The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-05-13
EDITORIALS
LET THE DEAD PAST BURY

LET The DEAD PAST BURY
ITS DEAD"
The true student of life and the
seeker after knowledge, no matter
what his creed or religion, join in ad-
hitting that Jesus Christ was su-
preme as a teacher of truth and the
principles of life. But many times the
teachings of Jesus have been twisted
and GRABBED so that he would not re-
cognize them himself. The over-relig-
ious in their ardent enthusiasm, some
times spiritualize his teachings to
such an extent that they are dwarfed
in their application to everyday life.
The teachings of Jesus are univer-
sal in their scope and appeal. His
truths were applied to the street as
much as they were applied to the
church. They are so broad as to apply
to every phase of life. When the over
jealous religionist cuts them down and
trims them to fit his narrowed appli-
cations of creed and scroll, he robs
them Of their great power.
Many people would get much more
from the teachings to apply to their
everyday, practical lives, if they
could be understood as applying to
nonchurch man as well as to the
church man. Apart from the church
the teachings of Jesus are nuggets
of gold to be treasured by all men a.
like who seek the truth and clear I'M
Outstanding of life.
LET the dead past bury its dead"
was one Of his sayings, when he said
it he meant it to apply to every man
and woman with dead past" to
bury. We all have our regrets. We all
have the skeleton in the closet"
which we guard carefully. The man
and woman does not live who has not
made mistakes.
But mistakes and errors and misun-
derstandings of the ways of life are
the teachers by which we learn how to
live.
The girl who walks with her head
among the stars, dreaming of love
and romance, picturing with fond
fancy the young Loshinvar" who
shall come out of the west" often
too many times awakes to the cold,
drear realization that her trust has
been betrayed. But it makes her wiser
1t teaches her that love and romance
must be tempered with wisdom. She
is not altogether to blame. She has
been IN love with love. She has come
to realize that the man who betrayed
her was but form which she clothed
the pure white fancy of her dreams.
She is wiser and finer woman for
the experience if she applies the
teaching "let the dead past bury it's
dead" Her dreams have been shat
tered they are dead. Then in wise
humility, let those dead dreams be
their own grave.
New dreams are lowering always
on the horizon of the human con-
seriousness. New ideals are collecting
out of the ruins of shattered ideals.
Every day that dawns is a new life
filled as full of promise as the day
on which other dreams were buiIded
The man who rises to that supreme
height of worship in the love of a
woman whose soul is made dross be-
cause she cynically curled her lips
and said, "The worlds my meat
finds himself disillusioned, with faith
lost. But the world holds Just as
fair women with hearts of gold as
it ever did. He should let his "dead
past bury its dead"
The man who fails in material en-
deavor- sees his business plans come
to ignominious defeat finds himself
in actual want is but learning how
to succeed in the next attempt. The
woman who sobs out her grief in
the night over bitter regrets, is but
being schooled in the art of living.
And life is just as sweet for the one
who KNOWS as it has ever been.
Let the dead past bury its dead"
carries an implication that the dead
past" still has the power of action.
1t has. 1t has the power to bury itself.
And it will. A mans mistakes do not
want to live any more than he wants
them to live. The past will bury it.
self if let alone Only the truly good
in life survives. Life is constantly
undergoing changes that burn off
the dross and leave only the pure
gold. The good that lived in the past
will live in the future. Let it alone.
1t will survive from the burial of its
evil environment and associates of
failure and regret.