The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-09-04

Is N1efe DO happy spot
Where mortals may be blessed.
Hhere grief may ind balm
And WEAKNESS 4 rest
Faith, Hope and Love, best booHs to mortal
given,
Waved their bright wings and whispered
Yes, IN Heaven Y"
God loves cheerful giver. Paul
The way Of every man is declaratig,
Of the end Of every man.--Oecil.
Believe IN the Lord Jesus Chris
and thou shalt be saved. Peter.
Penitence is sorrow for sin. Re
pentance Is the act Of giving up sin.
Make the sermon as good as -yor
can but length need not be aimed at
--aspargeon
If any man thinketh he knowetl
any thing, he knoweth yet not as b,
augfit to know. Paul
Let not thy heart be hasty to ute
anything before God for God is il
heaven and thou upon earth.--Eccle.
So.
1n religion there must be the super
human, Reason cantt grasp the su
perhuman. Hence, faith must soaI
above reason.
Our weaknesses are often most con
spicnous when we attempt to criticist
Others. Nothing so criticises the critic
as his own weak criticism.
We think SO little about Christ and
the soul: II the world would give one
tenth Of their thinking to earnest, Sc.
rious reflections about the future, be.
yond this life, it would make marked
difference. 'Think soberIy according
as God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith"
You are responsible for not think
ing when il lis your duty to exercise
personal Judgment but you show
your want Of sense when yon go be-
yond this, and offer your opinion as a
religious guide, where God has done
your thinking for you, and has as
sumed all the responsibility.
To talk in church is bad taste. To
talk during the singing is impolite.
To talk during the sermon shows i'll
breeding. To talk during the prayer
ia blasphemy against God. If chris.
tians would go to church to worship,
and cease to make a convenience of
the place of worship, BY reducing the
house of God TO q mere place of social
gathering, you would cease to hear
any more about young people talking
during service. Gods house should
be the sanctuary to which we retreat
from the world, to commune with God.
Any other use of the church house
than this is sacriligious,
The Bible is a precioussstorehouse,
and the Magma Uharta of a Christian.
There he reads of his Heavenly Faith
ef's love, and Of his dying Sayior's leg
ACRES. There he secs map of his
travels through the wilderness, and a
landscape, too, of Canaan. And when
he climbs on Pisgah's tops, and views
the promised land, his heart begins to
burn, delighted with the blessed pros
poet, and amazed at the rich and free
salvation. But mere professor, though
decent one, looks on the Bible as a
dull book, and peruses it with such in
difference as you would read the title
deeds belonging to another mans es-
tatc.--Berridge
In this world there is but one object
on which to rest our hope for ultimate
peace and rest. 1t is not upon the
aggregate of our good deeds, for they
may all be prompted by selfshness
not upon our good feelings, for they
may be the result of supposed good
rather than real good. Who can tell !?
Not upon our good intentions, for the
whole way down to hell is said to be
paved with good intentions; not upon
any creed or church or theology, for
there are so many of these that We
may be mistaken; and should we trust
any one of these, it might be the
wrong one. Then, upon what can we
lean Simply upon Christ; for He
hath said, "Whosoever cometh INTO
me ! will in no wise cast ont"
Once more; let me hint to you that
it is cruel to make your hearers hope
that you are about TO close, and then
60 on again. 1 have suffered this
wrong from brethren at the prayer
meeting. ] have felt sure that the
friend meant TO pull up, and be has
gone on again without apology or rea-
son. ] am sure it must be dreadful
when a preacher says; "To conclude"
and then FINALLY" and then "lastly,"
and then afinslly and lastly" A divine,
who is still in the body, is never very
lively, but he has great gifts in holding
on. When you think he is done, he
issues a supplement which is almost
always headed Another blessed
thought !" His hearers thoughts are
lot always blessed, and they often
gree with the American who said,
s0h, that the man would quit" a0ne
yord more" said the speaker, ''and ]
m done' And the reporter found,
hen the word was written down, that
contained fifteen hundred syllables.
he famous word of Aristopbanes was {
ntdone. That same speaker often j
Iys, "a single remark, J" and then talks 9
r fifteen minutes. Sqargeon.
ERRoB.Mark its powers of reten-
On and tenacity of life. II may be !,
lbedded in truth like a worm in the 3
cart Of an apple. 1t may be like Ii
res in wheat field, planted when a
le ground was made mellow for the b
seention Of good seed. As tares have O
Eowf PIP side hy side with the wheat, q
& has error matnged side hy aide with
ruth. n may b. faIae llsFead inter
woven ~ the warp and wool of fabric D
4 CLOTH To destroy II you must reaa \
he garment. II may be made sacred I
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