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If you owe a man some money, you may forget the fact, but the debt remains. Forgetting it does not pay it. You may forget your old debts to god. They may cause you no more pain. But they are there yet, unsettled, and some day they will find you out. Some day the remembrance will come back with terrible vividness. “Son, remember,” said Abraham, in the Lord’s parable to the rich man, and then recalled to him the story of his earthly life. Memory does not perish in the life beyond. It revives. You may write with lemon juice page after page and no trace is left. The writing sinks away and disappears. But expose the paper to the heat and every letter will come out in bold, clear outline. So we write our life’s record. We see no trace, and all seems lost and forgotten. But some day every word and act will flash out. Nothing that we do fails to be recorded. In the judgment day all will be brought out. Forgetfulness is a false refuge.