The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
TALMAGE ON ANGELS.
A SERMON RELATING TO SUPERNAl
EXISTENCE.

Writ.
Dr. Talmage on Sunday announced
as his text Judges xiii, 10: And
the angel did wondrously' Follow
ing is report OF his sermon:
Fire. built on rock Manoah
and his wife had there kindled the
flames for sacrifice in the praise Of
God, aIs& 1n honor Of q guest whom
they Aa@posod to be man. But rs
the As@ae rose up higher and higher
theu seAnnger guest stopped into the
flame and by one red leap ascrndcd
into the skies. Then they knew that
he was an Angel OF the Lord. "Thc
angel did won(Tously'
Two hundred and forty eight times
does the Bible refer to the angels.
yet l never heard or read Il sermon
on nngclology. The whole subject
is rclcgateu to the realm mythical.
weird, spectral and unknown. Such
adjournment is unScriDtllral and
wicked. or their life, their rhalac
ter, their habits, their actions, their
vclocitics, the Bible gives us full
length portraits, and why this pro
longcd and absolute silence concern
ing them! Angclology is my theme.
There arc arc two nations OfanGclS.
End they arc hostile to each other:
the nation Of good angels and the lIa
ton of bad angels. or the former +
chiefly speak today Their capital,
and their headquarters, their grand
rendezvous, is heaven. but their en-
pre- is the universe. They are Il dis
tmct race OF creatures. No human
being can ever Join their ronfratcrni-
ty The It'll" child who in the Sab
bath school sings. Il want to be an
angel, will never have her wish grat
lfcu. They are SupcrhunlAn: but
they are OF different grades and
ranks. not ut all on the same level. or
the same height. Thcy have their
suprriorS and interiors and rur,alS
propose no guessing on this subject
but take the Bible for my only au
thority. Plato. III" philosopher,
guessed. and divided tn" angels int O
super celestial. celestial and sub CO.
guessed. and divided them into three
CLASSES the Suprrmrthr middle and
the last and each OF these into three
other GLASSES. making nine in ALL
PhilO said that the angels were re-
lated to God, rs the rays to the sun.
Eulgcntius said that they were com
posed Of body and spirit. Clement
sad they were mcorpurcal. Angus
tine s'ud that they had been in dan
ger of falling, but now they are be-
yund being tempted. But the only
authority OH this subject that | re-
Spcct says they are divided into cher
uhim, scraphlm, thrones, uomina
tons, prlnripaliticS, powers. Their
commandcrm clMcf is Michael Dan
lrl called him Michael, 81. John call
cd linn Michcal These Suprrnal be
lng$ arc more thoroughly organized
than amy army that ever marched.
They are swiftcr than any cyclone
that ever swept the sea. They are
more radiant than ANY morning that
ever came down the sky Thrv have
more to do with your destiny and
mime than amy being in the universe
except God. May the Angel of In"
New Covenant, who is the Lurd .Jr
sus. open our eyes and touch our
tongue, and rouse our soul, while we
speak Of their dcathlcSSncSS. their in
trlligcncc. their numbers. their
strength. their achievements.
Yes, dcathlcss. They had II cradle.
but will never have Il grave. The
Lord remembers when they were
born. but no one shall ever see their
eye cNtlnguiShcu, or their momentum
SLOW up. or tins existence terminate
Inc Oldest OF them have not n wrnl-
Klc, or dccrcptltudc, or Il Mudrancc:
MS Young after sis Thousand years Us
ut the close Of the first hour. Christ
smd OF the good in heaven, "Nrithcr
can they die any more. for they are
equal unto the angels Yes, DEATH
less are these Wonderful creatures of
whom | speak. They will see world
after world go out but there shall be
no fading of their own brilliancu.
Yea, after the last world has taken
ltslast flight they will be ready for
the widest circuit through immcnsity.
taking II quadrillion of miles at one
sweep rs easy as Il pigeon circles Il
dovccot. They are ncvcrsick. They
are never exhausted. They need no
sleep, for they arc never tired. AT
Gods command they smotc with
death, i'll one night. one hundred and
cighty-tivc thousand of Scmachcrib'S
host. but no fatality can smitc them.
Awake, agile, multipotcnt, dcathlcss.
immortal. \ further characteristic
of these radiant folk is imtcllgcncc.
The woman of Tckoah was right
when she spoke to King David Of the
wisdom of an angel.
There is onl V one thing that puts
them to their wits end. and the Bible
says they have to study that. They
have been studying it all through the
ages, and yet l warrant they have not
fully graspcd at the wonders of re-
demptlon. These wonders are so
high, SO deep. SO grand. SO stupcn-
dous, somagnificcnt that even the in
tclligcncc of anSclhood is confoundcd |
before it. The apostle says. (which
things the angels desire tolook into"
That is subject that cxcitcs inuuisi.
tlveness on their part. That is Il
theme that strains their faculties to
the utmost. That is higher than
they can climb, and dccDcrthon thcv