The Lake Charles echo., 1889-04-12
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.

THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
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Ee tl,at asss l8ed il Christ snns his |
faee u he light Of Gods countsnanoe.
Rest On this. your only real comfort |
n IA eoniartiRg others IN Gods Eay' |
1.et ~ ~ Gre that the gold may |
glitter sud the gold says nothing bnt
siitbsrs.
Do not seek happiness ;enlbEate lts
true holiness, and happiness will grow
fhpFeop !
As uausie thrills the skilled player, so |
ia word oi Christ enliEens the true
disciple.
The truIy obedient Christian is that
one who rejoiees in obedience - great
PFiyilsage.
Until your life is = sermon a. Christs
on she mount, your religious influence
IS not much.
II you are with Christ, in Him and
FOR Hin, yOur family cannot long stay
aWay from Him.
Pure living is light even turning
the eyes Of the wicked to Holy God.
Christian, shine
Are Won q Christian ? Then sail the
streams aow 10 the sea, 30 oil your ways
centre In Christ.
Asa charged battery yOu cannot come
IN contact with lover OF God without
feeling his influence.
To be without God is 10 be without
Eesb for the present and without hope
for the futuEs.--Spggs0H.
The sands Of life are passing from
beneath your feet: where viii you stand
when these sands are gone?
1t is the wing that carries the bird
ever. Christian, practice On the wing
Of faith, il you would soar.
Few there be that find it, are
words worth more than millions of
money 70 him that is Of the few.
Let men say Of you, ''he says but lit
lie, but be lives 60 Christian. There
Is q silence that thunders.
The converted man always has the
courage Of his convictions or his con-
version may well be questioned.
OF this one thing be sure The more
good one is doing the less that one
cares for what others say Of lim.
Men will hear you eagerly when your
business life and daily living preach the
same thing with your professions.
The higher you can leap, the higher
the trial is set. Bot when the exercise
is done you are trained for heaven.
Because you have seen the stars in
the el0udlesg heavens, You know the
HtaEs are beyond when there is rayless
night,
/ know by myself how ineompreheD-
sible God is, seeing cannot COmPre.
bend the parts Of my own beings.
BeyAard.
The religion that is left off when you
are making q lumber, cotton, rice, or
other sale, stinks throughout the com
munity.
TF MO ,vo,l5 heinz I,nIv lFa l.,
Christ, We must mind our hTeside
duties as well as the duties Of the sane
tuary.-SP1geon.
II will take all your time aud all Of
your life to go all the way to heaven.
HRlf-heartsdness is no good com at
heavens gate.
When David fed from Suul and
Elijah from Jezebel, they were forming
dark grounds to the brightest pictures
in Divine history.
The best part OF life is when you are
doing all the good you can, and truly
wanting none but God and the bene-
flied ones TO know it.
II you only could know how intense
the darkness when it shall be said,
Our lamps have gone out, you would
provide oil in time.
Unless with hundred fold more in
terest than q man counts his money,
You have counted all things loss for
Christ, you need be alarmed.
Ten thousand Of the greatest fanlts
In our neighbors are Of less consequence
to us than one Of the smallest in our
selves. .--ArchbiSACp Whateiy,
He that delights in God delights not
only in God as he is, but in all that
God does, and this is a higher attain
ment than many have reached.
Gods word is pure, and Christ's re.
igion is pure; even the world acknowl-
edges this; and tho Christian q life must
be pure I o influence the world.
There is no greater enormity before
the world than you, when you profess
to follow Christ and ut the same time
love the world and serve the Devil.
Behind the SNOWY loaf is the mill.
wheel; behind the mill the Wheat.f field
on the Wheat-feld falls the sunlight;
above the sun is God. - s. Russell.
He who does great thing must IN.
dsrtake 10 DO that thing. And true 10
Cbrist's holy religion, the very greatest
things q disciple can do Is TO become
the least Of al.
How high the Christian may mount
above the storms Of earth, is only meas
ured BY his faith in Gods promises.
Faith Is the wings, GOd'g promise is
the atmosphere.
The true Christian is like the sun.
which pursusa bis noiseIess track, ana
everywhere leaves the effect OF bis
beams IN . blessing upon the world
around him. -LsctHer.
Simon Magus wanted God Is spirit for
personal gains. Some men want oniy
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