The Yale expositor., 1902-03-14

All Denominations.
Copyright. 1909. Louis Kiopsch. n. "
Washington, March 9.-From the
letter 10 the Hebrews Or. Talmage
takes n text and illustrates how all
Offenders may be emancipatod: text.
Hebrews viii. 10. Their sins and their
lniquities will remember no more"
The national flower OF the Egyptians
Is the heliotrope. of the Assyrians b
The water lily. OF the Hindoos Is tho
narigold. OF the Chinese Is the chrys-
Inthemum. We have no national iiow-
sr. but there a. hardly any flower
more suggestive 20 many OF us than
The forget-me-noL We all like 20 be
remembered. and one OF our misfor-
tunes Is that there are so many things
Ho cannot remember.
with the art OF recollection. which |
,annot too highly eulogize. is one
quite as important. and yet / never
heard IL applauded. mean the art Of
forgetting. There Is splendid facul-
~ In that direction that we all need
process be ten times happier and more
useful than we now are. We have
been told that forgetfulness is a weak.
ness and ought 20 be avoided 49, ali
possible means. SO far from a weak
ness. my text ascribes Il TO God. IL
Is the very top OF omnlpotence that
God Is able 90 obliterate part OF his
own memory. II we repent OF sin
and rightly seek the divine forgive-
ness. the record Of the misbehaylor IS
not only crossed OF the books. but God
actually lets II pass out OF memory.
Their sins and their iniquit.es will
[ remember no more" To remember
no more is to forget and you cannot
make anything else out OF %. God 5
power OF forgetting Is so great that l.
two men appeal 10 him and the ono
man. after a life all right gets the sins
Of his heart pardoned and the
other man. after 4 life OF abominatiOn.
gets pardoned. God remembers NJ
more against one than against the
other. The entire past OF both the
morallst. with his imperfections. and
the profigatc. with his debauchcries,
Is as much obliteratcd In the one case
as in the other. Forgotten forever
and forever. Their sirs and their in
EQUITIES will I remember 70 more"
This sublime attribute OF forgetful-
ness on the part OF God you and I
need. in our finite way. to initiate.
You will do well TO cast out OF your
recollection all wrongs done you. Dur
Ing the course OF ones life he Is sure
to be misrepresented, 20 be lied about.
10 be injured. There are those who
keep these things fresh by frequent
rehearsal. Keep nothing in your pos
session that is d!sagreeable Tear up
the falsehoods and the ISLANDERS and
the hypercriticigms.
Initiate the Lord I'm my text and
forget actually forget sublimcly for
get. There Is no happiness for you In
any other plan or procedure. You sec
all around you in the church and out
OF the church dispositions acegb,
malign. cynical. pessimistic. Do you
know how these men and women got
that disposition? II was by the om-
balmment OF things pantherine aud
vipcrous. Their soul ls cage OF yul-
lures Everything I'm them Is sour O.
ombittcrcd. The milk OF human kind
ness has been curdlcd. They 30 NOT
believe in anybody or anything
Where there Is one sweet pippin In
their orchard there are Glty crab
apples. They have never been able %
forget They DO not want TO forget
They never will forget. Their wretch
edncss Is supreme. for no one can 59
happy n he carries perpctually IN
mind the mean things that have been
dcnc him. On the other hand. you
can find here and there "A 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 beea said against them. They
have been charged with oflciousnoss
and their Eererositles have been set
down 10 desire FOR display. and they
have many time been the subject OF
little tattlc. and they have had enough
small assaults ike gnats and enough
great attacks Ike lions TO have mace
them pcrpetually miserable " they
would have consented 90 be miserable
But they have had enough divine phil.
osophy 10 east OF the annoyanccs. am
they have kept themselves in the sun
light OF Gods favor and have realized
that these oppositions and hindrancc'
are a part OF a mighty discipline by
which they are 20 be prepared for use
fulnesB and heaven.
Another practical thought: When oul
faults are rcpentcd 90 let them 80 oui
OF mind. II God forgets them we have
a right TO forget them. Having once
rcpentod OF our infelicitles and misde
moanors. there Is no need OF our re
peuting OF them again. While Il 4
right that Christians repent OF new
sins and Of recent sins. what Is tho us,
OF totneung yourself and insultin,
Cod by asking him 20 forgive sim
that long ago We're forgiven? Coz
has forgotten them. Why DO you no
+ forget them? No; you drag tao loa,
on with you. ana 2C5 times year. q
/ you pray every day you ask God Z,
recall occurrences which he has no