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

evening hour OF family prayers. You
think Of her funeral and the lonesome
ness of the house after she was gone.
When mention the name of your dead
wife at once there comes before you
the picture of the girl you courted and
the marriage altar and of the first
home you set up and of the first baby
and Of the struggle of young manhood.
One name, seemingly an insignificant
name. may marshal before your mind
whole regiments. whole brigades,
whole armies of incidents and fncts.
The law of association makes them
poet well expressed my idea by asking
this questions
why should at timer passing scent,
Just shifted a moment on the breeze.
It's sensuous power 80 swiftly spent.
Come laden with more memories
Than the low hum of honeybees,
Or sound OF old familiar strains.
Or rustling of the autumn grain.
Or voices of the whispering trees,
Or running brooks or pattering rain?
ou tut Adtdl hISht NbCh EADA aho -
Lincoln was shot In Ford's theater a
young man was seated by the side Of n
young lady. She was offering to him n
little flower ut the moment that John
Wilkes Booths pistol shot rang out.
Though this young man lived to be an
old man, yet SO powerful was the law
of the association of ideas that he new
er saw that kind Of a flower which
this young lady offered to him chat ia
tai night than there rushed through
his mind the awful scene of dying
president; of the young tragic actor
ed faces of men and the fainting forms
of women dropping under the horror
of the tragedy. Thus, my brother. IT
you and I would remember the bene
fits which God has given to us we must
remember them by the law Of the as
ISOLATION Of ideas
Law Of Association.
We must find these benefits every
where. When you and | go to the din
ner table we must see Gods mercies
khSEe. we muSh HUM IDt AAE1 bbt
him. We must In our blessings say.
20 Lord, as thou dost feed the birds Of
the air and clothe the lily of the field
may we find thee feeding us today"
When we. as pedestrians, go swinging
down the street In perfect health ma,
we say: 20 Lord, thou didst heal ill.,,
sick in olden times. We thank the,
that thou hast done more for us. Thou
hast kept US well that we may not
know the pangs of physical suffering.
When we come home ut night after a
hard days work in the store to greet a
dear wife or little child may we sas +:
1.-THE Lord gave and the Lord gives t.
us our dear ones. We thank thee, Fa.
Their, that thou hast not taken then,
away" Ii you would remember the
benefits which God has placed on every
side Of US, then you must find God ey-
erywhere. BY the law OF the assccla-
ton of ideas you must see him In the
smile of baby cooling In the crib, ii
the coat that you wear upon your back.
In the refreshing slumber of theApast
night You must see him and feel him
everywhere about you. What God
takes away we miss. But when God
blesses the present we often take
for granted that God Is not In the
blessing and that God IL nowhere
around.
But gospel lnnemonics' imply more
than mere mental absorption and the
law of the association OF ideas. In or.
der to remember well fact you must
be able mentally to take that fact In.
Oh. yes. But, more than that, you
must be able to give out that fact. II
the waters within reservoir have no
outlet and only inlets those waters be.
come murky and braekish and muddy.
But IL the streams Of knowledge
which flow into the mind are allowed
to flow out then those streams, instead
Of becoming stagnant pools, as noun.
tain brooks will gurgle and splash. will
leap and sparkle In glorious life
All tumble.
1t Is by broadening knowledge that
the grip of the memory becomes stron
yer. Iuu can ILLS tdCL DY
your travels. When u young man with
your parents you took trip to Ell
rope. You went from city to city AMI
from capital to capital You visited
cathedral and palace and art gallery
and ruined castle and famous homes
without number. Every step seemed
to you an enehantment. But when you
returned home after a three months
tour what was the result? Your whole
journey was a big tumble. You could
not remember what you had seen OF
where and how You saw the sights YOU
did remember. few years later, how
ever. you made second trip to Ea-
rope. Then you went as correspond
emit of newspaper. You used to write
weekly articles for your county paper
What was the result? You saw the
same stones and spires and groves as
you did before, but you saw these In a
new light In describing them for 9th
ers you fixed those facts indelibiy III
your own mind. The reason Benjamin.
Franklin had such marvellous men
DRY and such wonderful clearness oil
thought and expression was due to one
custom From the time he was n voiiu ,