Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-03-15

have never been able TO forget: THEY
do not want to forget They never vii
forget. Their Yretchedness Is supreme
for no one can be hnppy If he carries
perpetually IN mind the mean things
4 that have been done him. On the 9th
er hand, you can find here and there q
man or woman (for there are not many
I Of them whose disposition Is genia
and summery. Why? Have they al
ways been treated well? Oh, no. Hard
things have been said against them
They have been charged with officlous
ness and their generositIes have been
set down to desire for display, and
they have many time been the sub
ject of little tattle. and they have had
enough small assaults like gnats and
enough great attacks like lions to have
made them perpetualy miserable II
they would have consented 10 be miser-
able. But they have had enough di-
vine philosophy to cast Off the annoy
ances, and they have kept themselves
in the sunlight of Gods favor and have
realized that these OppositiOns and HIN
drances are part Of IL mighty disci-
pline by which they are to be prepared
| for usefulness and heaven. The secret
Of it all is they have, by the help Of the
Eternal God. learned how to forget.
CnnceIing Your Debts.
Another practical thought: When our
! faults are repented of let them 20 out
Of mind. II God forgets them. we have
a right to forget them. Having once
repented of our infellcities and misde-
meanors, there Is no need Of our re-
penting OF them again. Suppose owe
you Il large sum Of money. and you are
persuaded am incapacitated to pay
and you give me acquttal from that
obligation. You say: 81 cancel that
debt. All Is right now. Start again"
And the next day come In and say:
You know about that big debt owe
you. have come in to get you to let
me off. feel so bad about It | cannot
rest DO let me Off" You reply with a
little impatiencc: 81 did let you off.
Don't bother yourself and bother me
with any more OF that discussion" The
following dayI come in and say: MY
dear sir, about that debit can never
get over the fact that owe you that
money. II Is something that weighs on
my mind like a milestone. Do forgive
me that debt" Ibis time you clear
lose your patience and say: "You are
a nuisance. What do you mean by this
relteration Of that affair? am almost
sorry forgave you that debt. DO you
doubt my veracity or do you not under
stand the plain language in which |
told you that debt was canceledT
Well, my friends, there are many
Christians guilty Of worse folly than
that. While 1t ls right that they re-
pent of new sins and OF recent sins,
what Is the use Of botherlng yourself
and insulting God bv. asking him to
forgive sins that long ago were for
giYenf God has forgotten them. Why
do you not forget them? No; you drag
the load on with you. and 305 times
year, II you pray every day, you ask
c. TO recall occurrences which he has
not only forgiven. but forgotten.
Quit this folly. do not ask you less
to realize the turpltude Of sin, but ask
you to a higher faith in the promise Of
God and the full dellyerance Of his
mercy. BE does not give receipt for
part payment or so much received on
account, but receipt in full, God hav-
ing for Christs sake decreed your sins
and your iniqulties will remember no
more" AS far as possible let the dis
agreeables OF life drop. We have
enough things in the present, and there
will be enough In the future, TO dis
turb US without running a special train
into the great Comedy to fetch US as
special freight things left behind.
Years ago, when there was a great
railroad strike, | remember seeing all
along the route from Omaha to Chi
cago and from Chicago - New York
hundreds and thousands Of freight cars
switched on the sdetracks, those ears
loaded with all kinds OF perishable ma
terial, decaying and wasting. After
the strike was over did the railroad
companies bring all that perished ma
terial down to the markets. No; they
threw It off where IT was destroyed and
loaded up with something else. Let the
long train of your thoughts throw off
the worse than useless freight of a
corrupt and destroyed past and load
up with gratitude and faith and holy
determination. We do not please God
by the cultivation of the miserable.
He would rather 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 for Mysteries.
Allow Others to Forget.
Not only forget your pardoned trans
gressions, but allow others to forget
them. The chief stock on hand Of
some people is to recount In prayer
meetings and pulpits what big scoun-
drels they once were. They not only
will not forget their forgiven deficits,
but they seem to be determined that
the church and the world shall not for
get them. II you want to declare that
you have been the chief Of sinners and
extol the grace that could save such a
wretch as you were, do so. but do not
20 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 1t to us in bulk. If you have any
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