The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16

| against them. They have been charged l with oficiousness. and their generosities have been set down to desire TOT ois- play, and thy have many ume oeen | inc subject of title tattle, and they have | had enough small assaults like gnats ana | enough great attacks like lions -.n have made them perpetualty miserable II they | would have cor scented to be m'sera nie' | But they have had enough divine phtlos. | ophy to cast off the annoyances. anu | they have kept themselves in the sunis 7. | of Gods favcr ard have realized that
 these oppositions and hindranees ira eio,' are tesS are to be prepared for usefulness anu | Heaven. The secret of it all is they have bv the help of the Eternal God, learned
 'O Cancelling Your Debt
 Another practical thought: When our faults are repentcd of let them go out of mind. If God forgets them we nave
 a right 60 forget them. Having once re- pented of our infelicities and m'sdeme m ors. there Is no need or our repen.,ms ar...
 sum of money and you are persuaded l am ircapacitated to pay and you give
 me acquittal from that obligation hou
 say: T cancel that debt: All IS r,shi
 come in and say: You know about that
 ses ss you 1eDt to let @ me eff. feel so bad about
 1t I cannot rest. Do let me on. fou %
 
 you off. Don't bother yourself ana bother 1T
 me with any more of that discussion. The following day l come III ana say
 My dear sir about that dept-i can never get over the fact that owe you that money It is something that weighs on my mind like a millstone. Do forsiVe me that deb.." This time yon clear lose your patience and say: You are nus
 cration of that affair? am almost sorry 1 forgive you that debt. DO you ooup.
 my veracity or do you not unders'anu
 the plain language in which l toi1 you
 that debt was cancelledt wen, ,,,iIt my v,
 friends, there are many Christians gulity Of worse folly than that. Whlle IL IS
 right that they repent of new sins ana
 of recent sins. what Is the use or pother- ing yourself and insulting God by asking
 Him to forgive sins that long ago were forgiven? God has forgotten them why do you not forget them? No; you drag
 the load on weh you. and 365 times a
 year. if you pray every day. you ask GOO
 to recall occurrences which He mas Aot only forgiven, but forgotten. =
 Quit this folly. l do not ask you less to realize the turpitude of sin, but ask
 you to a higher faith in the promise or God and the full deliverance or Ills
 mercy. He does not give receipt for
 part payment or so much received on ac- count, but receipt in full, God havlng
 for Chrlst's sake decreed your sins ana
 your iniuuities will I remember no more.
 As far as possible let the disagreeables of life drop. We have enough things Tn
 the present. and there wlll De enough In the future to disturb us without run
 ming a special train into the great Goneby
 to fetch us as special freight things left
 behind. Years ago, when there was great railroad strike. l remember seeing all along the route from Omaha to Chi cago and from Chicago to New Iork.
 hundreds of thousands of freight cars
 switched on the sidetracks, those cars
 loaded with all kinds of perishable ma
 terial, decaying and wasting After the strike was over did the railroad compa-
 nies bring all that pershed material
 down to the markets? No; they threw
 1t off where It was destroyed ana loaded
 up with something else. Let the long train of your thoughts throw on the worse than useless freight of corrupt and destroyed past and load up with gratitude and faith and holy determlna- . tion We do not please God by the cul- tivation of the miserable He would rath- CT see us happy than to see us depressed.
 You would rather see your children laugh than to see them cry, and your Heavenly Father has no fondness fer mysteries.
 Allow Others to Forget.
 Not only forget your pardoned trans pressions but allow others to forget | them. The chief stock on hand of some people is to recount in prayer meetings i and pulplts what big scoundrels they
 once were. Taey not only VII not not forget gsn to be determined that the church and the world shall not forget them; If You
 want to declare that you have been the
 chief of sinners and eXtol the grace that | cauld save such a wretch as you were.
 do so, but do not go into particulars. Do
 not tell how many times you got drunk
 or to what bad places you went or how
 many free rides you had in the prison van before you were converted. Lump it. brother; give it to us in bulk. IT you
 have any scars got in honorable warfare. show them. but if you have scars got in ! ignoble warfare, do not display them. ]