The Forrest City times., 1890-03-29

cd locomotiou. Tho rod feet Of summer lightning sra slow compared with taeir hegiras. This doubles-up and compresses infinitudes into infinitcsimals This puts all the astronomical heavens into space like the balls of . childs rattle. This mingtes into one tho Here and tho There, tho Now and the Then, the Beyond and che Wonder.
 Another remark have to make concern ing these illustrious immortalssis that they arc multitudinous Their census has never been taken and no ono but God knows how many they arc, but all the Bible accounts suggest their immense nun bers. Compan- los Of them, regiments of them, armies of them, mountain. tops haloed by them. skies populous with them. John speaks of angels and other beings around tho throne as ten thousand times ten thousand Now according to my calculation, ten thousand times ten thousand arc one hundr red mil lion. But these are only the angles in one place. David counted twenty thous- and 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 ten thousand angela l think they are in every battle, in every exigency, at every birth, at every pillow, at every hour, at ev- cry moment The earth' full of them. The heavens full of tho;n. They outnumber the human race in this world. They outnumber ransomed spirits in glory. When Abraham had his knife uplifted to slay Isaac, it was an angel who arrested the stroke, crying, "Abraham, Abraham' IL was stairway Of angels that Jac ob saw while pillowed in the wilderness. We are told an angel led the hosts of 1sraelites out of Erpv- tian serfdom. It was an angel that showed Hagar the fountain whore she fill ed the bottle for tho lad. It was an angc that took Lot out of doomed sodom. 1t was an angel that shut up the mouth of the hungry monsters whom Daniel was thrown into the caverns. It WAS an angel that fed Elijah under the juniper tree, It was an angel that announced to Mary the ap. preaching nativity. They Were angels that chanted when Christ was born. 1t was an angel that strengthened our Saviour in His agony. It was an angel that eneoarag ed Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck. 1t was an angel that burst open the prison, gate after gate, unt.l Peter was liberated. It was an angel that stirred the Pool of Sloan where the sick were healed. It was an angel that John saw ii5 ing through the midst Of heaven, and an an sel with foot planted on the sea ami an agel that opened
 
 trumpet, and an angel that thrust in the sickle, and an angel that poured out tee vials, and an angel standing in the sun. It will be an angel with upiited hand, swear ing that Time shall be no longer In the great final harvest of the world, the reap CTS are the angels. Yea, the Lord shall be revealed from heaven with mighty angels. Oh, the numbers and the might and the glory ot these supcrnals Fleets of them Squadrons Of theml Host beyond host! Rank above rank Millions on milliors. And all on our side if we will have them
 This leads me to speak of the offices of these supernAls To defend, to cheer, to rescue, 10 escort to give victory to the right, and overthrow tho wrong; that is their business.~ Just as alert to-day and efficient as when in Bible times they spread wing, or unsheathed sword or rocked down penitcntiarics, or filled tho mountains with hors ,s Of fire hitch ed to chariots of fire and driven by reinsmen Of fire, They have turned your steps bun dred times and you knew it not. You were on the way to do some wrong thing, aud they changed your course. They brought some thought of Christian parentage or of loyalty to your own home, and that arrested you. They arranged that some one should meet you at that crisis, and propose some thing honorable and elovat,ay, or they took from your pocket some ticlSet to ey Il ainuse ment, a ticket that you never found 1t was nn anSel Of God, and perhaps tho very one that guided you to this service and that now waits 10 report some holy impros- sion to be this morning made upon your soul, iarrying with one foot upon the door. step of your immortal spirit, and the other foot lifted for ascent into the skies. By some prayer detaiu him unil he can tell or a repentant and ransomed sonl or you were sometime borne down with trouble, be- roavement persecution, bankruptcy, sick. ness, and all manner or troubles beat. ing their diseords in your heart and life. You gave up; you said; ''I cannot stand it any longer. l believe wilt take my lfc. Where is the rail train. or the deep wave, or tho precipicc that will end this torment of earthly cxistencet' But suddenly your mind brightened Courage came surging into your heart like oceanic tides, Nou said; God is on my side. and all these adversities He can make turn out for my good" Suddenly you felt a peace, q deep peace, the peace Of God that passeth all understanding. What made the change. X sweet md mighty, and comforting angel ot the Lord met yoa That was all.
 i" hat m incentive ,o purity and right eoasness is this doctrine that we are contin- ually under angelic observation Eyes ever on yon, so that the most secret misieed Is committed in the midst os an audience of immortals, No door 80 boltsd, no darkness so Cimmerian, as to hinder that supernal eyeslght Not critical eyesight not jeal- ons eyesighs not baletui eyesight but friendly eyesight sympathetic egesight helpful eyesight, Confidential clerk of store, with great responsibil. ity on your shoulder, and no one 10 applaud your work when you do it well, and sick with the world ingra,itude, think oftho augels in the count ng-foom raptared at yonr fidelity Mother of household stitching, mending. cooking, dnsiing, planning. up half the night or all the night with tlte sick chlld day in and day out, year in and year out worn with the monotony ei life that no one seems to care for, think of the angels in the nursery, angels in all the rooms of your ioiling, angels about the sick cradle, and ali in sympathy
 Railroad engineer, with hundreds of lives hanging on your WIT st standins amid the cinders and the samtch, round tho the sharp curve aad by appalling deollvity, discharged and disgraccd if you make Il mistake, but not one word of approval if you take ali the trains iu safety for ten years, think ol the angels bs the throttle valve, angels by tue roaring furnace of the engine, angels looking from Inc overhang- ing erag, angels bracing the racing wheels of the precirice, angels when vou mount the thundsroolt of train, aud angels when yoa d.smoant, Gan you not hear them, iouder than the jammng of tho car.coupIing. louder than the bell ut the crossing, louder than the whistle that sounds like the scream of flying hcnd, the angelic voices saying, You did il well ioa did 1t wciiln If l often speak of eu gineees it is because l rlda so mach with them. 1 always accept their invitation to join them on their locomotive, because not only get 10 my destination sooner, but because they arc about the grandest men alive
 Men and woman of all circumstances, on lsas lsa