The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-10-25
they hearour petitions through Almighty

In the book of Tobias-w hich, what
ever you think of its canouicity, was
never rejected by Christ who frequent.
referred the jews to the scriptures-l2
chap. | and II verses, we read these
words OF the Archangel Raphael:
discover then the truth unto you;
aud | will not hide the secret from you
when thou didst pray with tears, and
didst tnou bury the dead. and didst
leave thy dinner. aud didst hide the
dead by day in the house, aud bury
them by night, Tc6sred My prayer to
he Lor3." Here is direct proof of an.
gclic intercesson. God undoubtedly
heard the prayers of Tobias, and yet
the Archangcl tells him, that he ofcred
hym IN the Lor1 If there be no need
of mediators between the Creator and
the creature, why did Raphael interpose
his interceasiou And if you object
'ha' '"Ie was il' mcNlhtlOn O1 an dHYet
and not of a saint, must tell you that
We are elsewhere taught that " the saints
Of God shall be like His angels" (Mat.
% chap. 80 verse; But is there any.
thing in the New Testament which
would lead us TO believe that our Savior
rejected this doctrine On the contra
ry He speaks of it as thing well under
stood, and on terms far removed from re
proof" Even so, says He, there shall
be jny in heaven upon one sinner that
| doth pennance, more than upon ninety
nine just tnat need not pennance" Luke
D chap. aud lC verses.) What is here
meant but that the repentance of the
| sluner is known in heaven to the saints
and angels and that they rejoice over it.
Christ also tells us: Take heed that
| you deSrise not one of these little ones
ior ! say to you, that their angels 10
| heaven always see the face OF my Faith
er who is in heaven" Here We have
not on y an instance OF angelic prutec-
tlon, but a direct Implication, from our
Lord Himself, that the angels will re.
sent any injury (spirituaD done to those
under their charge. 1t is also a proof
that the Blessed in heaven do know
what passes on this earth and that they
know II in the supernatural manner be.
| ture mentioned, tor lie does not say
that their angels IN heaven kn0U these
things, but that +" their angels in heaven
"l,o"ys see NE .tace IF my Father who
is.in heaven" that is. they read in the
countenance of God what concerns US
in this life
Again in Luke, 1G chap. 8 verse, we
read: "And | say to you: Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon Of in.
iquity that when you shall fail, they
may receive you into everlasting dwell
ings." Here is direct command TO make
irIend> of the poor servants of God, be
cause if we relieve them in this life, by our
aims, they may hereafter, by their inter-
ces.ion. bring our souls to heaven. And
| what beautiful thought is this What
Il consolation to the rich man, when the
termination Of his mortal existence is
approaching, to think that he will have
as many intercessors before the throne
ot God, as he has relieved in this lie.
The rich give to the poor temporal trea
sures. the latter reconlpcnce them by OBJ
tainiag for them infinite and eternal
happiness
Again ip the parable of Dives and
Lazarus, same chapter, 90 verse we
Iesd
" And il came to pass that the beg
gar died, and he was carried by the an.
gels into Abraham's bosom. Aud the
rich man also died and he was buried
in he'll.
And lifting up his eyes, when he was
in torment, he saw Abraham afar off
and Lazarus in his bosom aud he cried
and said Father Abraham, have mercy
on me, aud send Lazarus, that he may
dip the tips OF his fingers in water, to
cuol my tongue, for | am tormented in
this fame. And hbraham said to him /:
Son. remember that thou didst receive
good things in thy life time, and like
wise Lazarus evil things; but nov he
is comtorted and thou art tormented.
In the parable two points are developed,
both apropos to our subject. We End
the rich man, when in torment, begging
The aid Of Abraham, and we find fdrth
er that his cries are Heard by Abraham