The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-09

angelic escort will come to yor- Ian
gushing pillow, or the place Of your
fatal accident, and say: "Hail, immortal
one. All is swell. God hath sent me to take
you home" and without tremor or slight
est sense. of peril you will away and up
ward, further on and further on, until af-
ter awhile heaven heaves in sight, and the
rumble of chariot wheels and the roll uf
mighty harmonies are heard in the dis
lance, and nearer you come, and nearer
still, until the brightness is like many
mornings suffused into one and the
gates lift and you are inside the
amethystine walls and on the banks
of the jasper sea, forever safe,
forever free, forever we'll, forever
rested, forever united, forever hap.
Ply. Mothers, don't think your little
children 90 alone when they quit this
world. Out Of your arms into angelic
arms. Out of sickness into health Out
of cradle into Saviour's bosom. Not
an instant will the darlings be alone
between the two kisses, the last kiss of
earth and the first kiss of heaven. Now
angels do your work" cried an expiring
Christian.
Yes, guardian angel for each one Of
you. Put yourself now in accord with
him. When he suggests the right, fol-
low it. When he warns you against the
wrong, shun it. Sent forth from God
to help you in this great battle against
sin and death, accept His deliverance.
When tempted to feeling of loneliness
and DISAGREEMENT appropriate tho
promise: THE angel of the Lord en-
campeth around about them that fear
Him and delivereth them" Oh,
am so glad that the spaces be-
tween here and heaven are thronged
with these supernaturalH taking
tidings home, bringing messages here,
rolling back obstacles from our path
and giving us defense, for terrific are
the forces who dispute our way, and if
the nation of the good angels are on our
side, the nation of bad angels is on the
other side Paul had it right when he
said: 1--WE wrestle not against flesh and
blood but against principalities, against
powers. against the rulers of the dark
ness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places" In that
awful fight may God send us mighty an
gelic reinforcement! We want all their
wings on our side, all their swords on
our side, all their chariots on our side.
Thank God that those who are for us
are mightier than those who are against
US. And that makes me jubilant as to
the final triumph. Belgium, you know.
was the battle-ground of England and
France. Yea Belgium more than once
was the battle-ground of opposing ma
lions. 1t so happens that this world
is the Belgium CIR battle-ground be-
tween angelic n1tions, good and
bad. Michael, the commander-in-chief
of one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls him,
or Mephistopheles, as Goethe calls him,
or Satan, as the Bible calls him, the
commander-in-chief on the other side.
All pure angelhood under the one lead
ership, and all abandoned angelhood
under the other leadership. Many a
skirnish have the two armies had,
but the great and decisive battle is
yet to be fought. Either from our
earthly homes or down from our supernal
residences, may we come in on the right
side; for on tiat side are God and
Heaven and victory. Meanwhile the
battle is being set in array, and the
forces celestial and demoniacal are con-
fronting each other. Hear the boom OF
the great cannonade already opened!
Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones, Domino
tons, Principalities, and Powers are be-
ginning to ride down their foes, and
until the work is completed, "Sun, stand
thou still upon Gideon, and thou, Moon
in the valley of AialOnt'