Sharp County record., 1890-04-10

/ is COntOu0uCu DelOtC IT, IAO "Po''-N
saws: (Which things the angels desire
to look into" That is a subject that
excites inquisitiveness on their part
That is a theme that strains their facul-
ties TO the utmost. That is higher than
they can climb, and deeper than they
can dive. They have desire Tor
something too big for their compre-
hension. (Which things the angels de-
sire to look into" But that does not
discredit their intelligence. No one
but God Himself can fully understand
the wonders of redemption. If all
Heaven should study it for fifty eterni-
ties they would get no further than the
IABC of that inexhaustible subject.
But nearly all other realms OF knowl-
edre they have ransacked and explored
and compassed. No one but God can
tell them any thing they do not know
They have read to the last word OF the
last line Of the last page Of the last vol
ume of investigation. And what de-
Iirbts me most is that all their intelll-
cence is to be at our disposal, and'
coming into their presence, they VIII
tell us in five minutes more than we
can learn by one hundred years Of
surmising.
4 further characteristic Of these i'm
mortaIs is their velocity. This the
Rib1e nuts sometimes under the figure
of wings. some Zines under the figure OF
= flowing garment, som etimes under the
frure of naked feet. As these super
humans are without bodies these eX-
nressions are, of course, lgU"ative, and
mean swiftness The Bible tells us that
Daniel was praying, and Gabriel few
from Heaven and touched him before he
rot up from his knees. How far, then,
dg4 tIaa angel Gabriel have to fly in
| those moments Of Daniels prayer?
Heaven is thought to be the center Of
the universe. Our sun and its planets
only the rim of the wheels of worlds.
! In a moment the angel Gabriel flew
from that center to this periphery
Jesus told Peter he could instantly
have sixty thousand angels present II
He called for them. What foot of ante
Iope or wing of albatrOss could equal
that velocity? Law of gravitation,
which grips all things else, has
no influence upon angelic mo-
mentum. Immensities before them
cpen and shut like fan. That
thev are here is no reason why they
should not be a quiutillion. Of miles
hence the next minute. Our bodies
hinder us. but our minds can circle the
earth in a minute. Angelic beings are
bodiless and have no limitation. God
NAV with His finger point down to some
world in trouble on tho outmo5t limits
of creation, and instantly an angelic
cohort are there to help it. Or some
celestial may be standing at the fur
tbermost outpost Of immensity, and God
NAV say ''Come!" and instantly it is in
His bosom Abraham, Elijah, Hagar,
| Joshua. Gideon, Mauoah, Paul, st, John,
could tell of their unhindered locomo-
tion. The red feet of summer light
ming are slow compared with their ae-
riras. This doubles up and compre seS
60 --: -~.--1. tT'IgtS -ay<ss
| all the as Economical heavens into space
| like the balls of a child's rattle. This
mingIes into one the here and the
there, the now and the then, the be-
yond and tie yonder
Another remark have to make con-
corning these illustrious immortals is
! that they are multitudinous. Their
census has ne yer been taken, and no
one but God knows how many they are,
| but all the Bible accounts suggest their
! immense numbers. Companies of them,
mountain tops haloed by them; skies
! popRlous with th EN-. John speaks of an
| gels and other beings round the throne
as ten thousand times ten thousand.
| Now, according to my calculation, ten
| thousand times ten thousand are one
hundred million. But these are only
the angels in one place. David counted
twenty thousand of them rolling down
| the sky in chariots When God came
awav from the rivan rocks of Mount
| Sinai the Bible says He had the COM
panionship of ten thousand angels.
think they are in every battle, in every
exigency, at every birth, at every
pillow, at every hour, at every moment.
The earth full of them. The heavens
! full of them. They outnumber the
human race in this world. They out
number ransomed spirits in glory.
When Abraham had his knife up-lifted
to slay Isaac. 1t was an angel who ar
rested the stroke, crying:
Abraham. Abraham"
1t was a stairway of angels that ia
cob saw while pillowed in the wilder
ness. We are told an angel led the
hosts of Israelitos out of Egyptian serf-
dom. 1t was an angel that showed Ha
gar the fountain where she filled the
bottle for the lad. 1t was an angel that
| took Lot out of doomed Sodom. 1t was
| an angel that shut uD the mouth of the
hungry mon sters when Daniel was
thrown into the caverns. 1t was an an
| gel that fed Elijah under the juniper
tree. II was an angel that announced
to Mary the approaching nativity. There
were angels that chanted when Christ
was born. It was an angel that strength
aned our Saviour in His agony. 1t was
an angel that encouraged Paul
in the Mediterranean shipwreck.