Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-23

he places a little needle Then attach
ed to this needle he has a huge trum.
pet Then the orator or singer or the
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 photograph is able to
sound forth for you the songs Of a
Gadsky or a Melba, the stringed In
strument playing Of Theodore Thorn
as orchestra, the Grafton of a Depew
or Bryan and the vociferous laughter
Of happy child. The deeper the in
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
err 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-
membrance Of fact or thought. "Why
do I forget nnmes7" l asked a friend
some time ago. when I was young, I
could remember about everything.
knew the history Of all the leading
men Of this country. I never forgot a
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 all the time.
The reason you do not remember GER
kos u tp l,at
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 n strong mental i'm
preston made upon your brain or else
there can be no memory" My friend
was right. II you would remember
what are the benefits Of Gods love you
must first clearly and distinctly recog-
nize them and 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, sany 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 transcendent
joys Of the gospel. Have they made
any impressions upon us? Diagoras OF
Rhodes was so overweight with joy
because his three sons were all crown
ed as victors 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. If
Joy for an earthly conquest could make
such IN 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? II you
would remember the benefits OF Gods
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 onfy knecl as penitent
sinners at his affairs and plead for the
divine gift Of grace.
Just an Imitation.
But to have first impressions of Gods
love Is not enough. An idiot can get a
great impression unon the mind, and
this mental impression Will do him but
little good. For many years there has
been going up and down the world n
strange genius. He goes by the name
CT Blind Tom" He is n full blooded
negro, al black as coal. He has a
wonderful musical memory. He comes
into the public auditorium with the
peculiar smile Of the mental incompe-
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 Beethov en's sonatas, or LISTS
rhapsodies, or Chopins ballads, or
ignorant black man. who cannot spell
his own name. will sit down at the
ivory keys and duplicate the same mu-
sic Then as soon as the rendition Is
over as q little child he will laugh and
clap his hands and call: Good for you,
Blind Tom! Good for you. Good for
you" Then almost Immediately he
will forget what he has done and how
he does it. Oh. yes. in order to have
true gospel mnemonics" you must
have more than mere mental impress
eions. You must be able to combine
your first impressions of Gods love
with the great mnemonic law Of asso-
citation of ideas. Then you Will re-
member Gods love, because like the
links Of a great chain that link is held
by other links.
Then. too, you must have central
thought. Just as each constellation OF
the heavens revolves about some one
center, and you cannot think Of that
center unless you think of the stars
that compose that constellation each
thought by the law of the association
Of ideas brings up other thoughts
which revolve about that thought
When ! mention to you the name Of
your dead mother at once you picture
all the scenes of your childhood. You
see the old homestead. You hear the
laughter Of your brothers and sisters
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