The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-29

This doubles up and congresses In
fnitudes into fninitesimals. This puts all
the astronomical heavens into q space like
the child'A rattle. This mingles into one the
beyond and the yonder. Another remark
haveto make concerning these illuatrious
immortAlB ID That they are multitudinous.
census has never been taken and no
one but God knows how many they are, bu-
all the Bible nccounts suggest their Inn
msnts Of them. armies Of them, mountain
haloed by them, skies populous
with them. John speaks OF angels and
other beings round the throne as
ten thousand times ten thousand. Now, ac-
cording to my calculating, ten thousand
times ten thousand are one hundred million.
David counted 20, 900 Of them rolling down
the sky In chariots. When God came away
rom the river rocks of Mt. Sinai, the Bible
says, He had the -companionship of 10000
angels. ! think they are in every battle, in
every exigency, at every birth, at every pill.
ow. at syery hour, at every moment. The
They outnumber the human race in.this
world. They outnumber ransomed spirits
in glory. When Abraham had his knife up
lifted to elay Isaac. it was q angel VIII ar
rested the stroke. crying, .Abrahaml Abra-
hami' 1t was q stairway of angels that
Jacob saw while pillowed In the wilderness.
We are told an angel led the hosts Of Israel
out of Epyptian serfdom. 1t was an angel
that showed Hagar the fountain where she
filed the bottle for the lad. 1t was an angel
that took Lot out ofdoomed Sodom.
1t was an angel that shut up the mouth OF
the hungry monsters when Daniel was
thrown into the caverns. 1t was an angel
was an angel that announced to Mary the
approaching nativity. They were angels that
chanted when Christ was born. 1t was an.
angel that strengthened our Savior in His
agony. 1t was an angel hat encouraged Paul
in the Mediterranean shipwreck. 1t was an
angel thar burst open the prison, gate after
gate. until Peter wa liberated. It was an
the sick were healed. 1t was an angel that
John saw flying through the midst OF heaven.
and an angel with Dot planted On the sea,
and an angel that opened the book, and an
angel that sounded the trumpet, and an
angel that thrust in the sickles, and an angel
that poured ont the walls, and an .angel
standipg. in the sun. 1t will be an angel with
upliftcd hand, swearing that Time shall be
no longer. In the great Ina harvest of the
world, the reapers are the angels. Yea, the
Lord shall be revealed from heaven with
mighty angels, Oh, the numbers and the
might and the glory of these supernalsl
Fleets of thsmi Squadrons OF them! Host
DcyoNu 5uO6UI milk dUOVc TtlNkl p NllltiCuB
on millions! And all on our side if we will
have them.
This leads me to speak of the offices of
these supernals.4 To defend, to cheer, to res
cue, to escort, to give victory to the right,
and overthrow the wrong; that is their bust
ness. just as alert to-day and efficient as
when in Bible times they spread wing; or un-
sheathed sword, or rocked down penitentia-
ries. or filled the mountains with horses OF
fire hitched to chariots Of fire and
driven by reinsmen- OF fire. They have
turned your step. O hundred times, and
you knew it not. You were on the way to
do some wrong thing, and they changed
your course. They brought some thought
o Christian parentage, or of loyalty to your
own home, and that arrested you. They
arranged that som one should meet you
at that crisis, and propose something hon.
orable and e~levating, or they took from
your pocket some ticket to evil amusement,
q ticket that you never fonnd. 1t was an
angel of God, and perhaps the very one that
now waits to report some holy impression to
be this morning made upon your soul. tarry-
ing with one foot upon the doorstep
Of your immortal spirit, and the other
foot lifted for ascent into the skies, By some
prayer detain him until he can tell Of a re-
tpentant and ransomed soul! Or you were
some time borne down with trouble, bereave.
ment, persecution, bankruptcy, sickness, and
all name of trouble beating their discords
in your heart and lie. You gave up; you
said; 81 cannot stand it any longer l be
iieve win q k M life. Where is the rail
erdiu, or oue ueep WdVe, Ut tne pFeclplce eud'