The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29

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shame.
a good light neither fislers nor
elimors.
Heaven must be IN nae before 4 can
be in heaven,
Lilo ahouId be a constant vision Of
Gods presence.
Tho test q salt Is the SAVIOR where the
salt has served.
The education Of the human mind
commences ii the cradle,
He that hath no bride on his tongne
has no grace IN his heart
Fidelity belongs TO the laborer, re-
snits belong to the Eaasteri
Peace IN siafal course is bne Of the
greatest Of eurses. ~ Bnnyd7a.
The scav OF every man is deelarative
of the end of every Tnan.--Ueca.
God does not design to give us rea-
cons, else were there no scope for our
faith.
a thought embodied and embraced
in ct words walks the earth a living
being.
Gratitude to a covenant God makes
even temporal blessing taste OF
hsaven.
Hate sin, but pity and pray for sin
ners; and let not your lives contradict
yonr prayers
God not only reigns, but rules. The
universe is His kingdom, eternity is
His term of Office.
III Gods wcrd makes me pray it is
evident the Holy Spirit has been with
me while reading it, Il
Mourning after an absent God is an
evidence Of love as strong as IN relole-
ing in apresent one.
Are Won in danger? Repair to God
and say TO Him, with David: 81 flee
unto thee to hide me.
Divine love is sacred flower, which
in its earliest bud is happiness, and in
it's full bloom is heaven.
Our actions tell on us for immortality.
To-day you are doing what you will
doubtless be in eternity.
That man is hopeless who is looking
behind him. They only reach the city
to come who run for it.
Self-denial is the only fuel that will
ranA locomotive worth anything on the
railroad of christianity.
As the pendulum has only to make
one tick at q time, so the christian has
but to take one step at time.
Men are far reader to make them
selves faith than toreceive that which
God hath formed to their hands.
1t is no help to the sailor TO see
fash of light across dark sea, if he
does not instantly steer accordingly.
Unbelief is always impatient, but
faith is willing to wait God 8 time. "He
that belieEeth shall not make haste"
Would yeu have believers love you ?
See TO it that your spirit and converse
ton are lovely, so will you secure it.
God makes a way for His people
where they cannot find one HHe that
hath mercy on them shall lead them"
Woman be not fading butterfly of
few days, touch the garments of your
Lords righteousness, and be a star
forever.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields fine crop of it. Pray for it
short memory as to all unkindnesses -
SpuryeoH.
Extraordinary Affections are not al
ways the punishment of extraordinary
sins, but sometimes the trial Of extra
ordinary graees.
Religion cannot pass away. The
burning of q little straw may hide the
stars of the sky, but the stars are there
and will appear.
whatsoever will may come. Whatso-
ever We ask We shall have "Whatso-
ever" makes salvation free "Whatso-
ever makes salvation full
God demands an account of the past,
and that we must render hereafter. He
demands an Improvement of the pres
emit, and this we must attend to now.
Yonr life set 10 the notes OF the third
chapter of John, and playing by the
chart of the sermon on the mount, is
tuned to the music of the endless ages.
The least you think of yourself and
the more good You do to others, the
more will others think we'll of you, and
the more good you will get to thysclf.
The man who has in him the elements
ola worker for Christ will find field
or make one. FAN, Wne1 Q prisoner
mfde converts IN Oeasafs househoid' :
lepHTge2,ss
The only ef1eetual cure of unbelief is
10 act. Every step towards Christ kills
donbt. Every thought, word and
deed for Him carries yen away from
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Says the eminent DIR. Hoge, II dare
not put any limit TO the attainment Or
the usefulness of the man who inyokes
and resolves the inspiration and the
strength Of the omnipotentspir
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