The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-21

uext month, next year, as / go about
my daily occupations. If Gods bless
ings do not make deep impression
upon the mind and heart. then MEM
DRY, even though strong, will have moth
ing to remember.
The Photograph Method.
If might use familiar Illustration,
we must deal with the scrolls of mem
Dry as the photograph maker or owner
makes the records for his instruments.
You have often seen him do ii. He
takes II round cylinder of wax. Then
on the surface of this cylinder of wax
he places a little needle. Then attach
ed to this needle he has huge trum,
pet. Then the orator or singer or the
orchestra starts the waves of sound.
These waves of sound surge into the
open mouth of that trumpet and drive
the needle into the revolving wax, and
the impression Is made. Then by these
indentations the monograph Is able to
sound forth for you the songs of q
Gadsky or Melba. the stringed in
hS Va "a AhSoootN hVh
as orchestra. the Grafton OF Depew
or Bryan and the vociferous laughter
of a happy child. The deeper the i'll
dentatlon upon the wax the louder the
photographic voice. The deeper the
impressions which are made upon the
mind and the heart, as rule, the long
er memory will hold these records and
repeat them when wanted.
You must make the first impression
deep or else you can have no vivid re-
do I forget names?" | asked a friend
some time ago. when l was young, !
could remember about everything. |
knew the history of all the leading
men of this country. | never forgot n
face rarely forgot name. | must
be growing old" No" answered my
friend, you are not growing old In the
sense that your brain Is growing weak
err. 1t is growing stronger oil the time.
The reason you do not remember GER
tain people as you once did Is that
your mind Is occupied with other mat
tiers. New people do not make the deep
impressions upon you they used to do.
You must have a strong mental I'M
preston made upon your brain or else
there can he no memory" My frlen |
was right. If you would remember
what are the benefits Of Gods love you
must first clearly and distinctly recog.
nize them aud have them impressed
fully and deeply upon your hearts.
Deep Impressions.
Have we had any deep impressions
Of the divine love? oh. thou scroll of
memory, among thy records is there to
be found the joy, the deep joy of the
consciousness of sins forgiven? Can
we find there any songs, any merry
markings, by which we, as returning
prodigals, were welcomed back to the
divine Fathers home? Among thy rec
ords, did we ever read the promises
of the Holy Scripture as covenants for
us? Oh. the joys. the transeendent
joys of the gospel Have they made
any Impressions upon us? Diagoras of
Rhodes was so overwrought with JOY
because his three sons were all crown
ed as vietors In one day In the Olym-
pic games that when these three sons
brought to him their victorious palms
he dropped dead into their arms II
JOY for an earthly conquest could make
such an impression upon Diagoras.
have we had no deep impressions made
upon our minds and hearts because
Christ comes and freely offers to us
the palms of his sacrifice? IL you
would remember the benefits of God !
mercy you must first fully grasp and
know what the birth and the death
and the resurrection Of Christ mean.
You can fully grasp the atonement OF
Christ II you will only kneel as penitent
sinners at his affairs and plead for the
divine gift OF grace.
just an imitation.
But to have first impressions CT God )
love is not enough. An idiot can get a
great impression upon the mind, and
this mental impression will do him but
little good. For many years there has
been going up and down the world 4
strange genius He goes by the name
Of "Biind Tom" He Is full blooded
negro. as black as coal. He has q
wonderful musical memory. He comes
into the public auditorium with the
peculiar smile of the mental lncompe.
tent upon his lips. Any musician IN
the audience who wishes to volunteer
can go forward, seat himself at the
piano and play there the most difficult
classical music. He can play any one
of Beethoven's sonatas, or List
rhapsodies, or Chopin's ballads, OF
Hummel's coneertos. Then at once Tits
ignorant black man, who cannot spell
bis own name, will sit down at the
ivory keys and duplicate the same mii
sic. Then as soon as the rendition Ii
over as little child he will laugh and
clap his hands and call: Good for you
Blind Tom! Good for you! Good fol
your Then almost Immediately he
will forget what he has done and how
be does It. oh, yes, In order to have
true gospel mnemonics'' you must
have more than mere mental impress
sions. You must be able to combine
your first impressions OF Gods love
with the great mnemonic law of asso
ssfa