The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-30

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And though the full ripe ears are sadly few
Thou wilt aeeept my ssleayes'
An ainaless lie is e hopeless liGe.
Ne be sraly pioas, is to be truly
greaf.
The highest and noblest aim 81 thi,
life Is to serve the master
a christian who has never suffered
amy foi Christ had better examine his
ticket.
In all your getting, get wisdom. .
Tic that laeketli wisdom, let him ask
81 God"
If mep are so wicked with religion,
what wound they be without it,
BruaE9in.
Christian, read yonr Bible, and Tins
become an adept ia handling the sworl
Of taesSpirit
We're the Lord to call yon hence,
now. while yon read this paragraph,
ARE yon reaiyg
"a christian spirit feels for others
dangers, and aims and strives to be
profitable TO them"
'aNot seven, but seventy times
seven, are you commanded to forgive
your offending brother.
Tire sin Of profanity is one of the
most inexcusable and yet one Of the
commonest among the people.
6elf-exanination and secret prayer
are as necessaryfor christian progress
as fire and water are 10 the locomotive
IF every christian was clad with zeal
as a cloak, the charge of fanaticism on
jealous christians would lose its force.
Never forget in closing your prayers,
30 feel, If you do not express this de-
sire, ssNotmywill but thine, be done. -
'sOur uphill difficulties are the way
to the greatest comforts, burdens are
most felt when comforts are near at
hand.
ssNo man liTeth unto himself" We,
each have an influence, and God Will
hold us 10 account for the way it is
Hsed.
Let nothing be done through strife
orVain glory; bnt in lowliness in mind
let each esteem others better than them
selves Bible.
Were this single command, aReturn
good for evil, I" aobeyed, more than half
esrth8s woes would vanish like mist be-
fore the morning sun.
A Good Prayer: 40 Lord, Thou
knowest how busy I must be this day.
If d forget Thee, do not Thou forget
meF-7sfr Jacou ASHLEY.
f'Oonaicts with Satan make chris
tians wary and value their word, so as
to walk with the sword Of the spirit
the word Of God--in their hands" /
Some men will accept the scriptures
only on condition that they are 10 be
allowed 10 eliminate such parts as do !
mot suit their convenience TO accept.
Man is in a state of probation; he is
Off on a return ticket, and should he /
fail to have it counterSigDed by the |
proper authority, he wilInot get home. |
TO desire an increase in spiritual !
gifts, without first exercising what yen |
have, rs like praying for daily bread |
withont making any effort DO provide it. |
Do not wait till YOU be holy ere you
cast your confidence on the Savior; hut !
cast your confidence on him now, and
you shall be made holy.--Di. Chalmers.
IA tender conscience is as much
afraid OF corrupt principles as OF sinful
practices. This manifests the sincerity
of the soul, even when a christian walks
in darkness.
''Those who deny the imputationrofI
Chfist's righteousness never SAW the
purity of the law, their ewn nakedness,
nor abhored the filthy rags Of their own
"a sight of sin, a sense of sin, and
sorrow for sin with a desire TO be saved
by Jesus from all sin, rs well as from
wrath, do really bespeals the workings
of the grace Of, Christ in the heart"
Faith is the root of all blessings. Be
lieYe, and you shall be saved. Believe,
and you must needs be satisfied. Be
heve, and you cannot choose but be
comf9rted and hsppy. Jeremy Taylor.
1.-Two cannot walk together, except
they are agreed that they are poor
miserable sinners; that Christ is a pre-
cions Savior; and that they both alike
expect salvation and eternal life from.
him only"
when the heart is rotten it will
ward Off conviction, turn from a faith
full reprover, condemn him and Justify
itself faithful dealing will not do for.
unfaitliful souls. Mind not that, but be
faithful to the truth"
My friend, on which side of the line
are you? Christ is calling for Yolun-
teers; no eonscripts in His service. En-
list at once, for the war, and may God
help you ito fight q good fight, TO win
the race, and gain the crown.
ssAhl how easily are our ewes de-
eeiyed, our hearts mistaken and our
feet perverted from the right way.
Shepherd of Israel, thon knowest 10
err is human; keep us iron erring,
guide us continually, and when we do
stray, Lord, reclaim u.s."
IF you want knowledge yon must toll
Tor il, if food you mnst toll for it, and
il pleasure You must toilfforlit. Toll is
the law. Pleasure comes through toll,
and not by selfrindalgence and inilo-
lenee. When one gets TO love work his
life is o happy 0ne.-Ruskial
Just how much our salvation is de.
pendant upon a public profession of
Christ we do not know: Hear what
Christ says abontit Who soeyer shall
confess me before men, him shall the
son fof man also confess before The
angels OF God. But he that t1enieth me
before man, shallfbe denied before the
angels of God. lIgnlEe l2-8-69).
AN everyday religion that loves
the dutles s0f our common walk, one
that makes an honest man, one that &C.
conaplishes an intellectual and mora
growth in the subject, one that works
In al lsWeataer, and improves all OppOr.
buaities will best and most heartily
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