The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
of imne,.iuv, and God NAV say Gomez

INTO intintosmals. This puts all the astro
nomlchl heavens into space like the balls ~
chllds .atte. This ming,es into one th.
Z Hera and the There. the Now and .he Then
the Beyond and the Yonder.
Another remark have to make concern.
| ing these illustrious immortals is that the,
are multitudinous Their census has never
been taken, and no Que but God knows hos
many they are, but all the Bible accounts
suggest their immense numbers Jompanic,
of them regiments ot them armies of them
mountain tops balce by them. skies popu-
/ lous with them John speaks of angels aud
/ other beings round the throne ms ten thou ,nud
times ten thousand. Now according ~ ny
calculation. ten thousand times ten thousand
are ons hundred million. Bus thesa are only
the angels in one place David counted twen.
| " thousand Of them rolling down the sky in
/ chariots. When God came AWAY from the
! riven rocks OF Mount Sinai the Bible saws lie
had the companonship OF ten thousand an.
| gels. think they are in every battle, in
every eNigency, at every birth at every pil.
low. at every hour. at every moment. The
earth full of them. The heavens full of than
! lh"y outnumber the human race i'm ;kis
\ world. They Outnumbcr ransomed spirits in
] glory. When Abraham had his knife uo-
htted to slay Isaac, 1t was an angel who ar
. rested the stroke, CRYING: "Abrahaml Ahra.
nam" lt was stairway OF angels that ia
/ cob saw while pillowed in the wilderness
/ We are told an angel led the hosts oC Israa,
/ ties out OF Egyptian sersdom. IL was an an.
| gel that showed Hagar the fountain where
she filled the bottle for the lad 1t was an
| angel that took Lot out of doomed Soiom
/ lt was an angel that shut up the mouth -;
/ the hungry monsters when Daniel was thrown
/ into the cayerns. 10 was AN angel that fed
Elijah under the juniper tree II was an an
gel that announced 20 Mary the approaching
nativity. They were angels that chanted
when Christ was born IL was an ANGEL that
~ IN IN Ia, L.
an angel that encouraged Paul in the Mod
lterranoan shipwreck. IL was an angel that
burst open the prison, gate after gate until
Peter was Liberated IL was an angel that
stirred the Pool Of Sloan where the sick
were healed IL was an angel that John saw
ilyng through the midst of heaven and an
angel with foot planted on the sea. aud an
angel that opened the book. and an angel that
sounded tho trumpet and an angel that
thrust in the sickle and an angel that poured
out the yials, and an angel standing in the
sun. lt will be an angel with uplifted hand
swearing that time shalt be no longer. In
the great final harvest OF the world, the
reapers are the angels. Yea the
Lord shall hc revealed from heaven
with mighty angels. Oh, tho numbers
aud the might and the glory of these
supernals Fleets Of them Squadrons OF
them Host beyond host! Rank above
rank! Millions on millions! And all on our
side il we will have them.
This leads me 10 speak of the Offices Of
these supernals. To defend to cheer. to res.
cue. 20 escort TO give victory to the right,
and overthrow the wrong: that is their bust
ness. just rs alert to-day and efficient as
when in Bible times they spread wing or
unsheathed sword or rocked down pcniten.
taries. or filled the mountains with horses Cf
fire hitCned o. chariots of fire and driven by
reinsmen OF fire They have turned Your
steps hundred times, and you knew II not.
You were on the wny to do some wrong
thing. and they changed your course. They
brought some thought Of Christian parent
age, or of loyalty TO your own home, and
that arrested you. They arranged that some
one should meet you at that crisis and pro-
pose something honorable and cleyating or
they took from your pocket some ticket %
evil amusement. q ticket that you never
found. II was an angel of God, and perhaps
the very one that guided you to this service.
and that now waits 10 report some holy
impression 20 be this morning made
upon your soul, tarrying with one foot
upon the doorstep OF your immortal spirit
and the other foot lifted for ascent into the
skies. BY some PRAYER detlin him until he
can tell of IA repentant and ransomed soul 4,
Or you were some time borne down with
trouble, bereavement, persecution, bank
ruptcy, sickness and all manner of troubles
beating their dScords in your heart and life
You gave up; you said II cannot stand IL
any lbHktI. I b'lltNc VIII lhkt my lllt
Where is the rail train. or th" deep wave or
the precpicn that will end this torment OF
earthly existence But suddenly your mind
Frightened. Courage came surging into
your heart like oceanic tidos. You said:
Sod is on my side unj all these atyerSit.es
He can make turn ont iormy good Sud
denly you felt a peace, u deep pelc'. the
peace OF God tint pl,scth all understanding
What made the change2 4 sweet and
mighty, and comforting angel of the Lord
met YOU That was all
What an incentive TO purty and ri sAteous-
ness is this doctrine that we are continuity
under angelic observation Eyes ever on
you, so that tho most secret mislecl is com
| mittad IN the midst of an audience OF inn
mortnls No doors - bOltri, no darkness 80
Cmmeran "a to hinder that sup'rnal eye
/ sight. Not critical eyesight, not jealous
eyesight, not haleful eyeSiZht, but frioadly
eyeSiglt sympathetic cyosiyht, helpful eye
sight Confidential CLERK OF store, with great
responsibility ON your shoulder and no one
u applaud your work when you do It well,
aud sick with the worlds ingratituie, think
Of the angels in the counting room raptured
at your fidelity Mother of household, stitCh-
ing, mcnding. cooking, dustiug, planning, up
half the night or all night with the scl child
day III and day out year IN and year out
worn with the monotony o. life that no on,
seems 70 care for, think of the angels in the
nursery, angels in all the rooms of your toll
ing, angels about the sick cradle and all IN
sympathy
Railroad engineer, with hundreds Of lives
hanging ON your wrist standing amid the
cinders and the smutch, round the sharp
curve and by appalling docliyity, discharged
/ and disgraced If you make u mistake, but not
one word of approval il you take all the
trains in safety for ten years, think Ot the
angels by the throttle valve, angels by the
roaring furnace of the engine, angels looking
from the OverAaug,ng crag, angels brscmg
the racing wheels or the precpice Angels
when you mount the tluuderbot of a train
and angels when You dismount' Can you
not hear them, iouler tnan tno iammins of
the car coupling, louder than the ball at the
crossing, louder than the whistle that sounds
like the scream of dying henl the AN
gec voices saying: You did it well
You did it weilr' II ! often speak
of engineers it is because / ride SO mucn
with them. always accept their invitation
to ioin them ON their locomotive, because
not only get 10 my destination sopnef bat
because they aro about the grandest men
alive.
Men and women of all circumstances, only
partly appreciated, ur not appreciated at all,
never feel lonely again, or unrcgar led again
Angels all around angels o. approve, angels
to help angels to remember. Yea, while all
the good angelsare friends of the good, there
is one special agent your body guard. This
idea until this present study of angelo!o2y, |
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