Sharp County record., 1890-04-10

tentiaries or filed the mountains WIN
horses Of fire hitched to charic5S OF hfe
and driven by reinsmen Of fire. IheY
have turned your steps a hundred tlln5a' .5'
and Won knew it not. You were on the
wav TO do some wrong thing, and they
cbarred YOUR course. They brought
some thought Of Christian par
entage or of loyalty to your
own homo and that arrested
YOU. They arranged that some one
sboaiI meet vou at that crisis, and pro-
nose something honorable and eleVauhg'
or they took from your pocket some
ticket to evil amusement, a ticket ina!
Won never found. It was an angel OF
God. and perhaps the very one thai
Guided YOU to this service, and thaJ no"
waits to report some holy impression 70
he this morning made upon your SOUL
tarrying with one foot upon the door
stem of your immortal spirit, and the
other foot lifted for ascent into tne
skies. BY some prayer detain him untlI
he can tell Of a repentant ami ransomeu
soul! Or you were some time OorHe
down with trouble, bereavement, perse-
cution, bankruptcy, sickness and all
manner Of troubles beating their dis
cords in your heart and life.
| You gave up; you said: Il can not
stand it any longer. | believe l Will
take my life. Where is the rail-traln'
or the deep wave, or the precipice that
will end this torment of earthly exist
encc?" But suddenly your mind bright
ened Courage came surging into your
heart like oceanic tides. You said:
God is on nv side. and all these ad-
versitie5 lie can turn out for my good.
/ Suddenly you faltapoace, Q deep peace
the peace of God that passeth all un-
derstanding. What made the change?
! A sweet. and mighty and comfortable
angel Of the Lord met you. That was
all.
Railroad engineer with hundreds OF
lives hanging on your wrist, standing
amid the ciuder3 and the smutch round
the sharp curve, and by appalling decliv-
| itv. discharged and disgraced if you
make a 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 valves angels by the
roaring furnace of the engine, angels
| looking from the Overhanging crag, an
| GELS bracing the racing wheels Of the
precipice, angels when you mount the
/ thunderb0lt of train, and angels when
you dismount! Can you not hear them,
louder than the iamming Of the car
coupling, louder than the bell at the
crossing, louder than the whistle that
sounds like the scream Of flying tiend,
the angelic voices saying:
You did it we'll. You did it we'll"
Ill often speak of engineers it is be-
cause ride so much with them. / a.
ways accept their invitation to join them
on their locomotive, because | not only
get to my destination sooner, but be-
cause they are about the grandest men
alive. Men and women of all circum-
stances, only partly appreciated, or not
appreciated at all, never feel lonely
again or unregarded again! Angels all
/ drOunu; dngeIS u esppro--e~ -. -4e-1a + @z
| help, angels to remember Yea, while
all the good angels are friends of the
good, there is one special angel your
body-guard. This idea, until this pres
ent study of angelology, l supposed to
be fancitul, but find it clearly stated
in the Bible. When the disciples were
praying for Peters deliverance from
prison and he appeared at the door of
the prayer-meeting, they could not boz
lieve it was Peter They said:
1T is his angel"
Yes, a guardian angel for each one of
you. Put yourself now in accord with
him. When he suggests the right,
follow it. When he warns you against
the wrong, shun it. Sent forth from
God to help you in this great battle
against sin and death, accept his de-
liverance. When tempted to feeling
Of loneliness and disheartenment ap-
propriate the promise: THE angel of
the Lord encampeth around them that
fear Him and deliveretb them" Oh,
am so glad that the spaces be-
tween here and Heaven arc
throngad with these supernaturals
taking tidings home, bringing messages
here, rolling back obstacles from oul
path and giving US defense, for terrific
are the forces who dispute our way, and
if the nation of the good angels is on
our side, the nation of bad angels is on
the other side. Paul had it right when
he said: 1--WE wrestle not against fesb
and blood but against principal ties
against powers, against rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places" In that
awful fight may Gcd send us mighty
angelic re-enforcements! We want all
their wings on our side, all their swords
on our side, all their chariots on our
side.
Thank God that those who are for us
are mightier than those who are against
u.s. And that thought makes me jubi-
liant as to the final triumph. Belgium,
you know, was the battle-ground of En-
gland and France. Yea, Belgium more
than once was the battle-ground Of op-
posing nations. 1t so happens that this
world is the Belgium or battle-ground
between the angelic nations, good and
bad Michael, the commander-in-chief