The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-11-06
r ELIGIOJJS.

Solve the problem Of lifel Lige,
and you solve it.
If any one says i'll Of you, let your
life be so that none will believe i.
Vermont proposes % establish
State institution for the criminaIly IN
sane.
Of my neighbor, tell me only what
is good what is bad, shall find out
myself.
Absolute varacity is more needed
now than at any former period Of our
history.
The misfortune is not SO much in
losing good name, as in being unable
to regain it.
"We never see tears in the eye"
says celebrated writer "but we are
reminded Of 8 warm heart"
If you will follow the bee long
enough you viii fud its hive and find
It's fiower.-.Rev. ID. r. Head.
Tis only severe securing which
shows whether the kettle is made OF
gold, or whether It's only gilded.
After the tongue has got the knack
of lying, it is not to be imagined how
almost impossible it is to reclaim il.
Mr.. Sankey, who has been working
so long with Mr., Moody, has gone on
trip to England for rest and recrea
tion.
Hast thou fallen 2 Do not groan
and lament rather be thankful for
the opportunity given thee to rise
once more.
DIR. Timothy Dwight assumed the
presidency of Yale College, September
80. He is the third Timothy Dwight
who has filled that position.
Because the eagle, at times, alights
on the earth, that does not give the
owl and bat regal pinions for the sun
ny home.-ReV, D. r. Head.
Woman is by nature q missionary.
She was sent into the world to make
it a happier and better place but
she often fails in her mission because
she attempts something untimely.
One of the greatest demands Of the
age is for earnest christian women who
will missionize quietly in their own
towns and speak of Christ to the peo-
pie of their immediate acquaintance.
We have heard of "fodder too high
in the rack for foek." And we know
of children who will quickly take to
bread while they loathe discourse on
the laws by which bread comes.--ReV.
D. p. Head.
A conference of eolored Episcopal
clergymen in the United States was
held in Washington City a few weeks
ago, the object of which was to com
pare views on the best means Of adj
vancing the interests of the colored
churches of that denomination.
A very grave error which some of
the sisters commit is the staying away
from religious services because they
cannot dress quite so elegantly as they
would like A woman of good sense
and refinement will never go to church
to exhibit her clothing, neither to look
at what others wear; and no one Of
strong religious principles will absent
herself from a congregation of chris
tians because her bonnet happens to be
little old or her dress little faded.
The success Of an artesian well de-
pends upon the elevated land which
lies out beyond; and the success of q
Christian depends upon that Hill Of
Strength that stands grssping the
heavens, and whose height no man may
measure even as the gushing, refresh
ing water is supplied by the far away
hills, so the beautiful spirit which
flows from the christian heart is i'm
parted by thai Hll Of delight whose
Fountains are always flowing for those
that would drink aud live.
There is no nobler work than that
of teaching children Of heavenly things.
Their young minds are readily infu-
enced, and we find that it is easier
to make than to unmake men. There
is the drnnkard we cannot uu-
make him, but we can take his boy
aud make a. man of him. A lesson
every Sunday morning and kind
word or two, and bunch of roses
through the week and another kind
word or two, will leave a picture on
that child's mind that will be there
when the Eternal Judge comes in glory
to review the work that we have done.
There is as much religion needed
among church members as among
worldlings. Nowadays, professors Of
have way Of iamming
their candles under bushels al every
turn that is quite bewildering, Indeed,
so repeatedly have these good people
resorled to the policy Of candle shut
fling that they have very nearly extin-
guished their lights. The trouble is,
they do not believe the Word Of God.
There is man who prays very feel
ingly prayer meeting nights, and who
seems TO be a thorough christian !; yet
he declares by single act that he
doubts the promises Of God,
| In Ceylon there are thousands Of
people who worship Satan and demons.
| When a little boy is very sick, bis
| friends 40 immediately for one of tho
demon priests who bring The most hla
eous images and put them where ihe
child can see them al the lRne' He