The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-07-31

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Sih grasitaics toward hell.--4aaca.
Needed N every farnily--tiod and
il,e Bible.
More zeal and deeotion TO the Mas
Reris caase ID our great need.
II Is easier % tel IN good canse
ihan g aifcr fora good eaHse.
pareaas should make il q rale to in
atraei their children daily in the Bible
Keep shy heart with AL diligence ;
Tor out 81 Il are the issues Of life
Solomon.
/ looked 10 Jeans aud he looked on
me, AMI Wa were one forever. &C ~.
.SEsrgeoa
Donot praise your own works; for
If they are worthy Of praise, Others
will dc H.
The subject that The Christian
shonld talk about most is the sub
ject Of prayer
DO son wish to proclaim the whole
TRUTH IL 20, Il will require your
whole courage.
The terms of salvation must be ae7
cepted BY faith just as they are offered
in the scriptures.
"A nan who wants ID do everything
(religiously) generally spoils every
thing he undertakes.
The subject Of prayer is a common
ono; yet The Christian cannot live,
spiritually, without it.
a friend may introduce you into
good society, bnt good department
alone will keep yon there.
n withhold not good says Solo
mon, 4fron1 them 10 whom It is dne,
when it is in thine hand to dolit >
There is a great consolation for the
Christian in the Thought that there is
no second death for believers IN Christ.
Unto yoa that fear my name shall
the Enn Of righteousness rise with
healing IN his mings.--AdlGehi 4:2
What impedes The progress Of the
Charchi Not 50 much the opposition
offered by outsiders as the inconsis-
tency Of insiders.
The treasures of this world will
profit us nothing when death comes
then how Important that we should
lay up treasures in heaven.
The Befeans were praised because
they searched the Scriptures for them
selves. Lot ms do likewise and not
depend upon what others say.
'iPFepare to meet thy God. p--0n
the death bedl No; his then too
late 10 present yourself "a living sac
rifce, wholly acceptable unto God
Sinner, did You ever think, when
you are shining against God, that you
are wronging Your own soul? Yes,
and when yon hate God yon love
DEATH
A character who is extremely arbi-
lrary is usually extremely uBehaT-
liable toward The faults of others
and stands good chance to be very
unpopular
That man who spends bis life in
studying the mysteries of God, car
afford proof for little Of bis knowledge
If he does not accept many truths
through faith.
a daily reading Of the family Biblt
and conversation about God and Tho
soulio the children, attended witt
prayer, will be with them as seed
aomn in good ground
The disappointed inan may sink L
the deepest despair the snecessln
man Is in danger Of falling from 4
great height beth are in peril, but
Gods grace il snficientto save then
both.
Spurious silver Of speech is current
but base gold Of silence is not IN
known. a man may iransgress al
truly by holding his tongue as By
speaking nnadgiseilY with his lips
~. III. Spaggeoa.
Learned men may study the eyileB
ces Of Christianity a. set forth in bis
tory and text books, and even ac
knowledge they can see The plan 0
salvation as set forth; still this is no
accepting salvation as offered in III
Scriptures.
The world III all ages has beer
blessed with men Of wealth who CAV,
Of their abundance to The Lord. Whilt
"a fewfemain humble and benevolent
The great majority go through lif'
srorsbsplng mammon, and end tbeil
days inmisery.
Yon cannot stay the shell in III
flight; after il has left the mortar il
goas on 10 its mark and there explodes
dealing destruction All around. just
as little can yon stay the consequences
ofsin after it has been committed.
You may repent Of il, you may be
forgiven, bat still it goes ON ID its
deadly and desolating way. II has
passed entirely beyond yonr reach I;
once done it cannot be undone.- I'm.
M s1ayior
There was once a noble Christian
lady, The wife of a man who had
yielded to temptation and who often
came home late at night, drunk, and
was very abusive to her. Reader, be
yon a Christian not, could you have
listened 10 this prayer without being
noYed when, on the Bonded knee, she
uttered these words 81 beseeeh thee,
{f[io1 -, avert 4te sianrar fear. ~