The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-10

Some people seem q great deal more
anxious to grow better than to trust in
God.
When YOU tell Jesus everything 9TH
ers will delight to hear you tell of
Jesus.
An acknowledgement of error to which
there is no amendment of the error, is
pretension. ..,. q
Would yon have spiritual possessions
increased, then prayerfnllY labor in the
gospel mines of truth.
Trying to keep good resolutions in
stead of following the words of our
Savior, worketh great i'll.
| Every hour that the Lord holds you
back, is only detaching you from that
which holds You back.
| A vast amount of unproductive labor
might be avoided by first getting our
direction from tile Lord.
There is no virtue in prayer, only as
1t becomes q channel through which
comes the virtues of Christ.
He that has no love to God S precepts
ought to know there is something radi-
caaiY wrong IN ms FeAiBlOns
A very important lesson for the
Christian is to learn to be as patient
with himself as with others.
One of the best exercises for a chris
tian is TO exclude all thoughts of self
and engage thoughts of the Lord.
To find it SO, 'that whom the Lord
loveth He chasteneth," is to find q
jewell that is passed through the fire.
Think three times of a gracious Lord
to where you think once of self, and
thus begin progress in the divine life.
The lesson of Christ is strictly per-
sonal, and we can know Him in no
other way than by personal knowledge.
The unhappiness of some christians
is because they make their unworthi-
ness outweigh the generosity of their
Savior.
Your wisdom is TO review and redou-
BILE your endeayor Just to obey the com
maDds of Jesus and make no elamor for
comfort
Jesus says My yoke is easy, and
my burden is light, and it is true; and
your special business, christian, is to
find it so.
He that leans upon his God will find
Him to be rock he that leans on
comfort, loses it; he that leans on God,
secures it.
Christian, you are to believe that
Jesus is ever with you, because you
have His word for it, only that and
nothing more.
Were you always to have the fervor
and fuency you sometimes have, you
might mistake mere animal spirits for
pure spiritual life.
The blood of Christ, and the power
of Christ go together; the one procures
pardon for transgressions, the other
subdues iniquities.
Did you ever try to connt your bless
ings and thank God for them Until
this you often do, you will not do much
else for the Lord.
First one and then another, and still
another one of Gods truths shine out
before the humble servant so as to OBJ
scure all other truths.
Experimental abiding in Christ is a
clear display of practical wisdom, and
an indubitable evidence of the love
of God shed abroad in the heart.
If you would know Gods mind,
search his word, watch his hand, and
live at his throne 1.-THE secret of the
Lord is with them that fear him"
"If have been of any considerable
service to my people it is owing very
much to the habit of showing them
my heart. '-RsU. John AageH James.
Prejudice and envy are the parents Of
Thousand evils. They are continually
branching forth to Gods dishonor, the
believers disgrace and Satan's satisfae-
ton. Few things are so prolific.
He is a wise man who knows the way
of salvation, and is found in it; the patti
of duty, and walks in it; the dangers Of
the way, and avoids them the pro
vision of the way, and enjoys it.
Trifes often ALLEVIATE affections, and
) separate christians. Self-denial is q
cure for this. and many other diseases
Devils triumph when christians disa
gree, and feast when they divide.
A good man is lead in good way
] by a good God, to be employed in goot
things, walking in good company, work
: ing by good rule, from a good motive
to good end, and ut last arrives ut
good home.
1 Doubtless he who attains most il
Christ is least able 10 esteem him th
. christian he ought to be, because TIL
attainment must always light the wa,
E to something beyond, which ought t
r be attained.
: An unbelieving heart is hard heart
1 it is unmoyed by the threatening o
e God, the sufferings of the son of God
and the sweet invitations of divin
mercy; until God softens it, it is lik
: adamant, harder than flint.
The trouble you dread may neye
q come and If it does, its character ma
n be so changed by the time it reaehe
o you that You may not dread it. or 70
: may be raised above it, SO that it ma
pass away without much affecting yor
What is faith ? A receiving into tll
mind the truth concerning Jesus, a gC
ing 10 Jesus as revealed in the truth,
e committing of the sonl to Jesus, trus
Il ing in Jesus, and a living upon Jesu
# for all things, TO the glory of th
# Father.
t Rev. Alexander Pitt. Baptist mini
!, ter at Seacombe, England, was latel
found dead in his bed. At the funeri
!, Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown gave slzetc
y of his various pastoral charges, an
D said that he had written and printe
}. 157 Gospel tracts, Of which more tina
D. 3. 600, 600 had ssseD distributed. Il
n was sixty-three years old.
8 Ireally believe ] never made q MOI
q acceptable prayer than once when
3 prayed this way Lord, give me,
y know otwhat Give nae what The
seest me to need am sensible, deeI
y w, painfully sensible of need but viii
: need ] know not Thou knowes
Take me, Lord, just as I am. and NAL
me just what thou wouldst have me
q be, for Chxist's sake KimbaR.