Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-03-24
ANGELS EVERYWHERE.
DR.. TALMAGE breaches A SERMON
ON THEIR ATTRIBUTES.

They Are Superhuman Race, Good
Bright and Almost omniscient, but They
Cannot Fully Understand the Astounding
Wonders of the Redemption.
BROOKLYN, March 23.-The Acad-
envy of Music was filed to overi!owlng
this morning by the Tabernacle con-
gregation, and q large number OF
strangers anxious to hear the famous
preacher. After the opening exercises,
which commenced with the singing
of the hymn,
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home,
DR.. TaImage announced as his text
Judges xiii, 10: "And the angel did
wondrously" Following is a verbatim
report of his sermon:
Fire built on a rock ManOah and
his wife had there kindled the flames
for sacrifice in praise of God, and in
honor of a 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
l never heard or read a sermon on
Angelology the whole subject IS
RELOCATED to the realm mythical,
weird. spectral and unknown. Such
adjournment IS unscriptural and
wicked OF their life, their character,
their habits. their actions, their veloci-
ties. the Bible gives us full length
I nd
absolute silence concerning them?
.Angelology is my theme.
GOOD AND Bad ANGELS.
There are two nations of angels, and
they are hostile to each other; the ma
ton of good angels and the nation of
bad angels. OF the former, [ chiefly
speak today Their capital, their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous, is
heaven, but their empire is the uni
verse. They are d distinct race of crea-
lures. No human being can ever join
their confraternity. The little child
who in the Sabbath school sings, Il
wunt to be an angel, will never have
her wish gratilied. They are superhu-
man; but they are of different grades
and ranks, not at 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 author
ity. Plato. the philosopher, guessed,
and divided angels into super-celestial,
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.
Philo said that the angels were re
lated to God, as the rays to the sun.
Fulgentius said that they were COM
posed of body and spirit. Clement
said they were incOrpOreal. Angus
tine said that they had been in danger
OF falling, but now are beyond being
tempted. But the only authority on
this subject that ] respect says they
are divided into Cherubim, Seraphim,
Thrones, Dominations, Principalities,
Powers. Their commandments 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 morning
that ever came down the sky They
have more to do with your destiny
and mine than any being in the uni
verse except God. May the Angel of
the New Covenant, who is the Lord
Jesus, open our eyes, and touch our
tongue, and rouse our soul. while we
speak of their deathlessness, their in
telligence, their numbers, their
strength, their achievements.