Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-03-14

ject of title tattle, and they have had
enough small assaults like gnats and
enough great attacks like lions to have
made them perpetually miserable if
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 him
ORANGES are a part Of a 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.
CanceIing Your Debts.
Another practical thought: When our
faults are Tepented Of let them 90 out
Of mind. If God fOrgets them, we have
a right to forget them. Having once
repented of our infelicities and misde-
meanors, there is no need of our re-
penting Of them again. Suppose | owe
you large sum of money, and you are
persuaded l am incapacitated to pay
and you give me acquttal from that
obligation. You say: Il 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 Impotence: 81 did let you Off
Don't bother yourself and bother me
with any more of that discussion" The
following day l come in and say: my
dear sir, about that debit can never
get over the fact that owe you that
money. 1t is something that weighs on
my mind like Il milestone. Do forgive
me that debt" This time you clear
lose your patience and say: you are
nuisance. What do you mean by this
reiteratiOn 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 Cancelled -
Well, my friends, there are many
Christians guilty of worse folly than
that. While it is right that they re-
pent of new sins and of recent sins,
what is the use of bothering yourself
and insulting God by asking him to
forgive sins that long ago were for
given? God has forgotten them. Why
| do you not forget them? No; you drag
the load on with you, and 3G5 times Il
year, if you pray every day, you ask
God to recall occurrences which he has
not only forgiven, but forgotten.
Quit this folly. | do not ask you less
| to realize the tuTpitude of sin, but ask
| you to a higher faith in the promise of
God and the full deliverance of his
mercy. He does not give a receipt for
part payment or so much received on
account, but receipt in full, God hay.
ing for Christ's sake decreed your sins
and your iniquities will l remember nc
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 traiI
into the great Comedy to fetch us as
special freight things left behind
Years ago. when there was a grea
railroad strike, | remember seeing al
along the route from Omaha to Chi
cago and from Chicago to New YOrl
hundreds and thousands of freight car
switched on the sidetracks, those car
loaded with all kinds of perishable ma
terial, decaying and wasting. Ate
the strike was over did the ralrOa,
companies bring all that persisted ma
terial down to the markets? No; the,
threw it Off where it was destroyed ant
loaded up with something else. Let tn
long train Of your thoughts throw OF
the worse than useless freight Of
corrupt and destroyed past and loa
up with gratitude and faith and hol
, determination. We do not please Go
by the cultivation Of the miserabl,
r He would rather see us happy than t
see us depressed. You would rather Sc
your children laugh than to see theI
cry. and your Heavenly Father has Il
: fOndness for Mysteries.