The Power of Memory

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 29, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 41.

The Power of Memory

STRONGER than any steel safe is the human memory. Whatever we commit into its keeping is secure. We could not destroy its contents if we would. Our thoughts and deeds, though they seem transient as the morning clouds which are always moving and assuming new forms and colors, are more enduring than the stars. Memory holds them in its firm and unyielding grasp, and though many of them seem to escape and pass away, yet are they safe. They enter, moreover, into the structure of the character and life, and become inseparable parts of our very being and history. They are daily deposits, which, like the coral reefs, rise into indestructible forms, standing forever, though beaten by seas and storms. They take hold on destiny, and lead us on in paths which they have marked out for us. Let us take heed what we give into the keeping of this mysterious power.—Sel.