The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-04

smutch, round sne sharp curve, and By
appalling declivity, discharged and dis
graced II you make q mistake, but mo-
one word Of approval II you take all the
trains in safety for ten years, think o.
the angels by the throttle valve, angels
by the roaring furnace Of the engine
angels looking from the overhangine
crag, angels bracing the racing wheels
OH the precipice, angels when YOU
mount the thunderbolt Of train, AND
angels when you dismountl
Men and women Of all circumstances
only partly appreciated or not appreciate
ed at all, never feel lonely again or un
regarded again! Angels all around, an
gels to approve, angels to help, angels
to remember. Yea, while all the good
angels are friends of the good, there ID
one special angel your body-guard. This
idea until this present study of angel
ology, supposed to be fanciful. but
find il clearly stated in the Bible.
When the disciples were praying fol
Peters deliverance from prison and be
appeared at the door of the prayer meet.
ing they could not believe it was Peter.
They said: 1T is his angel" So these
disciples, in special nearness to Christ
evidently believed that every worthy
soul had an angel Jesus said of Hi.
followers: "Their angels behold the
face of my Father" Elsewhere It Is
said; He shall give His angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways
Valerius and Rufinus were put to
death for Christ's sake in the year 2s7,
and, after the day when their bodies
had been whipped and pounded into a
jelly in the night in prison, and before
the next day when they were to be ex-
ecuted they both thought they saw an.
gels standing with two glittering
crowns, saying, ''Be of good cheer, val.
liant 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 sufferings in this life
some angel of God has held a blazing
coronet Of eternal reward.
Yea; we are to have such a guardian
angel to take US upward when our work
is done. You know we are told an angel
conducted Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
That shows that none shall be so poor
In dying he can not afford angelic es-
cort. 1t would be long way to 60
alone, and up paths we have never trod,
and amid blazing worlds swinging in I'M
imaginable momentum, out and on
through such distances and across such
infinitudes of space, we should shudder
at the thought of going alone. But the
angelic escort will come to your Ian
gushing pillow, or the place of your
fatal accident and say: "Hail immortal
one! All is we'll; God hath sent me to
your home;" and without tremor or
slightest sense Of peril you will away
and upward, further on and further on,
until after awhile Heaven heaves in
sight, and the rumble of chariot wheels
and the roll of mighty harmonies are
heard in the distance and nearer you
come, and nearer still, until the bright
ness is like many mornings suffused into
one, and the gates lift and you are in
side the amethystine walls, and on the
banks Of the jasper sea, forever safe,
forever free, forever well, forever rested,
forever united, forever happy.
Yes, guardian angel for each one of
you. Put yourself now in accord with
Him. When He suggests the right, fol-
ow it. When He warns you against the
wrong, shun it. Sent forth from God to
lelp you in this great battle against sin
md death, accept his deliverance.
When tempted to feeling of loneliness |
md DISAGREEMENT appropriate the |
,romise: THE angel of the Lord en-
ampeth around about them that fear
linn and delivereth them" o, am so
lad that the spaces between here and
Ieaven are thronged with these
upernaturals taking tidings home,
ringing messages here, rolling
ack obstacles from our path and
living US defense, for terrific
re the forces who dispute our way and
f the nation of good angels is on our
ide the nation Of bad angels is on the
Their side. Paul had it right when he
aid: 1--WE wrestle not against flesh and
lood but against principalities, against
overs, against the rulers of the dark
ess of this world. against spiritual
'ickedness in high places" In that
wful fight may God send US mighty
ngelic achievements! We want all
heir wings on our side, all their swords
n our side, all their chariots on our
de.
Thank God that those who are for US
re mightier than those who are against
S! And that makes me jubilant as to
he final triumph. Belgium, you know,
as the battle ground of England and
rance. Yea, Belgium more than once
as the battle ground of the opposing
atoms 1t so happens that this world
the Belgium or battle ground between
le angelic nations, good and bad
[ichael, the commander-in-chief ON
ne side; Lucifer, as Byron calls him, or
as Goethe calls him, or
atan, as the Bible calls him, the COM
on the other side. All
IRE angelhood under the one leadership.
nd all abandoned angelhood under the
her leadership. Many a skirmish
ave the two armies had, but the
eat and decisive battle is yet to be ,
'ught Either from our earthly homes /,
; down from our supernal residences .
ay we come in on the right side; for ,
/ that side are God and Heaven and
Glory. Meanwhile the battle is being
It in array and the forces, celestial and {
are confronting each other. {
ear the boom of the great cannonade {
ready opened. Cherubim, Seraphim, ]
hrones, Dominations, Principalities I
i'd Powers are beginning to ride down i
cir foes, and until the work is COM 1
eted, "Sun, stand thou still upon I
lbeon, and thou, moon, in the valley
Ajalon!"