The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-17
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.

An Angelic Discourse-Ser,non by the Rev.
DIR. Ar,niiaae.
At this church yesterday morning, after the usual
services OF the Baptist Church mad been proceeded
with, the pastor, Rev. DR.. Armitage, proceeded to
deliver the discourse OF the day. He took his text
IRON Psalms xxXiv. THE Angel Of Jehovah en-.
camps around them that fear Him. and delivers
them" He said:-These words bring to our
thoughts o race OF invisible beings occupying a
space between the human and divine regions. The
whole ana heaven is filed with these innumera-
BILE invisible bodies, watching over the desnies OF
man AMI carrying out the mandates OF their Lord
and Master who 10 in heaven II is very difficult Tor
the human mind to understand what an angel is.
Naturally sceptical want TO see before believing.
and cannot see these aerial beings except
they are revealel to US much doubt is engcnd cred
In the minds OF the unthinking or unlearned
Christian. But let us take this worldly sphere of
ours and examine II we see everything we believe
In; take elecirclty do not see 1t aud yet we I'M
picily believe IN it, presence; take the growth Of
plants, we do not see them grow, yet how forcibly
are We reminaed OF the fact IN the lovely spring.
Wien In worldly matters such instances occur ~ IL
not natural mat IN The almighty wisdom OF God
exstences and Intelligences should spring into lie
which we cannot July comprehend This Is no rea-
Bon, though, tnit should doubt the existence OF
such; for as in human affairs we base our belef on
science, SO in Div!ne matters we base our belief on
faith. Take q drop OF water and pui 1t unoer the
MYRIAps OF ANIsALoULE
are revealed TO the sight heretofore Invisible and If
the microscope could be made thousand times
more powerful then would there be seen thousands
Of other insects which We know TO exist The Bibie
Doth begins and ends with angels, they are the mills.
tiers OF God, both In executing his commands Tor
R0od and Tor evlI. IL was angel that commune
Gated the destruction OF Sodom and Gomorrah, and
Is was u anger mat prevented Abraham from oner.
ing up his son as sacrifice. When Christ came
down on Earth the heavenly host OF angels were
Always present with Tim; when down
~ THE Dark DEPTHS OF TIE GRAVE
an angel came and rolled the stone away from the
mouth Of the sepuchre. AS Christ was on earth, SO
are we for lie Iias made us partakers OF His KING
dom, and the countle ministers OF grace wno MT
through heavenly space are to-day watching over uS
Mi. Zach living being on THIS eartn | gwen guar
dian angel, VINO keeps watch over MIN and ID ever
present aamonlshing him in the4ntefess OF hs soul
and obeying tue lnstrdc-TOls OF God, who Is IN
heaven. ii the~310rd would to-day touch with His
niger of Gil here present. and make things
Visible TO them Etnero invisible, then do believe
we woala a countless multitude OF the heavenly
Inhabitants standing
OK NY RIgaT HAND ASD on MY LEFT.
Then would We hear the nutter or their wings as
they noaied round ire church. and see them looking
down with eyes OF love on Us ana beckonin9 us
upward 10 that heavenly sphere beyond the skies.
The hunhlest person III TINS church To-Day, II right
eous, is just as mucn esteemed and loved by
those above as tie weaithie5t and most
powerful. In this short and cnecquered career
or are too apt To look on position,
wealth and ren0wn In preference 10 immortality.
We think gieat deal OF a Shakespeare a Milton or
On Irving; bat the small child In tae gutter IS passed
by with coatempt and scorn. Yet we should remem-
Der that even he IL possessed OF soul ike them:
that he has his guardian angel, VINO, unlnindlul OF
his low estate, Is always watching tenderiy over MS
charge, aud that If Ire grows up IN the paths oil ace
and truth ne VIII 90 thoasandfoid more accept
able In tie eyes OF Cod than the greatest man that
lived provided lie walked I'D the ways OF the I'M
goQy.