The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-02-03

A1NelJ viz WISHES W AA-4R AAuta4 VI
his side" says Whately; @but it is
not every one who sincerely wishes tc
be on the side Of trnth.n
The totalrecsipts Of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society during
the eight months whiehaeaded 0eto,
her slss, were sIss,s5s.es.
There isno country in the whole
world in which the christian religion
retains greater influence over The
sonls Of men than In America.
Those who wish 10 be on the side
Of trutb, search honestly to discover
on which side truth rs, and, if need be,
renonnec their error to embrace ii.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thon
eat bread I'LL thou return INTO the
ground" This is a great blessing to
man, physically, intellectually and
noFally.
This span of life was lent for lofty
duties, not for selfshness not to be
whiled away in aimleEs dreams, but
to improve ourselves and serve man
kind Christian. Advocate.
President NJ. Smith of Randolph
Macon College, says Of the Richmond
Christian .Adgocaie, sit is a church,
college, circulating library and camp
meeting, and eircnit-rider thatBeyer
gets sick"
The temperance AasOeate says "0ne
gilded, high license saloon will do
more to lure souls down to eternal
ruin than a hundred low dives The
gilded saloon must go in order that
the young men may be saved"
The Bible tells US of the streams
that At may allure as 10 the fountain
it.tells Of the past acts of Gods faith
fnlloye that we may be led to set our
hope on God, and to feel assured that
be who hath loved will love to the
end.-zgAomas Erskiae.
offoar pages of comment on 'fThe
Saloon in Politics. published in PaB.
DC 0piaiosof January IA, culIed from
twenty papers, there were just two ex.
tracts favorable to the saloon, and one
Of these was from 8 brewers organ
and the other from foreign.Ameriear
paper.--E. Y. Observer.
| The New York San, in speaking o.
The costly paintings and ststualy il
the bar-Fooms, saysit is the legitimstt
eulhgrowth Of high license, and tina
young men who frequent these gildet
pathways TO he'll, are first assured tina
these places are licensed, legalizet
and protected By The strong arm o
the law, and hence are Legitimate aat
necessary to the public good and wei
fare.
A noble thought entertained in tn
morning may give cast and color tt
thefeelings and dispositions and do
lngs, even of the entire day. An eyi
one, on The other hand, viii have the
opposite effect. We do well, there.
fore, 70 accustom ourselyestO proper
thinking, 30 that orr minds may be
let out in waysthat will help rs and
improve OurlIging and doing. Ossre6
Union.
Rev. J. AZ. Rendlelon, now seventy
six years old, in calling 10 mind the
first thing be ever remembered, says
il Was on The occasion Of q visit by
Rey. Andrew Broaddas, ST., to bis
fathers house ID Kentucky. Rev.
BEoaddus preached d sermon IN The
church near BY, and be remembers
the song sung BY the congregation,
" Sweet prospect, sweet birds sad
sweet aowers.n
a man who thinks 10 snaiain a
christian character without seeking
experimental godliness, has been com
pared 70 Che Spartan Who, after yainly
tTgiDg v make a dead body atana upon
ia ieei e1claimed aIt wants solne-
thing siIhias Thu nsrely nominal.
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