The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-03
rALMAGE'S SERMON.
Weekly Discourse OF the Great
Brooklyn Preacher.

Fire built on a rock. Manoah and his
wife had there kindled the flames for sacri.
fee in praise of God and in honor OF guest
whom they supposed TO be a man. But as
the flame rose higher and higher their
stranger guest stepped into the flame and by
one red leap assembled into the skies Then
they knew that he was an Angel of the Lord.
"The angel did wondrously"
Two hundred and forty.eight times does
the Bible refer to the angels, yet | never
heard or read sermon ON Angelology. The
whole subject Is RELOCATED 10 the realm
mythical, weird, spectral and unknown
Such adjournment is unscriptural and
wicked. OF their life, their character, their
habits, their actions their velocities, the
Bible gives us full length portraits, and why
this prolonged and absolute silence concern
ing thems Angeology is my theme.
There are two nations of angels, and they
are hostile to each other; the nation OF good
angels and the nation of bad angels. OF the
former chiefly speak to-day Their capital,
their headquarters, their grand rendezvous,
is heaven, but their empire is the universe
They are a distinct race Of creatures No
human being can ever join their confrater-
nifty. The little child who in the Sabbath
school sings, 81 want to be an ANGEL will
never have her wish gratiied. They are SUI
perhuman, but they are Of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level, or the
same height. They have their superiors and
interiors and equals. propose no guessing
on this subject, but take the Bible for my
only authority. Plato, the philosopher,
guessed, and divided angels into super-celes-
tial, celestial and sub-celestial. Dionysius the
Areopagite, guessed, and divided them into
three classes-the supreme, the middle and
the last-and each of these into three other
classes, making nine in all.
philn Qaib TINT tho ane,alc WARS, rnlafa1 70
God, as the rays to the sun. Fulgentius said
that they We're composed of body and spirit
Clement said they were incorporeal. Au-
gustne said that they had been in danger of
falling but now are beyond being tempted.
But the only authority on this subject that
I respect says they are divided into Cheru
BIN, Seraphim, Thrones, Nominations Prin
chief is Michael. Daniel called him Michael.
st. John called him Michael These supernal
beings are more thoroughly organized than
any army that ever marched. They are
swifter than any cyclone that ever swept the
sea- They are more radiant than any morn
ing that ever came down the sky. They have
more to do with your destiny and mine than
any being in the universe except God. May
the Angel of the New Covenant, who is the
Lord Jesus, open our eyes, and touch cur
tongue, and rouse our soul, while we speak of
WIN 'i'S" -.N',c"Ne' WY"
numbers, their strength their achievements.
Yes deathless They had cradle, but
will never have grave. The Lord remem-
bers when they were born, but no one shall
ewes see their eye extmguished, or their mo.
mentum slow up, or tneir existence tefm-
mate. The oldest of them has not a wrinkle,
ora decrepitude, or hindrahce, as young
after SIX Thousand years as at the close OIL
thelr hrst hour. Chriss sald OF the gooo IN
heaven, Neither can they die any more, i0r
they are equal unto the angels" Yes, death,
less are these wonderful creatures OIL whom l
speak. Ihey Will see word AFTER word go
out, but there shall be no fading oil thelr own
ordnance. Yea, after the last world mas
taken its last flight they VIII be ready Tor the
widest circuit through immensely, taking
quadrilion of miles in one sweep as easy as a
pigeon circles dovecot. They are never
sick. They are never exhausted. They need
no sleep, tor they are never tired. AT Gods
command they smote with death, i'll one
night, one hundred and eighty-five thousand
of Sennacherib's host but no fatality can
smite them. Awake, agile, multlpotent,
deathless immortal
b A further characteristic OF these radiant
folk is intelligence The woman OF Iekoah
was right when she spoke to King David OF
the wisdom of an angel. We take in what
little we know through eye and ear and nos
tril and touch; but those beings have no
physlcai encasement ana hence they are an
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!hem. through IL they 20 Withous 4isourI-
ing make Oh mortar OF crystal OF sand. hhowi-
edgel IL nashes on them: lhey take IL III a9
all points. Ihey ABSORB IT, Ihey gaoner IL
up without any hnaeTnheht. NO aeea =.
literature Ior them! Inc letIers OIL thelr
BOOKS are stars: Inc dashes OF theif DOORS
ore neteors. Inc words ot thelr DOCKS are
consultations n, Inc paragraphs OF their DOCKS
are galaxies. Inc pictures OIL oileir oooAs are
sunrises' ana sunsets, ana mianigne auror ora
anu the Conqueror on INC "hlte morse WIN
the moon unaer MS ueet, and seas .. siass
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!!hinSs me angels desire to look into" That
Is SUBJECT that excites inquisitiveness on
sneiI part. mat Is theme that strains their
.acuitles 70 their utmost. That is higher than
Lney can cilmo, and deeper than they can
1--WE 1--WE: Ihey nave desire for something too
~ ~. o,aetl Gohiprenension. men thln3s
not d;so.s ~ W iook mo oHl 'nao aoes
E.5 1;,s e.iv ono.l Indulgence. No one Du6
A.. - go ean iuiiy 9tuefS1ahd the won,
-, :. fs s en- u ai' heaven snould
furt5ar tha ~, n ts e.ernlses taey Woulu geG no
suhiact pnt o"o "a - VI 'naV iieAaIuspioie
Ino,e Ii% n tt hearly an otner realms OF
my ''Ose ''iey nave rahsacAeu anu explored
and composed. 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 tier
intelligence is to be at our disposal, and, COM
ing 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 sometlmes under the hgure OF wings,
soineti'hes unuef the 1gure OF moving gar,
menu sometllhes under ohe inquire Oh nakell
i , as a, these superhunahs are wlInout
po,.ies these expressions are OF course ngur-
SUE, an mean s"iloness. me Plole tens
US u tuIO Dah,ei was praying, ana Gaoriei new
from heaven ana touched MN before ne got
~ rom ms knees now Tar, tnen, did
the anger Sapriei nave TO ny IN those