The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-07-25
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| It is easy to say grace, bnt not haI
SO easy to POSSESSES it.
Every mobile crown is, and on cart
will forever be. crown Of thorns.
! We had better appear what we ar
than Affect 10 appear Mhat we are not
THE bread of life is love /; the salt o
life work the sweetness of life poesy
Knowledge unused for the good o
others is moro vain tnan unused gold
-RasEia
'Tis greatly wise to talk with orr pas
hours, and ask tham what report theJ
bore to heaven.
From the knowledge Of what yor
should not do, you may easily judge
What yousshoald 40.
To he saceessfal, have confidence.
Fields are won by those who firmly be
lieve III the winning
Dondnctis the great profession. Be.
having is the perpetual revealing OF ms.
What a man does tells what he is.
Have purpose in life, and having it,
throw into your work such strength oil
mind and muscle as God has given yol
- L1f9Ufe.
IF good people would bnt make good.
ness agreeable, and smile instead OF
frowning in their virtue, how many
would they gain 10 the good cause
Teach me to live mo idler let me be,
Butin thy service hand and heart employ;
Prepared TO do thy bidding cheerfully,
Be this my highest and my hottest JOY,
The anatomy Of former mereies pnts
an argument in the month of prayer, a
glass to the eye of faith and a harp in
the hands of thankfulness.-Lee, I7tz
Century,
If your cup seems too bitter, If your
burden seems too heavy, be sure that it
is the wounded hand that is holding the
cup, and that it is He who carries the
cross that is carrying the burden.
They who, like the thunder on a sultry day,
Smite only to restore,
And they, who. like the gentle wind, uplift
The petals Of the dew-wet flowers, and drift
Their perfume ON the air,
Alike may serve Him, each, with their own gift
Making their liVesa prayer
-WAiaier.
In the deepest night Of sorrow God
gives us SO much to be thankful for that
we need never cease our singing. With
all our wisdom and foresight, we can
take a lesson in Rladness and gratitude
from the happy bird that sings all night
as if the day were not long enough to
tell its joy Coiert0lge.
Here in my opinion, lies one of the
greatest secrets of practical godliness,
and the highest attainment in close
walking with God--to come daily and
wash, and vet to keep as great value
for this discovery Of forgiveness, as if
it were once only obtained and NO more.
Thomas HalgbRrton (aboHt $685..
Man has been called a bundle of
habits. He is like a cable, which may
be made up OF Thousand threads, bnt
it is shaped and welded and moulded
into one. So it is with all Of us, as re-
CARDS our character, which is our life,
and which is made up of our habits
''Sow habit and you reapa character. -
Canon Fleming.
For want of self-restraint many men
are engaged all their lives in fighting
with difficulties of their own making,
and rendering success impossible by
their own crOss-gFained ungentieness
whilst others, it may be, much less
gifted, make their way and achieve sue
cess by simple patience, equanimity,
and self-control. SMILES.
Hasty conclusions are the mark of a
fool IA wise man doubteth IN fool rageth
and is confident; tine novice saith, IT
am sure that it is so;'' the better learned
! answers, HPeradVenture it may be so
| but, l pray the, inquire" 1t is Il little
learning, and but n little. which makes
men conclude hastily. Experience and
humility teach modesty and fear
Jeremy 1aij0r.
The first mission of the American
board was established in Japan only
sixteen years ago, and there are now in
that county l2O Protestant ehurc hes
with 5000 members. These churches
are mainly self-supporting, and mis-
sionary work is carried on chiefly
through native preachers and teachers
The government now fayors Protestant
christianity and encourages theological
training schools.
Oh, tired heart, God knows.
Not you nor /,
Who reach our hands for gifts
That wise love must deny
We blunder where we fain would do our best
Until aWeary, then we cry, "Do thou The
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And in his hands the tangled threads We place
VI our poor, blind weaving, with a shamed
face.
All trust OF ours he sscredly will keep,
80, tired heart, God knOws-gO thou TO work
or sleep.
-Hataa1l CoSldi,sgtoa.
Thousands Of men breathe, move and
liVe--pass off the stage of life and are
heard OF no more. Why? They did
nota particle Of good III the world and
none were blessed by them, none could
point to them as the Instruments of the
redemption not a line they wrote, moi
word they spoke could be recalled,
and so they persisted, their light went
out in darkness, and they were not re
rendered more than the insects of yes
terday. Will you thus live and die, o
man immortal? Live for something
Do good and leave behind you a nonn
ment OF virtue that the storm of time
can never destroy. Write yonr nam,
by kindness, love and mercy, on Tia,
hearts Of the thousands you come il
contact with year by year, and you vii
never be forgotten. No, yeHr name
your deeds, will be as legible on til,
hearts you leave behind, as the stars OF
the brow Of evening. Good deeds will