The intelligencer., 1890-03-29

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slow compared with their hegiras. This
doubles up and congresses iniinitudes
into infinitesimals. This puts all the
astronomical heavens into a space like
the balls of a childs rattle. This min
giles into one the Here and the There,
the Now and the Then. the Beyond and
the Yonder
Another remark have to make con-
cerning these illustrious immortals is
that they are multitudinous. Their
census has never been taken and no one
but God knows how many they are, but
all the Bible accounts suggest their i'm
mense numbers. Companies of them,
armies of them, mountain tops haloed
by them, skies populous with them.
John speaks Of angels and other beings
around the throne as ten thousand times
ten thousand.
Now, according to my calculation, ten
thousand times ten million are one hun
dred million. But these are only the
angels In one place. David counted
twenty thousand Of them rolling down
the sky in chariots. When God came
away from the riven rocks of Mount
Sinai, the Bible says He had the COM
psnionship OF ten thousand angels. I
think they are in every battle, in every
exigency. at every birth, at every pill
low, at every hour, at every moment
The earth full of them. The heavens
full Of them. They outnumber the hu-
man race in this world, They outnum-
ber the ransomed spirits In glory. When
Abraham had his knife uplifted to slsy
Isaac II was an angel who arrested the
stroke, crying Abraham. Abraham
It was stairway OF angels that Jacob
saw while pillowed in the wilderness.
We are told an angel led the hosts of
Israelites out Of Egyptian serfdom. II
was an angel that showed Hagar the
fountain where she filled the bottle for
the lad. 1t ives an angel that took Lot
out of doomed Sodom. It was an angel
that shut up the mouth OF the hungry
monsters when Daniel was thrown
into the caverns. 1t was an
angel that fed Elijah under the
juniper tree 1t was an angel that an
nounced to Mary the approaching nativ-
ity. They were angels that chanted
that strengthened our Saviour In His
agony. 1t was an angel that encouraged
Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck.
1t was an angel that burst open the
prison, gate after gate. until Peter was
liberated. 1t was an angel that stirred
the pool OF SLOAN. where the siok were
healed. 1t was an angel that John saw
flying through the midst Of Heaven,
and an angel with foot planted on the
sea, and an angel that opened the book,
and an angel that sounded the trumpet
and an angel that thrust In the sickle,
and an angel that poured out the vlals,
and an angel standing In the sun. 1t
will be an angel with upllfted hands
aweAring that time shall be no longer.
This leads me to speak Of the offices
Of these supsrnals. To defend, to cheer,
to rescue to escort, to give victory to the
right, and overthrow the wrong; that Is
their business. Just as alert to-day and
efficient as when In Bible times they
spread wing. or unsheathed sword, or
rocked down penitentiaries, or filled the
mountains with horses of fire hitched TO
chariots Of fre and driven by reinsmen
Of fire. They have turned your steps q
hundred times and you knew it not
You are on the way to do some wrong
thing and they change your course.
They brought some thought Of Christian
parentage. or loyalty to your own home,
and that arrested you. They arranged
that some one should meet you at that
crisis, and propose something honorable
and elevating, or they took from your
pocket some ticket to evil amusement, a
ticket that you never found. 1t was an
angel Of God, and perhaps the very ono
that guided you to this service,
and that now waits to re port
some holy impression to be this
morning made upon your soul, tarrying
with one foot upon the doorstep, of your
immortal spirit, and the other foot lift
ed for ascent into the skies. BY some
prayer detain him until he can tell Of
repentsnt and ransomed soul! Or you
were sometime borne down with trouble,
bereaveDeuts persecution, bankruptcy,
sickness, and all manner OF troubles
beating their discords in your heart and
hfe You gave up; you said: ~ can
not stand It any longer. believe will
take my Life Where Is the rail train, or
the deep wave. or the precipice that
will end this torment Of earthly exist
enoe1'' But suddenly your mind bright
oned Courage came surgih& into your
heart ike oceanic tides. You said: "God
is on my side, and all the adyersities He
can turn for my good" Suddenly you
felt peace, o deep peace the peace OF
God that passeth su understanding.
What made the ohaage2 a sweet and
mighty comfort ng angel OF the Lord
met you That was all
What sn incentive 70 purity aud |
righteousness 10 this doctrine that we |
are continual y under angelic observar
tionl Eyes ever on you so that the most |
secret misdeed Is committed Ia the midst |
of an audience Of ,inmortala No door
SO bolted. no darkness 80 Cimmerian, as
to hinder that supernal eyestght, not !
jealous eyesight, not baleful eyesight, |
but friendly syesight sym mpathetic eye
sight, helpful eyesigbt
Confidential clerk of store, with great |
on your shoulder. and no |
one to applaud your york when you do |
1t well, and sick with ths worlds in
gratitude, think OF the angels In the |
room rsptured at your fldelityi
Mother Of household. stitching, mend |
ing. cooking, dusting, planning. up half |
the night, or all the night with the |
sick child, day In and day out, year in |
and year out, worn with the monotony |
OF life thst no one seems to care for, |
think Of the angels 10 the nursery,
angola In all the rooms Of your toiling, |
angels about the sick cradle, and all in |
sympathy Ra lroad engineer, with |
hundreds Of lives hanging on your wrist.
standing amid the cinders aud the |
round the sharp curve, and BY |
declivity, discharged and dis |
graced If you make mistake, but not |
one word Of approval If yOa take all the
trains In safety for ten years, think OF |
the angels by tho throttle valve, angels |
by the roaring furnace Of the engine, |
angels looking from the oyerhanging |
crag. angels bracing the racing wheels.
of the precipco. angels when you
the thuDdoFbolt oS 0 train, and |
angels when you dismount,
Men and women of all circumstances, !
only partly appreciated or not appreciat-
cd ct oil, pever feel lonely again or un- |
regarded againj Angels all around, an
gels TO approve, angels 10 help, angels |
to remember. Yea, while all the good
angels are friends OF the good, there is |
one special ungel your body-guard. This
idea until this present study OF angel |
ology, ! supposed to be fanciful. but |
find it clearly stated in the Bible.
When the disciples were praying for