The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-17
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6eit-examInAt1on IS necessary 70 soui
prosperity.
Weakness is to be pitied, but wick
edness never excused.
Nothing eonquers like the silent
power Of cody life.
/ You are not high in religion if you
are above the lowliest.
Lamentation without effort, betrays
weakness and wickedness.
Satan generally uses those weapons
with which we furnish him.
Genuine religion is the true art Of
pleasing doing good to all.
Let not your words condemn men;
let your life show the contrast.
If grace reign over you sin does not
rule In you; free grace is sins destroyer.
Small troubles are frequently the
greatest trials, because we endeavOr to
bear them alone.
Sin and suffering always go hand in
hand they never were separated, nor
viii they ever be.
If Won cannot do without Christ, he
Will never put you off with anything
short of himself.
Beware of contention, it is generally
an evil; bnt contention with God is one
of the greatest evils.
The more you have to do with Christ
the less you will value n creatures
smile or fear his frown.
Care not for what men say Of your
professions, so that your life is the
loRdest voice in that profession.
What can you do? Give the world
the force of pure life That is what
this world most needs from you.
Unless you know, In the heart, the
lesson of the vine and branches, You
are not yet teacher of Gods way.
Because others are narrow, bigoted
and selfish, is all the greater reason why
you shonld be noble, generous and pure.
A self-conceiteG professor is always
miscellaneous character; he is one OF
Satanls edge tools. Beware of coneeit.
True faith makes the sinner humble,
active and self-denying. False faith
leaves men proud, indolent and selfish.
Divine sovereignty shines in every
believers history, and clear eye can
discern it in every page of the history.
Anxious cares only bring tears and
trouble; God prohibits them, but many
of us nurse them, though ali suffer for
them.
Honest confession is good for the
soul; but that confession is not honest
which does not turn away from the
error.
The most unlikely means are often
employed to accomplish Gods pur-
poses; thus God is seen and must be &C.
knowledged.
Christian, give the public large print
the most easily read. Write good
deeds daily, and you are sure not to be
misunderstood.
Christ is able to help you, and as
willing as be is able. Prove him in
every trial, put him to the test in your
present trial.
When we rightly read Gods word
we read it with relish, which always
leads us to give glory to God for so
great favor.
Invitations, promises and warnings
should go together; the first should be
accepted, the second trusted, the third
lovingly received.
Your neighbor is the nearest one who
really needs your help and unless You
are thus helping, you are not practicing
the christiane rligion.
To rejoice in another's gifts, useful
ness and honor, is truly great attain
ment. "Let each esteem the other
better than themselves.
To appear one thing and be another,
is more difficult than many suppose.
fields in which you labor.
Will your present engagement further
your communion with God or hinder
it? You cannot be too careful on this
point. do all to the glory of God. /"
If you have really given mp your
heart to God in private, your life will
show forth the praise of God in public.
If God has the heart, he is sure of the
life.
Nothing is more dangerous than pure
gospel doctrines, if they are embraced
by a licentious mind, and are unaccom-
panied by the operations OF the Holy
Spirit.
| When affection comes in contact with
guilt, the experience is gloomy and
distressing. He that woald be happy
in affection, must keep a good con-
science.
God that planted Paradise for Adam,
and gave him to possess it, has prepared
heaven for the saints, and will lead
them to enjoy it: II give unto them
eternal life"
Faithful preaching to those who in
dnlge in sin, is like rubbing salt on a
green wound. They twist, oppose and
condemn, crying "Speak unto us
smooth things"
There is nothing terrible in death II
your sins are pardoRed and your person
accepted in the Beloved. Get solid as.
surance on these points, and farewell to
the fear of death.
| Thousands of faces cast mp the dirt
and mire of the misery within; and nc
less surely does the face of him who
walks with God, reflect the light of con
tentment and peace within.
Cllrist's love is the .chureh's fire
thither bring thy heart when IL is cold
frozen and dead; mediate on His love,
and pray until you can say. 'sHe loved
me and gave Himself for me-"
Every act of sin is more injurious II
him who commits it, than it can posi-
bly, be to any other who suffers by it
1t will return into the conscience ami
perform n strange work there.
!. To indulge anger is to admit Satan q
guest; but to indulge malice is TO clos
: the door upon him as an inmate. Il
the one he finds a transient lodging
in the other a permanent home
We are surrounded on every side b
the heavens. Let this teach us not {
eonfine our attention to the earth
Man should look unto the Lord, an
have respect unto the Holy One q
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& A chrisiian never loses by what Go
takes; for henever takes away from .