Telegram-herald., 1890-03-24
TALMAGE on ANGELS
FAMILIAR RENDITION Or scRiPTUsE
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praise u q ii aai la honor u a guest aboa
tney Supposed 70 bs = maa- Bal as tte Game
ross higher zni aighsr their stranger guest
stepped into tns fans and by one rel ls4p
sscsadsd into tAs szies. lnsa tnsy knew
that lie vas an Aagel q ths Lord The
s1gel did woadrouslyn
I've hundred and forty-eigas tin@sf does
the Billie refer % the angels, yet / hssver
heard or Foad = ssrAon On Angelology. Tie
whole subject IS ralegated 70 the realm myth
bcai weird spectral and unknown. Such al
touTneaeat Is unscrlptural and wicked. or
their lie. chsir character, thsir habits, thsir
actions, their vslociIies, the Bible gives as
I fun length portraits. and why this prolonged
and absolute silencs concerning teemf An
GEOLOGY Is my theme.
THE sCPERNAL-INFERsAL war
There are two nations q angels, and they
are hostile % each other, the tation Of good
sagels and Lhe nation OF bad aagsl& OF tbs
T former | chisay speak tOiay. Their capita,
I their hea49aaT tiers. their grand rendezvous,
/ j. heaven, but their empire Is the univerSs.
. They are a distinct rGcs OF creatursA 40
human being can ever join their coafra5er-
/ nifty. The little child VINO IN the Sabbath
school sings, Il want % bs an sngel," !" viii
never have her wish grauaed They are su-
/ perhuman. but they are OF different grades
and ranks. not al on the same level, or the
same height They have their superiors and
+ Interiors and equals. propose no guessing
on this subject, but take the Bible for nv
only authority. Plato, the philosopher,
guessed. and divided angels into super-celes-
tai, celestial and sub celestial Dioaysius,
the Areopagite, guessed, and divided them
into thres claSseS--ths supreme, the middle
and the iast-and each OF these into three
other classes. making nins Ia ell.
/ Philo said that the angels were related 10
/ God, 0s the rays TO the sun. Fulgsntius soid
that they were composed Of body and spirit
/ Clement said they were incorporeal. Au-
I gustine said that they had been in danger
+
ed. Bot the only authority on this subject
that respect says they are divided into
/ Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones, Dominations
/ Principalities, Powers. Their coInrnandeT-in-
chief IS Michael Daniel called him Michael,
st. John called him Michael. These slpeTnal
beings ara more thoroughly organized than
any army that ever marched. They are
swifter than any cyclone that ever swept the
/ r-f pt fnar
ing that ever camo down the sky. They have
more TO DO with your destiny and mino than
any being in the universe except God May
tie Angel OF the New Covenant, who is the
Lord Jesus, open our eyes, and touch our
tongue, and rouse our soul, while we speak Of
their deathlessnsSs, their intelligence, their
I numbers, their strength, their achievements
Yes, deathless They had cradle, but
I viii never have a grave. The Lord remeu-
bers when they were born, but no one shall
ever see tkeir eye extinguished. or their mo-
rnentum slow up. or their existence termi-
I nate. The oldest OF them has not a wrinkle,
| or a decrepitude or hindrance; "a young
after six thousand years as at the close OF
! their first hour Christ said Of the good IN
| heaven, Neither can they die any more, for
they are equal unto tte angela" Yes, death
less nrs these wonderful creatures OF whom
speak They viii see world after world 60
out, but there shall be 10 fading Of their own
| brilliance. Yea, after the last world has
taken It's last flight they viii be ready for the
widest circuit through immcnsity. taking a
qUadrllion of miles in one sweep rs easy as a
pigeon circles a dovecot. They are never
sick. They are never exhau-ted. They need
10 sleep, for they ere never tired AZ Gods
command they snOte with death, in one
night, one hundred and eighty-ive thousand
o. Sennacherib's host, but no fatality can
srnite taem. Awake, agile, multipotent,
deathless, immortal
THE ANGELIC ISTELLECIS.
A further characteristic OF these radiant
folk is intelligence Tho woman Of Tekoah
was right when she spoke 10 King David Of
the wisdom OF an angel We take in what
little we know through eye and ear and nos
tril and touch but those beings have nc
physical sncaseneut and hence they are all
senses a wall five feet thick Is not solid tc
them. Through IL they go without disturb
ing fake Of mortar or crystal Of sand. Knowl
edgsi IL flashes on them. They take IL In al
al points They absorb It They gather il
up without any Underwent. No need oi
literature FOR then The letters Of their
books are stars. The dashes Of their books
are meteors The words of their books arC
constellationS The paragraphs Of their books
are galaxiss. The pictures Of the.r books art
s,lnTises, and sunsets. and midnight auroras
and the Conousror % the white horso with
the moon under his feet, and seas Of glss'
mingled with fra Their library Is 50 open
uGiverso. No need Of telescope to see some
thing millions Of miles away. for instantly
they ara there to inspect and explore 1t Al
Gstronomies, ali geologies, all botanies. al
philosophers 81 their feet What M oppor
tunity for intelligence IS thsirsl What fscili
ties for moving everything and knowing i
right av.7i
There IS only one thing that puts them =
their vils end, and toe Bible says they have
70 study that They have been stndylnE i
81 through TIE ages. and yet warrant theJ
have not fully crasped it--the wonders OF Re
denpton Thess wonders ara 30 nigh, =,
dee7. - grand. - stgpendous, - TagEiacen'
that even tie fntsiliCsncs q anzelh0od l. con
founded before &C. The apostle says. "W bici
sainzs ths angels desire % look into" Ihs
i q subject tast excites inqgisitiveusss q
tasir paFs Thas Is = theme tnss strains taeil
faculties e their utmost That i higher thai
they cas- climb. and deeper than they eal
dive Taev bsve a desire Ter something to
biz FOR tdeir comprehension y hica thinE
the angess desire % loos into Bot thst 6oe
ret scrsdit their Intelligence. 10 Gre Do
God hlnlsef can fully uBdsrstand ths ron
dsrs of Rel lsrnpeion r al heaven shoak
stndv 30 for fft7 sferribes they ~ould get "a
furcher thsa fas A 3 c q fbst insKas, s,-ssitl
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