZ
play zsftk them and put tiseln "a stsr
selves ard Cd their friends az6 see bos
far the nexious rhia9s can 5nmp. aa
show how deep fbe3 ear ssfne. Has
M surh serspboDk- Fefp Eofkine 4
xour possession fhst ) 4ilza efees bls
Tear up fhe faisehoodt arsf fte siaE
dens and the hyperrr5i is,<l,s.
r~.ofa<&4.a 81. Lord Ia a, 4. easf ana 90,