The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-04-24


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Blessed are the mercifnl for they
shall obtain mercy Christ.
Take no step until you have asked
Gods guidance and direetion.
Truth and justice are often vindi-
Gated by the answering Of prayer.
Christ seaketh your help in your
place; give Him your hand.--Ruther-
fora.
Cultivate daily growth in humil-
ity; It stands first among the christian
graces.
If the world hate you, ye know
that it hated me before It hated yon.
- Christ.
who'll be the nextw Yes, who
mill be the nextl Reader, it may be
you; are yon ready2
The poor are always in the land,
and small things done for them here,
get recompense in Heaven.
Make piety premium in the church
of God, and have it for your stand
ard. God values men for their piety.
Faith will throw in the net of pray
er again and again, as long as God
commands and the promise encour-
ageth.-Salter.
The learned professor who regards
and teaches that death is the end of
existence, had better be left out of the
college faculty.
sJesns answered and said unto
them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures" Many in our day err in
the same manner.
There are too many who's at ease
in Zion This is one Of the eanses
why there is such little progress made
in some Of our churches.
"A saving religion must be genuine
in quality and large in quantity.
Heaping the measure pays better in
religion than in anything else.
The theoIogian cannot afford to be
as ignorant of philosophy and science
as philosopher and scientist are ig-
norant Of theology.-Dr. Fairbarn.
A little religion, like little learn
ing, is a dangerous thing. 1t may
make us hypocritical, doubters of gen
nine religion, or cause us TO be at ease
in Zion.
There are some who seem TO enjoy
the comforts of religion, but are never
ready Or willing to go forth in active
service, or to give as the Lord has
blessed them
The poorest hands may hold rich
gifts that Heaven delights to see.
That love that prompts poverty TO
render help, kindly, is worth its
weight in gold.
BE patient with young converts.
Should they make mistakes, and fall
into errors, labor with care and kind.
ness to correct these errors. Pray
for and with them.
The difficulty sceptical men have
with the doctrines of grace, has its
) main strength in their nnwillingness
! to sec and own the fact and nature Of
: sin. The consciously lost would wei.
come Savior.---Nea0 York Observer.
God made both tears and laughter
and both for kind purposes; for as
laughter enables mirth and surprise
to breath freely, so tears enable sor.
row to vent itself patiently. Tears
hinder sorrow from becoming despair
and madness, and laughter is one Of
the privileges of reason, being con.
fined TO the human species. Leigh
Hunt.
Sin is very simple word, but it is
a very awful thing. A little child
could spell the word, but no one, moi
even the angels that dwell in heaven,
could explain the thing, or tell the
great evils it has wrought 1t is q
deadly tree, whose fruit and whose
shadows have filed the world, and
from which everybody has suffered. -
Neg Yarh Observer.
i ] once told my congregation that ]
had passed through season Of doubt
and fear. One Of my elders said to
me, "Sir, ! am sorry you told the peo-
PIE that. Just suppose You had been
swearing and stealing, You would not
have told them Of III" 'sNo,n / an
swered, '.that weuld be terrible
thing" swell, replied he, II don't
think it is much worse than disbe-
iicving God; and If you 90 and tellthe
people that, yon set them bad exam
ple." " And be was right. II is not
for the leader 10 any cause to doubt
the success Of the enterprise. Spur
gson.
The question Of spreading the gos-
pei Is but another way Of stating the
question of saving souls; and that is
the central and vital question for
Christian churches, unsurpassed in in
forrest by any other The continued
exissenen 81 churches dependa on the
continued process d conversion 10
God Wheneser conversion becomes
~ tsaeitlon In church, farewell 10
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"A ence, and utlouesnd ellsef fhsnas tIss
men Yalae and that jesus Christ carer
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