Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-19
Our Celestial heighbOrs, 4

Rv. Dr. Nawmau, 81 the & ,n.r.l Methodist
Cduroh Now York ou last Sunday, preached
sermon treating If "Our Celestial Naghbars"
Ibe txt was. Aud it caue TO pass thaL the
h'cSss d.ad and Vas csrri by ths angels into
Abraham bos m"-Lukc xvi, 22.
Ii otner slr,ds ssc ioha5itcd, said ,hg DJc-
toT, what relations d. tia i1habtsots thereof
beer to U.s.? The last stal ssss OF seieucs favor
the SUPERSTITION that other piauels sre Dopu!a.
ted. aDd Wu nix shi rest be Who'll question upon
lh;s, scleaihc d.Cuctious But we have
.ufcr npo mara ample source OF Information,
Let us turn 10 RsVclA;lUn and ascertain what
lLo-e iunatIiou's Hre and wat they do. b.
Iiet 10 the existence of good snd evil angels is
es old as time. The R1msgs called them g.uii
the Creeks called them ds,muns (kuCsinp
ones) |; was H5suii VINO saag, "Nlii!icus OF
sprl usl Creatures wslk the earth nus CO."
This ptobsby is he Inspiration tor he bsllef 10
the egis'hGca CT saiyrS, lawns, Dymphs urd
other curious Creatures. Ii Was The firm belief
OF SGcratrs tial h. mad guarolsu aUyel whom
he called my dalmon." and wheu asked on
oertal0 OCCASION whether Evil would bafail him
co rbei day he replied, "Mg Gainun did not
klVG ne noiIco this moruu2 or any evil that
NUuIu uCldl luc " u HIS Is moro tNAO
poe;cy fancy; il is to embodiment of 30 old
'reol'IoD, venerable as tne ages. We have q
source OF ihf fm,lou more reliable than the
poets dream or The lisolian' : t,adi;ion. From
Genesis to Revelation the Bible Is tn Of this
great ruth.
D. we believe Moses AID Ovid aud Christ
as to the ministry OF su.eIs? Wnst do the
Scriptures soy ss 70 the creation. ustuie and
mission OF ou; oeIs stiai Drighh0rs The fact Of
their ,x's'Hrca Is In1i-i u,,oie. fbo Master
saio tha' - 900 angels ayUid come to HIS res-
cue 1t Requested. 81. Paul sp"bks of au 80
Vulnerable c)apsuy Of ang"I>." St. John saw
before the throne 100 900 900 Of those spgeIic
oeltgsr 400 alas "'htusaDGs CT thousands"
Their .'q1liy is imm4GSe. GeooQi4ts es,i
mate the sgc OF our earth 81 $4,000 900 OF
years. but the aogels Witnessed the crrallon of
our plauet. l, is we'll establish he'd fact that
there sre no gaps IL psture. Bus there are
cInuec!iug llrk4 from in ry.Dic matter up to
De big hest lUtcligCnc.-niin .is, vegetables,
Insects, reptiles, h-nea. b@Gs y, birds. mop,
angels, Gee. The beiogs Of other worlds nave
.ui5 and bodies. There are racks and orders OF
tnese celestial beings called by ST, Paul
thrones, dVmlulous, p!inc!p,Ii;ies aud powers.
They excel 10 strCDg b.; their vision is YES.
aad tneir usiurts lndcsu uctsble. The quas-
il0n arises, II other words are lrhbDlted
by intelligent beings, arc thsy iDculed ia the
plan OF redemption? The o.! iu6ivl o! c.ion
Is that loa'much ss other worlds arc populated,
and II God has but one S3n, Ha would DOT
cave gv2n Him 10 save thc sinners OF this
small earth. But Uhris:'s death is no, cor f 1ad
to the lnS ahitaais OF this pisnet. IL WAS 2 al
Rho So that at tho uam, Of j sus every
koee sh3ud b.R, of Thugs iu heaven aud
things 90 earth sni things uadcr the earth !;
apd tbst every toagua saou,d cooIess that rsus
Chris ls Lor5, to the gOry of G1d. the Fa-
ther." Unfs; is he mediator for a snpop
| creatur.s wherever touod 10 tho universe of
Jehov n. He died 10 store for sin wherever
20 ted, aud iossnuch es We believe in q
| Savior whom We havs not seen, 20 il tnc lnusb
itsnts Of Mars aod VeOus are siuuers they can
| be ssved through Chclst. FDr il is said thet
The angels r,iJ Jico over ont s'nner that repent
eth." We ale ask d, Gao we sxchanga pac %
| with the5s CELESTIAL neighbors? They have
| visited cur earth and do visit il ow ; aud they
| carried l. rus 10 Aorsnsms bosom, and
escorted Ii N and Cbrist to the abodes of the
| blessed. We sre also ak d, How CT. We to
rrecl heaveD? rhe TEX is the lfi ,ep answer
I e angles co"5Hc Us 10 their Celestial regions.
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