The Russellville Democrat., 1890-04-03
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 Daniel was praying, and Gabriel few from Heaven and touched him before he got np from his.knees. How far, then, did the angel Gabriel have to fly in thosef moments of Daniels prayers Heavt is thought to be the center oi then&iverse. Oar s1n and it's planets only the rim of the wheels of worlds. In a moment the angel Gabriel flew fromf that center to this periphery. Jesuk tod Potter he could instantly hayessixty thousand Engels present fl He called for them. What foot of ante- lope pr wing of albatross could equal that velocity? Law of gravitation, which grips all things else, has h0 inhnence upon angelic mo. meptum. Immensities before them openl and shut like a fan. That they are here is no reason why they should not be a quintillion of miles hence the next minute. Our bodies 1 hinder us, but our minds can circle the earth in a minute. Angelic beings arc bediless and have no limitation. God may with His finger point down to some world in trouble on the outmost limits of creation, and instantly an angelic cohort are there to help it. Or some celestial may be standing at the fur thermost outpost of immensity, and God may say ''Comer' and instantly it is in His bosom. Abraham, Elijah, Hagar, Joshua, Gideon, Manoah. Paul, St. John. could tell of their unhindered locomo- | tion. The red feet of summer light ming are slow compared with their he- giras. This doubles up and congresses infinitudes into infinitesimals. This puts all the astronomical heavens into 6 space | like the balls of child's rattle. This there, the now and tho then, the be- yond and the wonder.
 Another remark have to make con- corning these illustrious immortals is that they are multitudinous. Their census has never been taken, and no one but God knows how many they are, but all the Bible accounts suggest their | immense numbers. Companies of them, mountain tops haloed by them; skies populous with them. John speaks of an l gels and other beings round the throne as ten thousand times ten thousand. l Now, according to my calculation, ten thousand times ten thousand are one hundred million. But these are only the angels in one place. David counted 1 twenty thousand of them rolling down l the sky in chariots. When God came away from othe riyen rocks of Mount l Sinai the Bible says He had the com panionship of ten thousand angels. think they are in every battle, in every exigency, at every birth, at every pillow, at every hour, at every moment The earth full of them. The heavens full of them. They outnumber the human race in this world. They out number ransomed spirits in glory to slay Isaac. It was an angel who ar rested the stroke, crying:
 "Abrahaml Abrahaml"
 It was stairway of angels that Ja- cob saw while pillowed in the wilder ness. We are told an angel led the hosts of Israelites out of Egyptian serf- dom. It was an angel that showed Ha- gar the fountain where she filed the bottle for the lad It was an angel that took Lot out of doomed Sodom. It was an angel that shut up the mouth of the hungry monsters when Daniel was thrown into the caverns. It was an an- gel that fed Elijah under the juniper tree. It was an angel that announced to Mary the approaching nativity. There were angels that ehanted when Christ was born. Itwas an angel that strength ened our Saviour in His agony. It 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. It was an angel that stirred the Pool of Siloam, where the sick were healed. It was an angel that John saw flying through the midst of Heaven, and an angel with foot planted on the sea, and an angel that opened tho book, and an angel that sounded the trumpet, and an angel that thrust in the sickle, and an angel that poured out the vials, and an angel standing in the sun. Itwill be an angel with uplifted hands, swearing that time shall bo no longer. In the great final harvest of the world the reapers arc the angels. Yea, the Lord shall be revealed from Heaven with mighty angels. Oh, the numbers and the might and the glory of these supernals, Fleets of theml Squadrons of them! Host be- yond host! Rank above ranki Millions .11 sl { ( will have them.
 This leads me to speak of the offices of theso supernals. To defend, to cheer, to rescue, to escort, to give vic tory to the right, and overthrow the wrong, that is their business. Just as alert today and efficient as when in Bible times they spread wing, or un- sheathed sword, or rocked down peni- tentiaries, or filled the mountains with horses of fire. e.hitched to chariots of fir e and driven by reinsmen of fire. They have turned your steps hundred times, and you knew it not. You were on the way to do some wrong thing, and they changed your course. They brought some thought of Christian par entage or of loyalty to your own home and that arrested you. They arranged that some one should meet you at that crisis, and pro- pose something honorable and elevating, or they took from your pocket some ticket to evil amusement, a ticket that you never found. It was an angel of God, and perhaps the very one that guided you to this service, and that now waits to report some holy impression to be this morning made upon your soul, tarrying with one foot upon the door step of your immortal spirit, and the other foot lifted for ascent into the skies. By some prayer detain him until he can tell of a repentant and ransomed soul! Or you were some time borne 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: T can not IA I I