The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-09-12


our being, but to deserve happiness.
Let rs make no apologies for ON
faith. Let consistent life be our an
swer.
'eTime enough yet" is the broad
road over which thousands lose THEN
lives.
For every one of all nations, 'sChrist
Jesus came into the world to save sin
ners. !"
Only what we have wrought into our
characters during life can we take away
with us.
Far better make no pretension than
for the world to see it nothing but pre-
tension.
Affections find ont our weak points,
and this makes ms attend TO them
iSpHyyeon.
II you wish to become perfect in
Christ jesus, welcome every trial with
much JOY.
If you have faith in God, and obey
Him in Christ. nothing whatever is in
your way.
If you are not dear lover of Gods
word, you have great reason to fear an
awful doom.
An humble knowledge of thyself is
q surer way to God than deep search
after knowledge.
Having set your heart in tune, the
world will listen carefully for the music
so will heaven.
Combat all thy discomfort through
prayer, every care through faith, every
fear through hope.
This is a beautiful thought: 81 know
my duty" This is more beautiful :
Performing duty"
Yon may build church houses, but
unless thy soul is the house of Christ,
your final rest is in hell.
To the generous mind the heaviest
debt is that of gratitude, when it is not
in our power to repay it.
To all men the best friend is virtue !;
the best companions are high endeavors
and honorable sentiments.
To most men experience is like the
stern light of a ship, which Eliminates
only the track it has passed.
Friends should be weighed, not told,
who boasts to have won multitude of
friends, has never had one.
There is no one else who has the
power to be so much your friend or SO
much your enemy as yourself.
He who comes up to his own ideas of
f,raafnaac Fonvt a xVauC bopn baE7 a 1yar.y
low standard of it in his mind.
Our attention to little things is the
index to our character, and often the
balance by which it is weighed.
The life of a mere worldly man is like
an African river that wastes itself by
soaking into the desert sands.
Some persons follow the dictates of
their conscience only as a cOachman' s
follows the horses he is driving
Wheat Or ehaff! You are one or the
other. When the Lord comes His all
searching eye will find you out.
That only is a good prayer for the
widow and orphan that carries bread
in both hands, to feed the hungry.
Seek not to escape persecution by
surrendering Christ. You must suffer
with Him, if you resign with Him.
Ii you would fear to have your secret
life known, how terrible is Gods iudg
ment for you Remember there Is a
Rock of Refuge.
No doubt it is your death to have
hard thoughts of God-as one that had
rather damn than save. Thus You
make God as Satan.
God never designed any man to do
nothing and how miserable the condi-
ton of those who spend their time as if
it was given, not lent.
The work an unknown good man has
done is like vein of water flowing hid
den under ground secretly making the
ground green. Carlyle.
No man is prepared to teach in Sab
bath School until he says "No pupil
can pass under my instruction without
becoming christian"
'"phere be few that are saved, says
our Lord. If any of these are about
you, they are known because busily en-
gagged obeying Gods commands.
The professor who will not work be-
cause not appreciated, need never ex.
peet to hear it from his master: "Wel
done, good and faithful servant"
Do You know that your moral power
to do good depends far more on youl
heart being kept in the right state,
than upon any. earthly acquisitions
Many loud mouths are heard wher
there are large religious assemblies
Go to the prayer meetings. from time
to time. if you would know how trne II
is, Few there are that find the way OF
life"
Load your hands with clothes and
bread for the needy Bestow MS fol
God. Then pray, ''Lord bless Tia,
poor and needy" Otherwise, what.ar.
you in the sight Of Godp Men Womb
call you hypocrite.
II you have not time to learn more
hear this: If ever You wonld escape
from the wrath TO come, and obtain
eternal life, the world must lose its in
terest in your esteem, aud God must tia
your attention and I'll yonr thoughts
Think
Never be cast down by tribes. If ,
spider breaks his web twenty times
twenty times viii he mend it again
Make mp your mind to do o good thing
and yon will do it, Fear not if tronblt
comes upon you; keep up your spirit
though the day be n dark one.
"A certain measure Of sunlight I
wanted to bring out the real flavor 3
fruits, and when a frnit has felt IL
measure Of burning sun Il develops
luciousnesa which we all delightin. 81
it is in men and women, q certain
amount of trouble appears to be need
fnl 10 create q certain sugar of gracious
neas in then, no that they may eontaiI
the rich, ripe juice of q gracious char
aeter. SpsaYeosa,
EFmFaners and akecAsamies.
Save money and doctor bills. RelieE
y0ur Mothers. Wives and Sisters hyg
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