Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-04-03

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graced if you make 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 valve, angels
| by the roaring furnace Of the engine,
angels looking from the overhanging
crag. angels bracing the racing wheels
off the precipice, angels when you
mount the thunderbolt of train, and
angels when you dismount!
Men and women of all circumstances,
only partly appreciated or not appreciat-
ed at all, never feel lonely again or I'M
regarded againl Angels all around, an
gels to approve, angels to 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 present study of angel
ology, supposed to be fanciful, but l
| 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 meet
ing they could not believe it was Peter.
| They said: st is his angel" So these
disciples, in special nearness to Christ,
evidently believed that every worthy
soul had an angel Jesus said of His
followers: Their angels behold the
face of my Father" Elsewhere it is
said: HE shall give His angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways"
Valerius and Rufnus were put to
death for Christ's sake in the year 2S7,
and, after the day when their bodies
had been whipped and pounded into a
! Jelly in the night in prison, and before
the next day when they were to be ex-
ecuted they both thought they saw an
gels standing with two glittering
crowns, saying, "Be of good cheer, val
1 liant soldiers of Jesus Christ! little
more of battle and then these crowns
are yours" And am glad to know that
before many of those who have passed
through great sufferings in this life
some angel of God has held a blazing
coronet of eternal reward.
Yea: we are to have such guardian
angel to take us upward when our work
is done. You know we are told an angel
conducted Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
That shows that none shall be so poor
in dying he can not afford angelic es-
cort 1t would be long way to go
alone, and up paths we have never trod,
and amid blazing worlds swinging in I'M
imaginable momentum, out and on
through such distances and across such
infnitudes of space, we should shudder
at the thought of going alone But the
angelic escort will come to your Ian
/ oh nj
fatal accident and say: Hail immortal
onel All is we'll; God hath sent me to
your home;' and without tremOr or
slightest sense of peril you will away
and upward, further on and further on,
until after awhile Heaven heaves in
sight, and the rumble of chariot wheels
and the roll of mighty harmonies are
heard in the distance and nearer you
come, and nearer still, until the bright
ness is like many mornings suffused into
one, and the gates lift and you are in
side the amethystine walls, and on the
banks of the jasper sea, forever safe,
forever free, forever well, forever rested,
forever united, forever happy.
Yes, a guardian angel for each one OF
you. Put yourself now in accord with
Him. When He suggests the right, fol-
low 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 deliverance.
When tempted to a feeling of loneliness
and disheartenment appropriate the
promise: THE angel of the Lord en-
campeth around about them that fear
Him and delivereth them" o, | am SO
! glad that the spaces between here and
Heaven are thronged with these
supernaturals taking tidings home,
bringing messages here, rolling
back obstacles from our path and
giving us defense, for terrific
are the forces who dispute our way and
if the nation of 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 flesh and
blood but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the dark
ness of this world. against spiritual
wickedness in high places" In thai
awful fight may God send us mighty
angelic achievements! 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
us! And that makes me jubilant as tC
the final triumph. Belgium, you know
was the battle ground of England and
France. Yea, Belgium more than once
was the battle ground of the opposing
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, or
one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls MIN, Oh
Mephistopheles, as Goethe calls him, Oh
Satan, as the Bible calls him, the com
mander-in-chief on the other side. AL
pure angelhood under the one leadership
And all abandoned angelhood under the
other leadership. Many a skirmisf
have the two armies had, but the
great and decisive battle is yet to be
fought Either from our earthly homes
or down from our supernal residence:
may we come in on the right side; fol
on that side are God and Heaven and
victory. Meanwhile the battle is being
set in array and the forces, celestial anC
demoniacal are confronting each other
Hear the boom of the great cannonadt
already opened. Cherubim, Seraphim
Thrones, Dominations, Principalitie:
and Powers are beginning to ride dowr
their foes, and until the work is com
pleted,' ''Sun, stand thou still upoI
Gideon, and thou, moon, in the valley
of Ajalon!'
THE PERFECT LADY.