Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-05

Heb. ii. l6, and Gen. iii, where
angelic nature is sharply contrast
ed with the human. Especially
does this come out in the temptation of
Adam and Eve? Surely we have a
right to ask where the wicked human
soul came from that tempted the first
man and woman to sin? Originality is
a fine quality in aswriter, nc doubt, but
not half so much so as accuracy n in
terpreting
SCRIPTURE,
and soundness in " the faith once deliv-
cred 10 the saints.n The human name
is applied, like chariot. horse, lion, OK,
and eagle, by a natural accommodation
of speech which, in fact, misleads only
those who have favorite crotchets Of
their own, by which they are misled.
Second-The second question-What
acts do these good angels perform to-
ward the people of God? cannot be fully
answered now. Suffice il to say that
they are the liveried servitors of the
Great King, who wait in his palace, ever
ready to perform his behests. As such
they are expressly put under the author
ity of Christ, the Mediator, and are used
by Him in carrying on certain purposes
connected with His prOvidential rule.
All power in heaven and earth is given
to Him. He is head Over all
things to his church, We may not
now discuss the probable influence of
Christ's work, as u Redeemer, upon
the confirmation of good angels in their
state Of holiness. Such lofty reasOnings
have exercised the speculative intellect
of Lord Bacon, and of the scarcely less
famous President Edwards. 1t may
answer u purpose to know that
THE LORD OF ANGELS
is the Savior of sinners. His work was
a new and amazing discovery to them
of the h~atefulness of sin and the good
ness, holiness, wisdom and power of
God. The incarnation of God the Son
has brought Him nearer to them, though
not so near as to US. Heis the first-bOrn
Of every creature, and after Him the
whole family in heaven and earth is
named. In this sense we comprehend
the expression about the angels Of God
descending and ascending upon the Son
Of Man. In the Sacred History they
gather about His cradle, minister to His
wants in the desert and in the garden,
and watch at His grave. They walk
with Him through the visions of the
Apocalypse. They shall come, in
awful pomp, to herald the advent
of the Judge at the last day.
As the servants of Christ they mingle
with his servants on earth, and carry
to Abraham, Jacob, Moses
and the prophets. They comfort, warn,
and instruct the pious. They execute
terrific vengeance upon stubborn foes,
Egypt and Assyria. Miracles discov-
er their presence, but. promises declare
their continual agency through all time.
The fact is told as an aid TO oar faith,
but the actual presence is yelled from US
as a guard against idolatry. We have
no occasion to see or to talk with them,
because
GODS TESTIMONY
assures us of their help, when needed.
are to make known our requests to
him-not to them. The dangerO of going
than Scripture is seen in the cor
ruptiOns of Christianity, where visible
signs are used, and i'm the distracting in
huence of supposed spirit-revelatiOns.
Even an inspired apostle had to be re-
buked by an angel, who was interpret
ing signs to him. REV. xxi. S.
But nothing can add to the
conception which angelic minis
tries, as described in Scripture, give
us of Gods grandeur in creation and in
redemption. Zoology and comparative
anatomy trace the Divine plan amid the
diversities of organic structure.
Geology opens the pOnderous pages of
the rocks to enhance the wonders of te-
restial action. Astronomy, the sub
FINEST of sciences, turns the telescopes
eye upon the starry heavens
and bids us gaze upon worlds floating in
the shOreless ocean of space like atoms
the sunbeam. 1t is well.
THE CHRISTIAN
may rejoice in it all. The Code f nature
is the God of the Bible. The two vol
lmes bear marks of the same hand.
But the blended anthem of praise reve-
the elder-born sister still leads
the mighty chorus. She reveals vast
Of created life stretching upward
from man towards the infininite but
falling short of him. And every
such spirit is worth more than the ma
Jerial universe. Science and revelation
unite to place man just at the turning
if one may use the figure, in the
grand stairway of created life which
from nOthingness toward Deity.
dlu SCltllIt uIOc uS LdEt AlE
descending scale, step after step, until it
Is lost to the microscope in those tiny
creatures, myriads of which are said to
live in a single drop of water. Upward
revelation bids us gaze upon the ascend
scale Of intelligences stretching in
dazzling array to the foot of the throne.
But upon that throne sits before
whom the burning seraphs veil their
faces-"The King Eternal, Immortal,
Invisible, the only wise God" And
when We read of
THAT OTHER FALL,
and more mysterious than the
fall of man" when angels were hurled
rom the battlements of heaven, "with
lideoUs mein and combustion down. to
depths Of hopeless perdition, there
70 await with horror the summons to
meet their cOnqueror face to face on the
Judgment seat, then, indeed, if ever do
We appreciate the sovereign grace that
worms of the dust like us.
"TO suffer in the traitors place.
To die for man-surpriSing gracei
Yet pass rebellious angels by,
To die for man-dear Savior, Why?"
And TO this thrilling question what bet
ter reply can ever be devised than the
words of Paul ''To the intent
hat now unto the principalities and
in heavenly places might be
by the church the manifold wis
iom of God, according to the eternal
which he purpOsed in Christ
Jesus, our LOrd?n
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