The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

tnr hungry monsters when Daniel was thrOWl
INTO the ca 7erns. II was an angel that feC
Elijah und,r the juniper tree. It was an an
gel that announced to Mary the approaching
nativity. They were angels that chante'
when Christ was born. II was an angel tha
strengthened our Saviour in His agony. 1T "a
an angel that encouraged Paul in tine Med
lterranean shipwreck. Il was an angel tia
burst open the prison, gate after gate rnn
/ Peter was liberated. II was an angel tha
stirred the Pool of Sloan where the sscl
! were healed. II was an angel that John saw
/ flying through the midst Of heaven, and q
anss with loot planted on the sea, apilf az
angel that opened the book, and an ang=I ''al
sounded the trumpet, and an angel ff1t
4 thrust in the sickle, and All angel that p9p
out the walls and an angel standing m -
4 sun. u viii be an angel with uplifted ha1iff
swearing that time shall be no longer p
] the great final harvest of the world, To
/ reapers are the angels. Yea,
Lord shall be revealed from heGOni
with mighty angels Oh, the nuufT
and the might and the glory o. q al
supernalsi Fleets Of them Squ3ta 90
| them Host beyond host R6- 'e
rank Millions on millions! And tina
side if we will have them
This leads me TO speak of 40m lndH|
these supernals. To defend, 7,
cue, 10 escort, to give victory was en-
ness. Just as alert to-day an VHs
when in Bible times they sdOuse.
unsheathed sword, or rocked
tiaries, or filled the mOuntaiHd and dendl
IRE hitched to chariOts Of fir
-einsmen of fire. They ha,tt va!
steps hundred times, ana = 8 n
You were on the way -. +
thing, aud they chanz 81
brought some thoiiE IT,
age or ct loYaitY ttil.t
thar arrested you. III IL r.
one should meet ID l 7 s.,
pose something non r IL. Bvnu -
s ss t so9l; . from aion 10 -
t iRa Tery 9Ss sbs q Me- Of on witl1
and that new waits 70 sc of ce
impression 70 be this =
upon your seul,, affsinqdauntless -
upon the doorstep OF yt,-s.l,
and the other foot lifted forae was
skies. BY some prayer 3etais ,+o,
can tell OF repantant and p D Stdht
Or you were some time be. HoImaE
trouble, berehvenlsnts persec
ruptcy, sickness and an name him for.
beating their discords in your hs-
You gave up; you said: Il cannot by eY-
any longer. I believe 1 will take. IL
Where is the rail train, OF the deep WI tAe
the precipice that will end this torme. tbo
earthly existence But suddenly your "a :
frightened. Courage came surging NO.
your heart like oceanic tides You hl.ti
God is on my side, and all these adveE 9ties
he can make turn out for my good Erd
denly you felt a peace. deep peaef. the
peace of God that passeth all Understandings
What made the changes 4 sweet AID
mighty, and comforting angel of the Lord
met you. That was all
What an incentive 10 purity and righteQrz-
ness IS this doctrine that we are contluualiy
under angelic observation Eyes ever on
you, so that the most secret misdeei Is com
mitted in the midst Of an audience 81 ID
mortals. No doors so bolted, no darkness 50
Cimmerian as to hinder that supernal eve,
sight Not critical eyesight, not Jealous
eyesight, not baleful eyesight, but friendly
eyesight, sympathetic eyesight, helpful eye
sight. Confidential clerk of store with great
responsibility on your shoulder, and no one
to applaud your work when you do it well,
and sick with the worlds ingratitude, think
of the angels in the counting-roOm raptured
at your fidelity Mother of household. stitch
ing, meuding, cooking, busting, planning, up
half the night or all night with the sick child,
day in and day out year in and year out,
worn with the monotOny of a life that no one
seems TO care for, think Of the angels in the
nursery, angels in all the rooms Of your toll.
ing angels about the sick cradle and all in
sympathy
Railroad engineer, with hundreds of dives
hanging on your wrist, standing apsid the
Cinders and the smutch, round tie sharp
curve and by appalling declivity, discharged
and disgraced if you make mistake, but not
one word of approval If you take all the
trains in safety for ten years, think of the
angels by the throttle valve, angels by the
roaring furnace Of the engine angels looking
from the Overhauging crag, angels bracing
the racing wheels off the precipice, angels
when YOU mount the thunderbolt OF a train
and angels when you dismounti Can your
not hear them, louder than the jamming of
he car coupling. louder than the bell at the
louder than the whistle that sounds
ike the scream of a flying fiend, the an
gelic voices saying: You did it we'll
You did it wellr' II ! often speak
Of engineers it is because I ride 50 much
with them. always accept their invitation
to ioin them on their locomotive. because l
not only get to my destination sooner, but
because they are about the grandest men
alive
Men and women of all circumstances, only
partly appreciated, or not appreciated at all,
never feel lonely again, or unregarded again!
Angels all around; angels 70 approve angels
70 help, angels to remember Yea, while all
The good angelsare friends of the good, there I
5 one special agent your body guard. This !
dea, until this present study of angelology, ] /
to be fanciful, but | find it clearly I
itated in the Bible. When the disciples were
praying for Peters deliverance from prison,
md he appeared at the door of the prayer 4
Meeting, they could not believe it was Peter. I
They said: 1T is his angel So these dis 4
siples in special nearness to Christ, evidently I
lelieyed that every worthy soul has an angel, |
Iesus said of His followers: Their angels be
lold the face of Ny Father Elsewhere It
5 said; He shall give His angels cheree over
hee, TO keep thee in all thy ways.n Angel +
hielded, angel protected, angel ananies.
nigel canopied, art thou. No wonder thai
;harles Wesley hymned these words.
Which OF the petty Kings OF earth
Can boast guard ike ours.
Encircled from second birth ~
With all the heavenly powers? ist4 4
Valerius and Rufinus were put to fieath5for
'hrist's sake in the year 2S7. and. after flle
ay when their bodies had been whiprefl an.f' 4
ounded into Jelly, in the night IN prison
nd before the next day when they were tbaa
e executed, they both thought they-foii0e
ngels standing with two glitteriBg rinOt {
aying: BE Of good cheer, valiant >
+ Jesus Christ a little more OF bat had
lad lad to s'i know that before many Of up.
ave passed through great sufRerIIdS- tod
lie. some angel of God has h hill w.
orOnet of eternal reward. =
Yea. we are to have such a - -
o take Us upward when ours
Tou know we are told an an
.azarus to Abraham's bosOp' Spe
hat none shall be 50 poor in ,,,;, II.
ford angelic escort. It woui uiueI
0 90 alone and up paths NJ and Id
rod. and amid blazing worl
momentum, on BEING D%
rch distances aud acroSlglss-1- :
saca. We saoul1 shuild, tfH1oh ac
oitic alone Btt fac \ :, = ~ J -
enc 90 F01r IanEiiis1iA 49, u
i;oizr feiil accileut AZ, q ", 10
ID tai one All IS well
) sale you home. AMI tssl it.fco
ightest sense Of peril ~ - III
pward, further on and tut was II n
fter awhile heaven heaves IN o,,o,, w
umble of chariot wheels, . SfoI
nightly $armonies are heara mud th
ace, and nearer you COME
till, until the brightness Is ike1ter, "
ngs suffused into one and the
'ou are inside the amethystine luck 10
he banks of the jasper seS,-teg a..
yer free, forever well, foreve4s 'nS PO1
yer united, forever happy. M0@d Pba
hink your little children 90 alone v
Iuit this world. out of your arms houses
ali- arrnc Ou4 Of eicIy,,a,e into baob II