El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12


Deut., S:2-aThOu shalt remember
all the way which the Lord thy God
hath led thee.s
Phil. S:IS-''FOrgetting those things
which are behInd.5
TT would seem that Noses and Paul
are IN direct conflict here, and
= that the great apostle had thrown
to the winds the counsel Of the an
cient seer. But Paul was too big e
man to disregard the past Great
souls may differ. but when the clouds
Of apparent conflict are brushed aside
it will be seen that there is much in
common and that they are funda-
mentally one. Only little souls have
no fellowship. That narrow. gossip
ing, fault finding spirit, we some
times see. is a poor substitute for real
heart society.
Fundamentally. Paul and Moses are !
in the best Of harmony and together
are working out a great doctrine OF
the past. It Is this: There are some
things we must remember. and there
are some things we must forget
It has been said that today has two
and the other is yesterday. And our
memories play US such queer tricks,
at times we are half persuaded to
believe this to be true. The children
in the wilderness complained OF their
fare. and rallied at their leader be-
cause he mad brought them into sTch
a case They forgot all about the
fare and the hard tasl5s of Egypt.
They would have been better men and /
more worthy of thar God and leader
if they had remembered some things
and forgotten others
The @GOOd Old Days"
We often hear people signing for
if they had about six months of the
good old DAYS" they would be~in
longing for the bad new days. The
other fellows pasture is greener. The |
song that is waited across the val ey
on the wings Of the gentle breezes is !
the sweetest
It is when we fall into this state, |
and begin to long for the happiness
and peace Of the past, that someone !
like Paul exclairs. forget the things
Of the past" Happiness and inno- !
cence Of bygone days may not be orrs, !
but there Is duty. end there Is char |
acter and these are better II We are
true to God and to ourselves we viii 1
know and believe that the best in
the great battle Of life is before rs.
There are people who have KILLED 4
lion or 2 bear and who never for /
get it They have put over" some !
great performance and thav are in /
sUffera BILE ever afterward. David said /
the Lord. who delivered me out OF
the paw of the bear. will give me
victory over this Goliath" ForPet /
past achievements II they make you
proud Remember them If thew make |
you strong. FORGET your failures
when you are called to the colors. /
Remember them when you are tempted
to boast
Should We FORGET Past Sin.
This doctrine has its very strong
application to SIN. Can we forget
past sin2 ShOuld we forget it, All.
how we have tried and how impossi-
bic II has been We have prayed: we
have cried to the Lord for cleansing;
we have eXneTienced the 1oy of for
'iveness: and we have exclaimed with
David. 20 the happiness of the man
whose sins are erased" But the hour
comes when, in flash, we see the old
sin 'crouching at our door," and we
cry out with this same David, my
sin IS ever before me"
But does this discourage you? Must
we conclude that there is. therefore.
no such thing as divine forgiveness?
Behold David. the man after Gods
own heart. praising the Lord for par
doning grace. vet, conscious all the
while of his sin
Sign OF Growth.
The fact of the matter Is that this
resurrection OF the past" a sien
and token Of growth. of q struggle
upward.
The man whose sensibilities have
been dulled by sin does not remem-
Der and Is not troubled. It is only
when 7 am moved by the spirit OF God
to better days and better deeds that
INV sin Fs ever hafora ma - nor vvneu
I an at my worst. when hate and
envy and a vengeful spirit possess
me. do I seek my knees and crave the
purity and love of Oh st. But when
the spirit of Christ breathes upon
me. then II is that sin is a my side,
and I cry out to the living God.
So. If you cannot forget past sins.
remember all the way that the Lord
Thy God hath led thee" Praise him