The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-04

wing of albatross could equal that We
locity! Law Of gravitation, which grip
all things else, has no influence upo
angelic momentum. Immensities be
fore them open and shut like . fan
Thai they are here is NO reason VIII,
they should not be quintillion o
miles hence the next minute. Ou
bodies hinder us, but our minds can cir
Gle the earth in minute. Angelic be
ings are bodiless and have no limitation
God may with His finger point down +
some world in trouble on the outmos
limits of creation, and instantly an an
gelic cohort is there to helpit. Orsom,
celestial may be standing at the further
most outpost Of immensely and God ma,
say Come" and instantly it is in Hi
bosom. Abraham, Elijah, Hagar, Joshua
Gideon, Manoah, Paul, st. John, coult
| tell OF their unhindered locomotion
The red feet of summer lightning ar,
slow compared with their hegiras. Thi
doubles up and congresses intinitudel
into infinitesimals. This puts all thu
| astronomical heavens into o space like
the balls Of child's rattle. This min
giles into one the Here and the There
the Now and the Then, the Beyond ant
the Yonder.
Another remark / have to make con
corning these illustrious immortals i:
that they are multitudinous. Theil
census has never been taken and no one
but God knows how many they are. bu,
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 hum
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
partnership of ten thousand angels 1
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-
Der the ransomed spirits in glory. When
Abraham had his knife uplifted to slay
Isaac it was an angel who arrested the
stroke, crying abraham, Abraham
1t 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. It
was an angel that showed Hagar the
fountain where she filled the bottle for
the lad. 1t was an angel that took Lot
out OF doomed Sodom. 1t 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 natiy-
lty. They were angels that chanted
when Christ was born. 1t was an angel
that strengthened our Saviour in His
agony. 1t was an angel that encouraged
Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck.
It was an angel that burst open the
prison, gate after gate, until Peter was
liberated. 1t was an angel that stirred
he pool Of Sloan, where the sick were
healed. 1t was an angel that John saw
lying through the midst of Heaven,
md an angel with foot planted on the
ea, and an angel that opened the book,
md an angel that sounded the trumpet,
md an angel that thrust in the sickle,
md an angel that poured out the walls,
nd an angel standing in the sun. 1t
will be an angel with uplifted hands
wearing that time shall be no longer.
n the great final harvest of the world
he reapers are the angels
This leads me to speak of the offices
f these supernals. To defend, to cheer,
rescue to escort, to give victory to the
light, and overthrow the wrong; that is
heir business just as alert to-day and
fticient as when in Bible times they
pread wing, or unsheathed sword, or
ocked down penitentiaries, or filed the
with horses of fire hitched to
hariots of fire and driven by reinsmen
fire. They have turned your steps a
undred times and you knew it not.
'Ou are on the way to do some wrong
hing and they change your course.
hey brought some thought of Christian
arentage, or loyalty to your own home,
nd that arrested you. They arranged
nat some one should meet you at that
isis, and propose something honorable
nd elevating, or they took from your
ocket some ticket to evil amusement a
cket that you never found. 1t was an
ngel of God, and perhaps the very one
lat guided you to this service,
nd that now waits to report
'me holy impression to be this
orning made upon your soul, tarrying
it'll one foot upon the doorstep, of your
nmortal spirit, and the other foot lift
for ascent into the skies. By some
aver detain him until he can tell of a (
pentant and ransomed soul! Or you
ere sometime borne down with trouble,
sreavement persecution, bankruptcy,
ckness, and all manner of troubles {
eating their discords in your heart and !
fe. You gave up; you said: Il can {
1T stand it any longer. l believe 1 will :
Ike my life. Where is the rail train, or {
q deep wave. or the precipice that I
Ill end this torment of earthly exist
lce?" But suddenly your mind bright {
led. Courage came surging into your
'art like oceanic tides. You said: ''God q
on my side, and all the adversities He
n turn for my good" Suddenly you l
1t peace, deep peace, the peace of {
I'd that passeth all understanding. {
hat made the change? A sweet and
lghty comforting angel of the Lord
et you. That was all. 1
What an incentive to purity and
is this doctrine that we
e continually under angelic obserya- 9