Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-25
ANGELS EVERYWHERE.
DR.. TaLMAeE breaches A SERMON
ON THEIR ATTRIBUTES.

Or. TaLMAeE breaches a SERMON
ON THEIR ATTRIBUTES.
They Arc u superhuman Race. Good,
Bright and Almost omniscient. but They
Cannot rniIy Understand the Astounding
wonders of the Redemption.
BROOKLYN, March 23.-The Acad-
envy of Music was filed to OVERLOOKING
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 homc,
DR.. Talmage announced as his text
Judges xiii, 10; "And tho angel did
wondrously." Following is q verbatim
report Of his sermon:
Fire built on Il rock. Manoah and
his wife had there kindled the flames
| for sacrifice in praise OF God, and il
honor of guest whom they supposed
to be man. But, IS 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
I never heard or read sermon on
| ,Angelology. The whole subject is
relocated to the realm mythical,
weird, spectral and unknown. Such
adjournment is unscmptural and
wicked. OF their life, their character
their habits, their actions, their yeloci-
ties, the Bible gives Us full length
portraits, and why this prolonged and
absolute SILENCE concerning theme
Angelology is my tncq.e.
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, l chiefly
speak today. Their capital, their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous, is
heaven, but their empire is the uni
verse. They are distinct race of crea-
lures. No human being can ever join
their confraternity. The little child
who in the Sabbath school sings, Il
want to be an angel" will never have
her wish gratified: 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
supemors and interiors and equals. l
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, Seraphin,
Thrones, DominationS, Principalities,
Powers. Their commander-in-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 ere 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 10 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
telligencc, their numbers, their
strength, their achievements.
THEY ARE DEATELESS.
Yes, deathless. They had a cradle:
but will never hayea grave. The Lord
remembers when they were born, but
no one shall ever see their eye extin-
guished, or their momentum slow up,
or their existence terminate. The old
est of them has not a wrinkle, CT de
crepitude, or hindrance; as young
after six thousand years as at the close
of their first hour. Christ said OF the
good in heaven, Neither can they
die any more, for they are equal unto
the angels" Yes, deathless are these
wonderful creatures of whom / speak.
They will see world after world go
out, but there shall be no fading of
their own brilliance Yea, after the
last world has taken It's last fight they
will be ready for the widest circuit
through immensely, taking q quadrill-
ion of miles i'll one sweep as easy rs Il
pigeon circles a dovecot. They are
never sick. They are never exhaust
ed. They need no sleep, for they are
never tired. At Gods command they
smote with death IL. Gre night, one
hundred and Gig, I've thousand OF
Sennacheribs ho It 10 fatality can
smite them. Awe. agile, mul,ipo-
tent, deathless tai!
THEY Ar. i:,3E-LIGENT.
4 further characteristic Of these IA
diant folk is intelligence. The woman
of Tekoah was right when she spoke to
King David OF the wisdom Of an an
gel. We take in what little we know
through eye and car and nostril and
touch; but those beings have no physi-
cal encascment and hence they are all
senses. a wall i've feet thick is not
solid to them. Through it they go
without disturbing flake OF mortar or
crystal of sand. knowledge! 1t
flashes on them. They take ii in at all
points. They absorb it. They gather
It up without any hinderment. No
need Of literature for them! The letters
of their books are stars. The dashes of
their books are meteors. The words Of
their books are consultations. The
paragraphs of their books are galax-