The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-10
WORDS FROM THE PULPIT
An Interesting Morning Sermon
Delivered At the Baptist
Church Yesterday.

Church Yesterday.
Tho Rejoicing by Angels II
Heaven Over One Peni-
tent Sinner.
Two Pictures Of Heaven and Earth Con.
corning the Sinner who Turneth
TO God.
At the Baptist church yesterday morning
Rev. G. B. Allen preached on ''The joy Of
angels over repentinR sinners" He tool
his text from Luke 1851. He said: The
Saviour of mankind was a popular preacher
It is recorded that the common people heard
him with joy, and we wonder not when We
remember the gracious words which fell
from his lips, and know that his attitude
toward them was that of sympathizinR,
mighty friend ready to comfort, uplift and
save. His doctrine was wonderously new
and strangely comforting and helpful. Fol-
the weary and heavy laden it was, "Come
unto me and will give you rest from bur
dens which gall and oppress.'' For the
widow with her mite and the orphan with
his poverty it was "Thy bread is mine and
thy water shall not fail" For the SORROW
ing and signing it was HE hath appointed
me to give it garment Of praise for the
spirit Of heaviness and to wipe away all
tears from the mourners eyes,"
No wonder that publicans and sinners
drew near to him. Were you drowning
would you not cling to rescuer? Were
You wretchedly miserable and hopeless
woulG you not cling closely to one who
could relieve You Of your burden and Tighten
your heart? For these reasons the dispised
Joy, and that he might lift them up, heal
their maladies, repair their losses, save
them from their sins. He preached to them
the gospel of His wonderous grace, and
went with them into their humble homes.
But the Pharisees and the scribes muir
And then he spoke parable in explanation
and justification of His conduct in this
particular, You would seek earnestly for
lost sheep. Is not a human being Of great
or worth than sheep? You would rejoice
over that sheep when found. Is not it more
rational to rejoice over human being who
has been found and saved from his sins?
II not only rejoice over this lost one who
has been found, but heaven is intensely in
terested in this matter. / say unto you
that 60 shall there be joy in heaven over
First, note the fact here stated bv the
Redeemer Chat the ANGELS of heaven ara IN
tensely interested in the repentanoe Of ain,
ners, Jesus here pushes aside the veil
stretched between Us and the heavenly
world and gives US Just vision for mo-
not the onlv vision he has given ma. There
is another Of GREAT feast: and another ~
the heavenly mansions. and John in Reve-
lations shows us plimpse Of the
new haven To tho b;hia o,ona oro
We indebted for this knov1a1re s Tha st are
are silent: the heavens above IA ara sneaoh-
less as respects this matter. and in ali the
wisdom of the wise men Of earth there ia
nothinp which speaks Of heava1,,s ;ntaraet
in such a matter as this, In the tenth verse
Of this chapter We are informed that Il ia
ed. The angels are those high and holv in
telligences Of heaven who have never sin
ned, who dwell ever in the presence Of God.
whose occupation is ever to worship God in
doing His will. +
The writer Of the epistle to the Hebrews
sent forth to minister to chem who shali hs
heirs of salvation. The pages of Gods
word give numerous and striking instancea
of their great and lively concern in the al
fairs Of men. Thus Abraham at one time
entertained three angels who snake With
him concerning the child of promise. And
two angels appeared unto Lot in the hour
OF his peril and saved his life at the time of
the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
And as Jacob went on his way the angels OF
God met him. They also appeared INTO
the shepherds and announced unto them
the birth of the Redeemer. And thew an
peared unto Christ at that supreme mo-
ment when He was TRANSPORTED befora His
disciples. And when the Reileemer en-
dured the terrible heart crushino agony Of
tered unto Him.
The Psalmist declares that the anoa, -
the Lord encampeth round about Chem that
fear him, and delivereth them. And 10 fra
brethren at Corinth Paul writes. .sFor this
cause ought the woman have power on her
head because of the anoels." And Gonna
commentaries agree in this. that the msans
ing of the expression ia that the snoals AZ |
present in every assembly of Code ychosen
Savior Himself tells Us ia the tert that thsv |
witness the repentanoe Of the e;rnar arS
Here are two pictures visions. One
vb;{}e thro me h h. OF heavens the great
eplendant throne the eternal, ever blessed
R;ch4. a. aus riGns nand Jesus Christ, the
ator. the sscrif,cs Ahgnf tha,ss me Meoi-
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