The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

On account Of the laws Of Kind. He
knew what the psychologysts have
been centuries n. Andiag out He
knew the laws os the human miaA; He
undsrstood what ne % often forget
the value ana the psrsmansnes Of mann
Org.
In the hurry Of to-day We often
search aimlessly through the rubbish
Of our mind. and because We cannot
hnd the. exact information We want
We say we cannot remember. But MEM
, DRY 10 - sure ana a. certain - the
existence Of the SOUL
And our Lord seems to have placed
great value upon mental impressions
He was constantly teaching his dis.
ciples things which they did not un-
derstand and which frequently cloud.
ed their faces with psrplexity. More
than once He replied to their queries
that all these things would come back
to them In future years when some
new experience would not only suggest
them. but would bring the solution
and Interpretation which only exper-
fence can give. And 80 He went on
filling up the records In their minds.
not for immediate use always. but
satisfied that memory would be its
work and that after years would md
them well equipped by these very facts
which experience would illumine and
explain. to carry ON the work Of teaoh-
ing.
In the gospel Of which our text 10
taken the Master has just been stat
Ing truths which for the mo-
ment were unintellibile to His disci-
pies. but He neither uttered nor felt
misgiv!nss. a. to their ability to carry
on His teachings after He was gone.
But these things have told you
that when the time shall come you
will remember that told You OF
Them
Certainly al Of this has q very prae-
teal lesson for every man and woman.
And 70 those whose happiness and
whose loved ones death has touched
this promise has become . blessed
reality. The world would be far hap
pier II there were moro fathers who
trusted to the memories OF Childhood
and who believed and loved their sons
even while the son himself lay wal
lowing with swine. In the absolute
life OF far country. .--.--.-
1t 10 the power Of memory that gives
the foroe to q mothers prayer: It isl
the power OF memory that holds and
strengthens men in a faith that theyl
seem long to have forgotten ana en-
ables them to put aside temptations
that no one felt they could conquer.
That men are silent and unrespon-
sive need not imply that they have
ceased to feel or to think. The herd
ing Of swine ana the revelry OF the
dissolute may not be spiritual occu-
patton. but in the midst OF them all.
an active mind may be busy with con
trasts ana memory may cause the
heart to achs ~ picturing the thins,l
that might have been.
AA0 Q4Ooa6oA BOu WI not IN CHURCH |
when he came to himself. He was left
alone to the ministry Of memory. |
Starved by the things he fed on. his
mind retained the knowledge Of bet-
ter days and led him to hope ana ~
solution.
Even so in the silence. the minds
OF other men are often hearkeninr to
the memories OF earlier days and les
sons. And for all those that sorrowl
and for all those that through dark
ness or doubt. through dissipation ori
degradation. through pain and suffer-
Ing. seek to come to themselves and
God. stands certain and unchanged the
promise But these things have told
you. that when the time shall come
you may remembed that told you Of
them" |