The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: .AngeIs."

TEXT And the angel did ioondrously."
Judges Xii. 10
Fire built on a rock. Manoah and his
wife had there kindled the flames for sacri
| fee in praise of God and in honor of guest
whom they supposed to be a man. But as
the flame rose higher and higher their
stranger guest stepped into the fame and by
one red leap assembled into the skies, Then
/ they knew that he was an Angel of the Lord
1.-THE angel did wondrously.n
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 10 the realm
mythical, weird. spectral and unknown
Such adjournment is unscriptural and
wicked. OF their life, their character, their
habits their actions their velocities, the
Bible gives us full length portraits, and why
this prolonged and absolute silence concern
ing them? Angelology is my theme
There are two nations of angels, and they
are hostile to each other: the nation of good
angels and the nation of bad angels. OF the
former l chiefly speak to-day. Their capital,
their headquarters their grand rendezvous,
Is heaven, but their empire Is the universe
They are distinct race of creatures. No
human being can ever join their confrater-
nifty The little child who in the Sabbath
school sings Il want to be an angel, will
never have her wish gratifed They are su-
perhuman, but they are of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level, or the
same height. They have their superiors ard
.IEiaiiSaln2iS sansls j props ne guessing
6 siied them INTO
- ses-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 related to
God, as the rays to the sun. Fulgentius said
that they were composed of body and spirit.
Clement said they were incorporeal Au-
gustine 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 Cherli-
bun, Seraphin, Thrones, DOminations. Prin-
cipalitieS. Powers. Their COMMANDMENT
chief is Michael Daniel called him Michael
St John called him Michael. These supernai
beings are more thoroughly organized than
any army thst ever marched. They are
swifter than any cyclone that ever swept the
sea. They are more radiant than any morn
ing that ever came down the sky They have
more to do with your destiny and mine than
any being in the universe except God. MAY
the Angel Of the New Covenant, who is the
Lord Jesus open our eyes, and touch cur
tongue, and rouse our soul while we speak of
their deathlessness their intelligence their
numbers, their strength, their achievements.
Yes, deathless. They had a cradle. but
VIII never have grave. The Lord remem-
bers when they were born, but no one shall
ewes see their eye extingIished, or their mo-
mentum slow up or their existence term
mate. The oldest of them has not a wrinkle,
or decrepitude or a 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 death
less are these wonderful creatures of whom
speak. They viii see world after world 90
out but there shall be no fading OF their own
brllliance. Yea. after the last world has ]
taken its last flight they viii be ready for the |
widest circuit through immensely, taking a
quadrillion Of miles in one sweep as easy as a !
pigeon circles a dovecot They are never
sick. They are never exhausted. They need |
no sleep, tor they are never tired. At Gods |
command they smote with death. in one !
night, one hundred and eighty-iive thousand /
Of Sennacheribs host, but no fatality can
smite them. Awake, agile multipotent, |
deathless, immortal
A further characteristic of these radiant
folk is intelligence. The woman of Tekoah
was right when she spoke 10 King David of
the wisdom Of an angel We take in what
little we know through eve and ear and nos
tr1l and touch, but those beings have no
physical encasement and hence they are all
senses. a wall five feet thick is not solid to
them. Through it they 90 without disturb
ng flake of mortar or crystal of sand. KnOwl-
sdgel Il hasheson them. They take it in at
~ points, They absorb il They gather it
u without any =; lierfsient No need OF
literature for them, The letters OF their
books are stars. The dashes OF their books
ire meteors. The words of their books are
The paragraphs of their books
ire galaxies. The pictures of their books are
unrises, and sunsets, and midnight auroras,
md the Conqueror on the white horse with
moon under,His feeG, and seas of glass
ink a. wit pfe Their library is an open
- f telescope TO see some
place, besid es-Tes away, for instantly
on IN the esta5iogies s. an bot botanies. ali
he theft. Lcit tb. What wan an q g3eii