The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
one hundred years of earthly surmis.

IiiiiaofCalS Is Their velocity. This the
Bible puts sometimes under the fig
ure OF wings, sometimes under the
fSurc of allowing garment, sometimes
under the figure of naked feet AS
these SuperhumanS arc without bod
les these expressions are of course
tigurative, and mean swiftness. The
Bible tells us that Daniel was pray
ing, and Gabriel flew from heaven
and touched him before he got up
from his knees, How far, then, did
the angel Gabriel have to fyin those
moments of Daniels prayer? Heav-
eli is thought to be the centre of the
universe. Our sun and it's planets
only the rim of the wheel of worlds.
In amomcnt the angel Gabriel flew
from that centre to this periphery.
Jesus told Peter he could instantly
have sixty thousand angels present if
he called for them. What foot of an
telope or wing of albatross could
equal that velOcity!" Law of gravita-
ton, which grips nll things else, has
no influence upon angelic momentum.
Universities before them open and
shut like II fan. They arc here is no
reason why they shonld not be u
QuntilliOn Of miles hence the next
minute. Our bodies hinder us, but
our minds can circle the earth in II
minute. Angelic beings are bodiless
and have no limitation. God may
with his finger point down to some
world III trouble on the outmost lin
It's Of creation, and instantly an an
gclIc col hort are there to help it. Or
fn InI,iI ,,l 4. II
fnthermost outpost of immensely,
and God may say "COmeI and in
stantly it is i'll his BOSOM Abraham,
Elijah, Hagar, Joshua, Gideon, Ma
noah, Paul, st. John, could tell of
their unhindercd locOmotion. The
rcd feet OF summer lightning are slow
compared with their hegiras. This
doubles up and congresses infini-
tudcS into iniinitcsimals. This puts
all the astronomical heavens into u
space like the balls of u childs rattle
IhlS mlnglcS into one the Here and
the There, the Now and the Then,
the Beyond and the Yondcr.
Another remark | have to make
concerning these illustrious immor-
tails Is that they arc multitudinous.
and no one but Got knows how many
they arc, but all the Bible accounts
suggest their immense numbers
Companies Of them, regiments of
them, armies of them, mountain tops
halocd by them, skies populOus with
them. John speaks of angels 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 chanots.
When God came away from the rivcn
roc Ks of Mount Sinai, the Bible says he
had the hccOmpanionship of ten thousand
angels. fthink they arc in every bat
tie, IN every CXigcncy, at every birth
ut every pillow, at every hour, at cv-
cry mcnt.Thc earth is full of them.
Ihc heavens are full of them
Ihry outnumbcr the human race in
this world. They outnumbcr ran
Somcd spirits III glory. When Abra-
nam had his knife upliftcd to slay
Isaac, 1T was an angel who arrested
the stroke, crying "Abrnham. Abra-
nam. 1t was II stairway of angels
that Jacob saw when pillowed in the
Wilderness. We are told that an an
gel led the host Of Isrucltcs out of
Egyptian Scridom. 1t will be an an
gel withc upEftcd hand, swearing
that time shall be no longer. In the
great final harvest of tn world the
rcapcrS are the angels. Yea, the
Lord shall be revealed from heaven
with mighty angels. Oh. the num-
per and the might and the glory of
these Supcrnals! Fleets of them!
SquadrOns of them! Host beyond
host Rank above rank. Millions
on millions! And nll on our side if
we will have them.
This leads me to speak of the Offices
OF these Supcrnals. TO defend, to
cncrr, to rescue, to escort, to give
victory to the right, and to overthrow
the wrong; that is their business
just as alert today md efficient as
when i'll Bible times they spread
wing, on mshcathcd sword, or rocked
down penitcntimics, or filled the
mountains with horses of fire hitchcd
w >i''i w" vi nlt itlltt Ol1Ncll by rolnS-
mon of fire. They have turned vom
stops Il hundred times, and YOU knew
1T not. You were on the way to do
some wrong thing, and they changed
your course. They brought some
thought of christian parcntagc, or of
loyalty to your own home, and that
arrested YOU. They arranged that
some one should meet YOU at that
crlSIS, and propose something honor
able and clcvating, on they took from
your pocket some ticket to evil
amusement, ticket that YOU never
found. 1t was an angel of God, and
perhaps the very one that guided YOU
to TINS service, and that now waits
to report some holy impression to be
tins morning made upon your soul,
tarrylng with one foot upon the door
step OF your immortal spirit, and the |
other foot lifted for ascent into the |
skies. by some prayer detain him |
until he can tell of Il repentant and |
ransomcd soul! Or you were some
time borne down with trouble, be-
'caVcmcnt, persecution, bankruptcy.
sickness and all manner of troubles
Boating their discords in your heart
md life. You gave up; you said: II
,0nnOt stand II oDy lo,,,.o,. Tl1. |