THEY SOON FORGAT HIS WORK

 

They soon forgat his work.
Psalms 106:13
 

THAT is a bad memory which buries God’s
   mercy and forgets his works.
 
And who has not to complain of such a memory!
 
That remembered longest which impresses most.
 
How long we remember a slight injury or
  a small offence;
  but how soon we forget the mercies of our God.
 
Thus did Israel, and thus do we also
  who now inherit their forfeited mercies.
 
The works of God in the wilderness were so striking
   and so wonderful, that we would have thought that
   the people never could have forgotten them.
 
But they soon cease to awake attention, excite 

  gratitude and were treated as common things.
 
Lord, what is man!
 
That we may forget, let us endeavour
  to improve by the Lord’s work.
 
Let us study them.
 
Let us see his wisdom, kindness, and care in them.
 
Let us record them, and often read the record.
 
Let us often dwell upon our own unworthiness, and
  admire the grace displayed and the least of them.
 
Let us work in nature be read.
 
Let his work of providence be notice.
 
Especially let his work of redemption engage
  our thoughts, our affections, and our gratitude.
 
Never let us forget or slight his wondrous works.
 
O! may I ne’er forget
  The mercy of my God,
Nor ever want a tongue to spread
  His loudest praise abroad.
 
James Smith 1849