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philosophy 10 cast OF the annoyanceS,
and they have kept themselves in the
sunlight of Gods favor and have real
lied that these oppositions and hin.
ORANGES are a part of a mighty discipline
by which they are to be prepared for
usefulness and heaven. The secret of it
all is they have, by the help OF the Eter-
nal God, learned how TO forget.
CanceIing 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 infelicities and INSIDE
meanors. there is no need of our repent
ing them again. Suppose owe you
large sum of money. aud you are per-
Suaded | am incapacitated to pay and you
give me acquittal 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. De let me off"
You reply with a little impatience: u
did let you off. Don't bother yourself
and bother me with any more of that dis
cussion," The following day come in
and say: My dear sir, about that debt
l can never get over the fact that |
owe YOU that money. |, is something
that weighs en- my mind Ike milestone.
DO forgive me that debt" This time
you clear lose YOUR patience aud say:
"1o on are nuisance. What do you mean
by this reiteration of that affair? am
almost sorry | forgsve you that debt. DO
you doubt my yeracity or do YOU not un-
derstand 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
it is right that they repent of new sins
and of recent sins. what is the use of
bOthcring yourself and insulting God by
asking him 10 forgive sins that long ago
were forgiven? God has forgotten them.
Why do YOU not forget them? No; you
drag the load on with you. and 500 times
Il year, If you pray every day, you ask
God 10 recall occurrences which he mas
not only forgiven, but forgotten.
Quit this folly. ! do not ask you less
10 realize the turpitude of sin. but ask
YOU to a higher faith in the promise OF
God and the full deliverancc Of his mer-
cy. lie does not give a receipt for part
payment or SO much received on account
but receipt in full. God having for
Christ's sake decrced your sins and
your iniquties will remember no more. "
As far as possible let the disagrccablcs
of life drop. We have enough things IN
the present. and there will he enough IN
the future, to disturb MS without running
special train into the great Comedy q
fetch rs. as special freight things left
behind.
Allow Others to Forget.
Net only forget your pardoned trans
gre >sions. bat allow others to FORGE
them. The chief stock on hand of some
people is t0 recount in prayer meeting.
and pulpits what big scoundrcs they
once We're. They not only will not for
get their forgiven deficits. but they seem
10 be determined fiat the church and
the world shall not forget 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 Won were
do so, bur do not go into particulars. DO
not tell how many times you got drunk or
TO what bad places you went or how
van before you were converted. Lump
il, brother give it to us in bulk. III yon
have any scars got in honorable warfare,
show them. but If YOU have sears got in
ignoble warfare do not display them.
know you will quote the Bible reference
TO the horrible pit from which you were
diggcd Yes. be thankful for that rescue.
but do not make displays Of the mud Of
that horrible pit or splash IL over other
people. Sometimes / have felt in Chris
tian meetings discounted and unfit for
Christian service because had done
none Of those things which seemed 10
be- in the estimation Of many. necessary
for Christian usefulness, for never
swore Il word or ever got drunk or went
to compromising places or was guilty If
assault aud battery or ever uttered a
slanderous word or ever did any one n
hurt, although ! knew my heart was sin
ful enough. and said to myself. There
is no use Of ms trying 10 do any good,
for | never went through those deprayed
experiences But afterward | saw con
ISOLATION in the thought that 40 one gain
ed any ordination by the laying on os
the hands OF dissoluteuess and infamy.
ana IHOHEU M DFdlUdI} moral me, Enu-
ing in Christian life, may not be ms
dramatic 4 story to tell about. let MS be
grateful to God rather than worry about
it il we have never plunged into out
ward denominations. II may be appro-
pirate in a meeting Of reformed drunk
ards or reformed debauchces to quote for
III )se not reformed how desperate and
nasty You once were but do not drive a
s"aycngcr's cart into assemblHEes OF peo-
pie the most Of whom have always been
decent and respectable. But ! have been
sometimes IN great evangelical meetings
whore people went into particulars about
the sins that they once committed. so
much 50 that | felt like putting my hand
on my p0cketbook or calling for the po-
lice lest these reformed men might fall
from grace and go at their old business
Of theft or drunkenness or cutthroatery.
If your sins have been forgiven and
your life purified, forget the Maynard
ness of the past aud allow others TO for
get IL.
Sin Forgetting God.
But what | most want tn the light Of
this text 10 irunrpss il that we have a sin