The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-03-06


II yon wash to make correct de-
cisioD, take the subject to God in
prayer and he will direct you
The title of the christian TO the
mansion abeve shonld make Us ever
willing To leave those we love.
AS the whirlwind passeth, 90 is the
the wicked no more; bat the righteous
iAan everlasting foundation. Solomon.
i am the door: BY me If any man
enter, he shall be saved, and shall 20
IN and ont, and find pasture.--4C.hrist.
Agood name is rather to be chosen
than great riches, and loving favor
rather than silver and gold.--prov.
xxi.
Throw life into d method that every
hour may bring its employment, and
every employment its hour.--1foraiag
Star.
Religion 10 y cheerfulfthing; 90 far
from being assays at odds with good
humor, tits inseparably united toit.
1hDfNtstY Jttfs
Prayer is asking God for something.
II yon desire a friend or relative con
verified ask God in real earnestness
from the heart, and wait the result.
Christian friend, there is q great re-
sponsibility resting on you. BE care
ful; that liberty you take, may become
astumbling block to those who are
weak.
Christian friend, the tenth Of your
income is not yours. 1t belongs to
God. IL you use it, you take chat
which belongs to another. Therefore,
you rob God.
When We are most filed with
heavenly love, and only then, are we
best fitted to bear with human in
frmity, TO live above it and forget its
bnrden.---Haria Hare.
In the iniimaeies and friendships OF
these fifty years, ] have found that
the pnrest, sweetest and noblest Of
my friends were those who kept near.
est Jesns. --EssPresideBt Hill.
Be merciful unto me, @ God, be
mercifnl unto me, for my soul trusteth
in thee; yea, in the shadow Of thy
wings ] make my refuge, untilthese
ealamities be oyerpast.--DG0ia.
Shall we give Of what costs Us
noihing, or shall it be sweet to us to
make Al offering to the Lord ofthat
intowhich our own thought and ser
vice have gomez Margaret II. Sang.
ster.
Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revelingF, and such like, or which /
tell Won now AS ! told you in time
past, that ihay, who do such things
shall not inhefitithe Kingdomef God
Gal. BIZ.
The Samaritans greatly retarded
the progress of the building Of tic
Temple IN Jerusalein. Ii was nearly
20 years from the time Cyrus ordered
the rebuilding Of it nntillit was. dedi-
Gated.
Wbei Jerusalem was destroyed BY
tholK King and the Jews carried away
captive, 10 Babylon, they hanged their
lafps 0n wiIlowtrees BY thclfiyers Of
Babylon and sat down and wepi, when
they remembered Zion.
Remember, eternity has Int two
sidss-5 "a dark side, which islthe dos
tiny of the wicked, aud bright side,
where the christian shall rest III the
''sweet bye and bye Let as strive
FOR the bright and beautiful shore.
Christian friend, examine yourself
carefully. Do yon believe Gods
promises sufficiently to obey his rc-
qnirementsl Ifnot, get dawn on your
knesa il prayer aud ask God 10 give
you gracelto trusthim even though He
slay yoH,
Bring We all the tithes into the
store-bouac, that there may be meat
IN mine house, Rnd prove me now
herewith, saith tie Lord Of Hosts, If /
| will not open yoii the windows Of
Heaven, and pour yon ont q blessing,
That there will not be room enough To /
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