The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-05-14
FORCET-WE O U NOT.

The human heart and mind have never been fully revealed
philosophers and sages have made them subjects of their mental
explorations and illumed the world with the results of their labors
for the centuries, yet there is something back and behind, some
thing deeper where only the eye of the Divine can fathom. Still
there is much very alike in all humanity. This is and has been true
of the world. The same environment and the same training will
very nearly produce the same results in all peoples. All ages and
peoples have realized that the affairs of earth ar transitory and
that after and beyond this there IS something better.
The past can not be separated from the present and happily for
the world it can not be. We are sometimes told that if we reverted
less frequently to the sorrows. the griefs and the disappointments in
our lives that we would smile more, be more exuberant in thought
and would dwell more upon the mountain tops that catch first the
MONDAY thought of alruism, pride, glory and brotherly solichude,
thereby the better enabling US to work out the plans of our Maker.
But it is not true. Who would forget" if they could' There are a
Thousand. yea ten thousand, things connected with the life of every
normal individual which to blot from his memory, would make of
life a blind survey and absolutely devastate every bit of food that
terminates and fosters the true, the noble, the kind and the good in
him. Take from the Christian the plains, the mountains, the val
leys and the sorrow and sacrifices of Palestine and YOU take from
him one of the great pillars of his faith. The heart that bleeds to-
day and the tear that trickles unbidden down the cheek because of
the undying love and suffering Of Hin who said on Golgathas
heights, ut is finished" consumes the dross in the soul and puts it
in unison with the pulse beats of those in the Celestial City.
There is nothing that could compensate the world for the Wis
ions of the life beyond gotten at the bedside of the expiring Chris
tan and to efface these things from III memories would be one of
the most cruel and brutal acts of fate. The fact that they arc mir
rored in our mortal visions sweetens our lives and makes US Drawer
and more courageous for LIES conflicts and tempers more of what
we do and say with the spirit of Christ. Where is the individual
that would forget the open grave and the moments when the spirit
and the body lie bruised and crushed as the mortal part of our loved
ones is lowered into earth's last resting place-to reflect on these
hours brings anguish and heart aches but out of them We stand more
upright and are better equipped to say and do what God wants done.
| life was never intended for "a good time" any more than it was in
tended for "a bad time"-how little of the latter aud how much of
the former there are along our pathways depends upon us. Creation
reached its climax in making this world. There is no monotony in
ii. The spring buds, the summer flowers and the verdant fields. the
autumn leaves and the winters frost and snow furnish a variety that
can not fail to feast every soul. Nature has left nothing undone,
nothing incomplete. The forests, the fields, the rivers, the lakes,
the seas and the oceans of earth assure ar opportunity for the ac-
tiviucs of the varied talents and tastes of man. The world is COM
plete. The things that should concern US most is what are we do
ing with it and in it" Individually we are responsible for our acts
and is it too much to say that collectively we re answerable for our
stewardship?
The voices and the memories of the past strike the brow of the
hill just ahead and echo our duty and our surroundings. We can
not lift the curtain that hides the future even only a few hours away
but the past teaches US how to meet present responsibilities. We
arc only enabled to reach the full measure of our possibilities as our
lives re mellowed and sweetened both by our sorrows and our joys.
AS the days increase in number behind US, we more and more rea-
|he that we are happier when W e are doing something that will make
our fellows see and enjoy more of the sunshine of life. The real
mission of the Christian is serving others. Our deeds come back to
us-we reap of our sowing.
Yes, there are many things that it would be sacreligious to
forget.