The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
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appreciated at all, never feel lonely
again or unregarded again: Angels
all around; angels to approve. angels
to help, angels to remember. Yea,
while all the good angels are friends
OF the good, there is one special angel
your bodyguard. This idea, until
this present study of angclology, |
supposed to be fanciful, but [ find it
clearly stated in the Bible. When
the disciples were praying for Peters
dcllvcrancc from prison, and he ap
pcarcd at the door of the PRAYER
meeting, they cnuld not belivc it wns
Peter. They said: 1T is his angel"
So these disciples, in special nearness
to Christ, evidently believed that
every worthy soul has nn angel
Jesus said of his followers: Their
angels behold the face of my Father"
Elsewhere it is said: He shall give
his angels charge over thee, to keep
thee i'll all thy ways" Angel shielded,
angel protected, angel guarded, angel
cnnomcd nrt thou. No wonder that
Charles Wesley hymncd these words:
Which Of tho petty kings "rear,h
an boast guard like ou,S
f'n nciri from our second mt,
WITH al tn. ,vr,Iy powers:
Nalcrius and Rulinus were put to
death tor Clrist's sake in the year 2S7,
and, after the day when their bodies
had been whipped, and pounded into
u Jelly, III the night in prison, and be
tore the next day when they were to
be executed, they both thought they
saw angels standing with two glitter
lnE crowns saying: BE of good cheer.
valiant soldiers of Jesus Christ, A lit
tie more Of battle and then these
crown are yours. And I am clad to
know that before many of those who
have passed through great suffering
III tllS life some angel of God I'm =
h"ld II blazing coronct of eternal re-
ward
Yea: we nrc to have such a r,r,r-
dian angel to take us upward whrn
our work is done. You know we are
told IN angel conducted Lazarus to
Abraham bosom. That shows that
none shall be so poor in dying he can
not afford angelic escort. 1t would
be II long way to go alone, and up
paths we have never trod, and amid
blazing worlds swinging in unimagin-
able momentum, out nnd on through
such distances and across such intini-
tllucS or space, we should shuddcr mt
the Thought of going alone But the
angelic escort will come to your Ian
EunShinG pillow, or the place of your
fatal accident. and SAYS: Hail, I'M
mortal one. All is well: God hath
sent me to take you home" and with
out trrnor or slightest sense of peril
You will away and upward. further
ON and further on, until after awhile
hcavcE hcavcs III sight, and the rum
bic of chariot wheels, and the roll of
mighty harmonics are heard in the
dlStancc. and nearer you come. and
nearer still, until the brightness is
Ike many mornings suffused into
one. and the gates lift and YOU are
INSIDE tn" amethySinc walls, and ON
the banks of the jasper sea, forever
sale, forever free, forever well, forever
rested, forever united, forever happv.
Mothers, don't think your little chil-
orrn go alone when they quit this
world. Out OF your arms into angelic
arms: Out of sickness into health.
Out OF the cradle into Il Saviours $
bosom. Not IN instant will the dar-
lingS 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 chris
tan. Yes, n guardian angel for each
one of YOU. Put yourself now in NO.
cord with him. When he suggests
the right, follow 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 dclivcrancc. Paul had it
right when he said: eve wrcstle not
against flesh and blood, but against
prlnclpnlltlcs, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this
world: against spiritual wickedness
III high places. In that awful fight
may God send us mighty angelic re-
enforcement! We want ali their
wings on our side, all their chariots
on our side.
Thank God that those who are for
us are mighticr than those who nrc
against us. And that thought makes
me Jubllant as to the final triumph.
Belgium, you know, was the battle
ground of England and France. Yen,
Belgium more than once was the bat.
tie ground of opposing nations. It
SO happens that this world is the Bel
gum, or battle ground, between the
angelic nations, good and bad Mi
chacl, the communicating chief on ono
side: Lucifer, as Byron calls him. or
Alephistophelcs, rs Goethe calls him,
or Satan, rs the Bible calls him. the
c,ommandcr-in-chief on the other side.
All pure angelhood under the one
leadership, and all abandoned angel
mood under the other leadership.
Many n skirmish have the two armies
had, but the great and decisive battle
Is yet to be fought. Either from our
homes or down from orr
Supcln&l residences, may we come in
on the right side; for on that side are !
GOD and heaven and victory. Mean |
while the battle is being set in array.
,nd the forces celestial and dcmonical !
IRE confronting each other. Hear |
he boom of the great cannondde al
,eady opened! Cherubim, Seraphim.
Thrones, Dominations, Principalities
'nd Powers are bcginn ri de in
town their foes, and until the work
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