The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-05-30
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4 chrissziike sufferer is an honor b
religion.
nefrssh yoar memory with gooi
things daiiy.
The KFoater your privileges tlle great
er ggnr debt
Toa cannot trast man too little, moi
God too mneh
Truo spifitua' ity loves free grace and
holy preeepts.
Peace % mind Is prodncsd BY reliance
on Gods promises.
Study IL be quiet except when dnty
calls on you 30 speak.
Ont Of love 10 yourself, yon onght to
pray for yoar enemies.
Ascertain that God Is with you, then
bid siavisll feardepaFt
He that 10 q gentleman has no tron-
bic IN the art Of gentihty.
He that claims mis- life warfare only
against fate is already conquered.
Private prayer is ysnr chief preserva-
tive from sin, temptation and error.
BE snre Satan viii oppose Won, il
what yon are doing is for Gods glory.
He that thinks much OF himself is
stndying attn great distance from God.
Ifyon see nothing TO admire in 9TH
ers, be sure yoI are not much admired.
Fellowship with God produces,
Strengthens and increases hatred 10
sin.
Jnst as the past is faded, so will the
future faae, unless we lean on Gods
word
Yonr eye is off the cross; your eve is
on your self this explains yonr unhap-
piDess.
1t is often difaealt to realize the
plainest trnths. 0nt of self into
Christ.
Meditation feeds devotion it endears
Christ MY meditation of Him shall
be sweet /"
There is but one way to succeed in
making others believe yon are honest
be honest
thought 10 afford us hope that though
we deceive oHrself Our hearts cannot |
deceive God.
Yon now find that happiness is not in |
yourself Try Gods word. There is
pence la Christ
Trust the plain aud positive promise
When you cannot sec through the dark |
clouds of Providence.
Take every doctrine you hear 10 the |
word Of God, receive nothing without |
trial, prove all things"
He who has never properly weighed
the value Of q day has never estimated |
properly the value of himself
The weak man allows his surround
ings TO discomfort him; the strong man
OVefeOmes by his eontentment. l
One proof that the Bible is OF mer-
cifnl God is that some promise is found .
in that book exactly suited 10 every
trouble.
IIliteraey is great foe to the pros
pet1ty of "a natisn or q community, but |
Atheism, cultured or nnenltured, is the
foe most TO be dreaded
Whenyonr faith, centred only on this
life ends, that end is despair Some
rec it, before the end, aud speed the
end 10y desperation. Have faith in
God. n
a church in New York has engaged
n brass band to play in it regularly
every Sabbath. An exchange suggests
that this may be the sounding brass
and iinkling eymbal."
Christians are often employed in dig
ging wells 10 find comfort, aud the |
deeper they go the darker they get; the
Fountain OF Life, salvation and com
fort, is love; call upon God, AMI look
mp, and the light Of His love will soon
cheer thee
He walks IN the presence of God that
conyerses with Him in frequent prayer
and communion; that rims . Him with
all his necessities that asks counsel Of
Him ID hisalanbting; that weeps before
Him for all his sins, that fears Him ASA
judge, references Him ms Il Lord and
obeys Him asa father Tdgl0r.