The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
ne hundred years of earthly surmis,

~ Mntiii,oitalS Is tnclf velocity. This the
blblc puts sometimes under the fig
urc OF wings, sometimes under the
hgurc OF allowing garment, sometimes
under the figure OF naked feet. As
thpSr SllprrhumanS are without bod
les these expressions are of course
iigurativc, and mean Swiftncss. The
Bible tells us that Daniel was pray
ing, and Gabriel flew from heaven
and touched him before he got up
from his knees. How far. then, did
the angel Gabriel have to flynn those
moments Of Daniels prayer! Hcav-
cn lSthOught to be the centre of the
universe. Our sun and it's planets
only the rim OF the wheel of worlds.
In Il moment the angel Gabriel flew
from that centre to this periphery.
Jesus told Peter he could instantly
have sixty thousand angels present if
he called for them. What foot of an
tclopr or wing of nlbntross could
equal that vclocty!' Law of grnvita
ton, which grips all things else. has
no influence upon angelic momentum.
universities before them open and
shut like Il fam. They arc here is no
reason why they Hhonld not be Il
uulntlillon Of miles hence the next
minute. Our bodies hinder us, but
| our minds can circle the earth in II
minute. Angelic beings are bodilcss
and have no lmitation God may
with his finger point down to some
worlN III trouble on the OutmoSt linn
ITS of creation, and instantly an an
Gcllc cohot are there to help it. Or
some celestial may DC standing ut the
luithGrmoSt outpost of immcnsity,
and God may say "Conc." and in
StnntlN 1t is i'm his bosom. Abraham,
lIhIah, llagar, JoShua, Gideon. Ma
noah, Paul, ST. John. could tell of
thrT unhndcrrd locomution. The
rect feet OF Summer lightning arc slow
compared with their hcyilas. This
d"ubl"s up and congresses infini-
tudrS INTO lniimItcSinalS. This puts
all ia" astronomical heavens into IL
Splc" !lk" the balls of IL childS rattle.
rms lnnglrS into one the Here and
the There. the Now and the Them.
the Beyond and the Yomdcr.
Another remark | have to make
c"nr"rnim" these illuStrious immor-
tails Is that they are multituuinous.
hrIr census has never been taken
and no one but Got knows how many
they are, but all the Bible, accounts
suggest their immense numbers.
Companies OF them. regiments of
lh"nl. arnlrS OF them. mountain tons
lnl"rd by thcm skies purulous with
Them. John speaks of angels and
other BEINGS round the throne as
ten thousand times ten thousand.
Now. according to my calculation,
ten tHouSand times ten Thousand are
ON" hundred million. But these arc
only the angels in one place. David
counted twenty thousand of them
rolling down the sky in chariots.
When God came away from the rivcn
roc Ks "t Mount Sinaithc Bible SAYS he
hal nc crompanionship OF ten thousand
anG' Is. fthink they are in every bat
ll'' IN every rNlgcncy. ut every birth,
ut every pillow, at every hour. at CIV,
cry moment. The earth is full of Them
Ihr heavens are full of them
lhry "utmumhcr the human race in
Tins world They uutnumbcr ran
sonnet spirits in glory When Abra
nam h;td ms knife upliftcl to slay
Isaac, IT WAS an angel who arrested
h" stroke, crying "Abrnham, Ab,9,-
nam. 1t WAS Il stairway OF angels
that Jacob saw when pillowcd in the
Wlii"rncNS. We are told that an an
gel lrd the host OF Isruclitcs ont of
iEyptlan Scrfdom. 1t will be an IN
gel withr upliitcd hand, swearing
that tim" shall be no longer. In the
Great final harvest of tn world the
rrapcrS are the angels Yea, the
Lord shall be revealed from heaven
with mighty angels. Oh. the mum
'cr and the might and the glory of
these supcrnnls. Fleets of them,
Suuadrons OF them. Host bcvonI
host Rank above rank. Millions
ON millions. And i'll ON our side if
W" will have them.
rms lcads me to speak Of the offices
or these Supcrnals TO defend, to
rhrcr, to rescue. TO escort, to give
vlctory to the right, and to overthrow
the wrong; that is their business.
just rs alert today and efficient as
wien III Bible times they spread
wing, or unshcathcd sword, or rocked
uoWn prmtcntiarics, or filled the
mountains with horses of fire hitchcd
to rhariots of fire and driven by rcins-
men of fire. They have turned your
steps hundred times. and YOU knew
1t not. You were on the way to do
some wrong thing, and they changed
your course. They brought some
thought of christian parrntuyc. or of
loyalty to your own home. and that
arrested You. They arranged that
some one should meet YOU at that
rrlSlS, and propose something honor
abl" and rlrvating. or they took from
your pocket some ticket to evil
amusement, Il ticket that You never
lound. 1T was an angel of God, and
perhaps the very one that guided YOU
TO tins service. and that now waits
to report some holy impression to be
TINS morning made upon your soul.
tarrNmg with one foot upon the door
step OF your immortal spirit. and the
OF her foot lifted for ascent into thc
skies By some prayer dctain him
untll he cam tell of IL rcpcntant and
ransomcd soul, Or YOU were some
time borne down with trouble. be-
persecution. bankruptcy,
sickness and all manner Of troubles
beating their IiSrOrIS IN ,-,,, b,o,.I