The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-04-19

Bteau Oh tOilOWinR the WOfdS OF our |
Savior, worketh great III.
Every hour that the Lord holds you
back is only detaching you from that
which holds you back,
A vast amount of uDprodnctive labor
might be avoided by FIRST getting onr
direction from the Lord.
There is no virtue IN prayer only rs
il becomes a channel through which |
comes the virtues Of Christ.
He that has no love to God g precepts
ought 10 know there is something radi-
cally wrong in his religion.
A very important lesson for the
Christian is TO learn to be as patient
with himself as with others. Ell
Ore Of the best exercises for a Chris
tian is TO exclude all thoughts of self
and engage thoughts Of the Lord.
To find it 80, THAT whom the Lord
lOVeth He chasteDeth," is to find a
jewell that is passed through the fire.
Think three times of gracious Lord
TO where yon think once of self, and
thus begin progress in the divine life.
The lesson of Christ is strictly per
sonal, and we can know Him in no
other way than by personal knowledge
The unhappiness of some Christians
is because they make their unwOrthi-
ness outweigh the generosity of their
Savior.
Your wisdom is to review and redOu-
BILE your endeayor Just to obey the com
mands Of Jesus and make no clamor for
comfort.
Jesus says: "My yoke is easy, aud
my burden is light, and it is true; and
your special business, Christian, is to
find it 30.
He that leans npon his God will find
Him 10 be a rock; he that leans on
comfort, loses it; he that leans on God,
secures it.
Christian, you are to believe that
Jesus is ever with you, because you
have His word for it; only that and
nothing more.
Were you always TO have the fervor
and hueney yOu sometimes have, you
might mistake mere animal spirits for
pnre spiritual life.
The blood of Christ and the power
of Christ go together; the one procures
pardon for transgressions, the other
subdnes iniquitieB.
Did you ever try to count your bless
ings and thank God for them? Until
this yOu often do, you will not do much
else for the Lord.
First one and then another, and still
another one Of Gods truths shine out
before the humble servant so as to OBJ
scure all other truths.
Experimental abiding in Christ is a
clear display OF practical wisdom, and
an indubitable evidence OF the love OF
God shed abroad in the heart.
If You would know Gods mind
search his word, watch his hand land
live ct bis throne. 1.-The secret OF the
,-- Lord ls with them that lear him"
''If ! have been of any considerable
service to my people it is owing very
much to tho habit of showing then
my heart."-ReD. Jno. Angel James.
Prejudice and envy are the parents
OF q thousand evils. They are cOntinu
ally branching forth to God 8 dishonor
the believers disgrace and Satan q salts
faction. Few things are SO prolific.
He is a wise man who knows the wa,
OF salvation, aud is fonnd in it; the patti
of duty, and walks in it; the dangers
OF the way, aud avoids them; the pro
vision of the way, and enjoys it.
Trifies often. ALLEVIATE affections anC
separate Christians. Self-denial is {
cure for this and many other diseases
Devils triumph when Christians disa
gree, and feast when they divide.
A good man is led In q good wa,
by good God, to be employed in gOot
things, walking in good company, work
ing by good rule, from a good motive
to a good end, and at last arrives at
good home.
Doubtless be who atlains most in
Christ is least able 10 esteem himself The
Christian he ought to be, because The
attainment must always light the was
TO something beyond, which ought Z
be attained.
An unbelieying heart is a hard heart
Il is unmoyed by the threatening q
tod, the sufferings Of the son of God
and the sweet invitations of divine
mercy; until God softens it, il is lik,
adamant, harder than flint.
The trouble you dread may neye,
come; and If it does. its character NAV
be so changed By the time it reache,
yon that you may not dread it, or yof
NAV be raised above It % shat ID Inat
pass away without much affecting you.
What Is iaith2-A receiving into thu
mind the truth concerning Jesus, !,
going % Jesus as revealed ia TIE truth
aeommitting Of the soul Is Jesus. !
lrnntlng IA Jesus, and living upor
Father
Rey Alexander Pitt, D Baptist minis.
ger at Seacombe. England, va
toand dead il lis bed. Al the fnnera
Key hngb eioWell Brown gave alsstel
~ His Vafians paslaxlal charges. apd
aain that Pc led written and printed
152 Gospel tracts. Of which more thar
5.tN00eO had been distributed. II,
Waa siziy-thEse years old.
really believe ! never made moI
acceptable prayer Than once when
pEged tllls way. Lord give me, /
knees not mhatl Give lad what Thol
gesas enc aeed 1 am aanaihle. deaply
painfully eenaibIa 81 need; bnt what
nsad I kno9 noi; Thou kpow6st. TAX