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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Sep 26, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 39.

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Forgetting

By L. D. Santee

"Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before." Phil. 3: 13.
SOMETIMES it is good to remember, Sometimes, better still to forget, When the shades of a bygone sorrow Make unavailing regret. In the peace and calm of the evening, Who sighs for the heat of the noon? When the singer has sung and departed, Who cares to remember the tune?
Why lament for the follies of youth time, And the sins of our later years, Filling our bosoms with sadness, And our eyes with the blur of tears? Mid the frost and the chill of autumn, Who sighs for the briers of June? When the singer has sung and departed, Who cares to remember the tune?
There's no use in grieving o'er errors Or sins that we can not undo; It is wiser by far to forget them, While the future remaineth to you, Looking by faith unto Jesus, For grace to endure and be strong; Then, when you have sung and departed, The Master approves of the song.
Moline, Ill.