Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-24
CELESTIAL BEINGS.
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mean shipwreck. 1t was an angel that
burst open the prison, gate after gate.
until Peter was liberated. 1t was an
angel that stirred the Pool of Sloan.
where the sick were healed. 1t
was an angel that John saw hving
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 ont the walls. and an
angel standing in the sun. 1t will be
an angel with uplifted hand. swearing
that time shall be no longer. In the
great final harvest of the world. the
reaperS are the angels. Yea. the Lord
shall be revealed from heaven with
nightly angels. Oh, the numbers and
the might and the glory Of these super
mails. Fleets of them. Squadrons of
them! Host beyond host. Rank above
rank. Millions on millions, 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, to escort. to give victory to
the right, and overthrow the wrong;
that is their business. Just as alert to-
day and efficient as when i'm Bible times
they spread wing. or unShcathed sword.
or rocked down penitentiarieS, or filled
the mountains with horses Of fire hitch
ed to cfari0tS of fire and driven by reinS-
men 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 parentage, or of loyalty TO
your home, and that arrested you. They
arranged that some one should meet you
at that crisis. and propose something
honorable and cleyating, or they took
from your pocket some ticket TO evil
ticket that you never
found. 1t was an angel of God and per-
hapS the very
ONE THAT GUIDED YOU
to this service. and that now waits to
report some holy impression to be this
made upon your soul, tarrying
with one foot upon the doorstep pf your
spirit. and the other foot lift
ed for ascent into the skies. BY some
prayer detain him until lac can tell of a
rcpcntant and ranSOmcd soul. Or You
were some time borne down with trouble,
bereavement, persecution, bankruptcy,
sickness. and all manner OF troubles
beating their diScordS in your heart and
life. You gave up; YOU said; Il cannot
stand it any longer. | believe | will
take my life. Where is the rail-tran.
or the deep wave, or the prccipice that
will end this torment of earthly exist
encc?' But suddenly your mind bright
cned. Courage came Surging into your
heart like oceanic tides. You said:
God is ON my side. and all these adver-
stiles He can make turn ont for my
good. suddenly You felt peace.
deep peace. the peace of God that
paSScth all understanding. What made
the change? \ sweet. mighty. and
angel of the Lord met You.
That was all.
What an incentive To purity and
is this doctrine that We
are continually under angelic obServa-
ton. Eyes ever ON YOU. so that the
most secret misdccd is committed in the
midst of an audience of immortalS. No
door so boltcd. no darkness so Gimme
rian. as to hinder that supernal eycsight.
Not critical eycsight. not jealous eye
sight, not balcful cycsight, but friendly
eyeSight. sympathetic eycSight. helpful
cycSight Confidential clerk of store,
with great responsibility on your shout
Diet. and no one to applaud your work
when YOU do il well. aud sick with the
worlds ingratitude. think of the angels
I'm the counting-rOom rapturcd al your
fidelity. Mother of household, stitch
ing. mcmding. cooking. busting, PLAN
ming. mp half the night or all night,
with the sick child, day in and day out,
wear i'm and year ont, worn with the
monotony of life that no one seems to
care for. think of the angels in the nur-
Sery. angels i'm all the rooms Of your
toiling. angels about the sick cradle,
and an i'm sympathy.
Men and women of all circumstances,
only partly unprecedented. or not appre-
ciated at all. never feel lonely again or
unguarded again. Angels all around;
angels to approve. angels to help. an
gels To remember. Yea. while all good
angels are friends of the good, there Is
ONE SPECIAL ANGEL
your body-guard. This idea, until this
present study Of angclology. supposed
To be- fanciful. but find it clearly stated
i'm the Bible. When the disciples were
Drawing for Peters delivcrance from
prison. and he appeared at the door Of
the praycr-mceting. they could not be-
licyc it was Peter. They said: 1t Is
his angel" So these disciples. in special
ucarncSs to Christ. evidently believed
that every worthy soul has an angel,
Jesus said to His followers: Their
angels behold the face OF My Father"
Elsewhere it is said: lie shall give
His angels charge over thee. to keep
thee i'm thy ways" Angel-shielded,
angel-protccted, angel-guarded, angel
art thou.
Valerius and RufnuS were put to
death for Christ's sake in the year PSI.
and. after the day when their bodies
had been whipped, and pounded into
Jelly. i'm the night in prison, and before
the next day when they were to be exc
cuted. they saw angels standing with
two glittcring crowns saying, BE OF
good cheer. valiant 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 suffer
ings i'm this life some angel of God has
held a blazing cOrOnet OF eternal re-
ward.
Yea: we are to have such a guardian
angel to take us upward when our |
work is done. You know we are tod |
am angel conducted Lazarus to A0ra- |
hams bosom. That shows that none |
shall be so poor in dying he cannot al
ford angelic escort. 1t would be long |
way to go alone. and up paths we have |
never trod. and amid blazing worlds |
swinging in 'unimaginable momentum,
ont and on through such distances and I
ACROSS SUCH INFINITUDE>
NJ space. we should shudder at the /
thought of going alone. But the an
relic escort will come to your anguish /
ing pillow. or the place Of your fatal ac- /
.ident. and say: Hail, immortal one /
All is well; God hath sent me to take /
Won bome:" and without tremor or /
slightest sense of peril you will away /.
and upward. further on and further on /
until after awhile heaven heayeS In /
sight. and the rumble of chariot wheels /
and the roll of mighty harmonieS are /
heard i'm the distance. and nearer you /
emo and nearer still. until the bright /