Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-24

wonders are so high, so deep, so grand,
so stupendous, so magnificent that even
| the intelligence of angelhood is
COMPOUNDED BEFORE IT.
The apostle says: (which things the
angels desire to look into.'' That is q
subject that excites inquisitiveness on
their part. That Is the theme that
strains their faculties to the utmost.
That is higher than they can climb and
deeper than thay can dive. They have
desire for something too big for their
com apprehension. 'tWhIch things the
angels desire to look into.' But that
| does not discredit their intelligence. No
one but God himself can fully under
stand the wonders of redemption. If all
| heaven should study it for fifty eterni-
ties they would get no further than the
A B of that inexhaustible subject.
But nearly all other realms of knowl-
ledge they have ransacked and explored
and comprised. No one but God can tell
them anything they do not know.
They have read to the last word of
the last line of the last page of
the last volume of investigation. And
what delights me most is that all their
intelligence is to be at our disposal, and,
coming into their presence, they will tell
us In five minutes more than we can
learn by one hundred years of earthly
surmising.
A further characteristic of these inn
mortals is their velocity. This the Bible
puts sometimes under the figure of wings,
sometimes under the figure of flowing
garment, sometimes under the figure of
Aa M
without bodies these expressions are of
course figurative, and mean swiftness.
The bible tells US that Daniel was pray
ing, and Gabriel few from heaven and
touched HIM before he got
up from his knees. How far, then, did
the angel Gabriel have to fly in those
moments of Daniels prayer? Heaven is
thought to be the center of the universe.
Our sun and its planets only the rim of
the wheel of worlds. In moment the
angel Gabriel flew from that center
to this pc riphery. Jesus told Peter He
could instantly have 60 600 angels pres
ent if he called for them. What foot of
antelope or wing of aIbatross could equal
that velocity? Law of gravitatlon which
grips all things else. has no influence
upon angelic momentum. Immensities
before them open and shut like fan.
should not be quintillion of miles hence
the next minute. Our bodies hinder us,
but our minds can cir Gle the earth in
minute. Angelic beings are bodiless 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
furthermost outpost of immensely, and
God may say 'tCome!' and instantly it
is in His bosom. Abraham, Elijah,
Hagar, Joshua, Gideon, Mauoah, Paul,
st. John could tell of their unhindered
locomotion. The red feet of summer
light ming are slow compared with their
hegiras. T his doubles up and congresses
infinitudes into infinitesimsls. This puts
all the astronomical heavens into a space
like the balls of a child's rattle. This
mingles into one the here and the There,
the now and the then. the beyond and
the yonder.
Another remark have to make con-
corning these illustrious immortals is
that they are multitudinous. Their GEN.
sus 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, regi-
meuts of them, armies of them, noun
tain tops halloed by them, skies popu-
lous with them. John speaks of angels
and other beings round the throne as
ten thousand times ten thousand. Now,
according to my calculation, ten thous-
and times ten thousand are one hundred
ID
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 companionship of 10 900 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
human race IN this world. They out
number ransomed spirits IN glory. When
Abraham had his knife uplifted to STAY
Isaac, it was an angel who arrested the
stroke, crying, "Abraham! Abraham!'
It was a stairway of angels that Jacob
saw while pillowed in the wilderness. We
are told an angel led the hosts of Israel
ties out OF Egyptian serfdom. It was an
where she filled the bottle for the lad. It
was an angel that took Lot out of doomed |
Sodom. 1t was an angel that shut up
the mouth of the hungry mons tiers when
Daniel was thrown into the ca verns. It |
was an angel that fed Elijah under the |
juniper tree. 1t was an angel that an |
nounced to Mary the approaching nativ-
ity. They were angels that chanted |
when Christ was born. 1t was an angel |
that strengthened our Savior in His
agony. 1t was an angel that encouraged |
Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck.
1t was an angel that burst open the
prison, gate after gate, until Peter was
liberated. It was an angel that stirred |
the pool of Sloan where the sick were
healed. II was an angel that Johu saw
flying through the midst of heaven, and
an angel with foot planted on the sea,
and an angel that opened the book, and
an angel that sounded the trumpet, and
an angel that thrust in the sickle, and
an angel that poured out the walls, and
an angel standing in the sun. It will be
an angel with upIifted hand swearing
that time shall be no longer. In the
great final harvest of the world