Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-03-27

make turn out for my good. Suddenly
you felt a peace, deep peace, the peace
Of God that passeth al understanding
What made the ehangef A sweet and
mighty and comforting angel Of the
Lord met you That was all.
Men and women Of all circumstances.
only partly appreciated, or not appreei-
ated az all, never feel lonely again OF
unregarded againi Angels all around;
angels to approve, angels to help, an
gels TO remember. Yea, while all the
good angels are friends of the good,
there is one special angel your body
guard. This idea, until this present
study of aneelology, supposed to be
fanciful, but / find it clearly stated in
the Bible. When the disciples were
praying for Peters deliverance from
prison, and he appeared at the door ofthe
prayer meeting, they could not believe
It was Peter. They said: 1T is his an
gel" So these disciples, in special near
ness to Christ, evidently believed that
every worthy soul has an angel. Jesus
said of his followers: Their angels be-
hold the face of my Father" Elsewhere
it is said: He shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways" Angel shielded, angel protected,
angel guarded; angel canopied art thou.
No wonder that Charles Wesley hymned
these words:
Which Of the petty kings of earth
Can boast guard like ours.
Encircled from our second birth
With all the heavenly powers?
Yea; we are to have such a guardian
angel to take us upward when our work
is done. You know we are told an angel
conducted Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
That shows that none shall be so poor
in dying he cannot afford angelic escort.
1t would be long way to 60 alone, and
up paths we have never trod, and amid
blazing worlds swinging in unimagin-
able momentum, and on through such
distances and across such infinitudes of
space, we should shudder at the thought
of going alone. But the angelic escort
will come to your languishing pillow,
or the place of your fatal accident, and
say: Hail, immortal one! All is we'll;
God hath sent me to take you home;"
and without tremor or slightest sense of
peril you will away and upward. further
on and further on, until after awhile
Heaven heaves in sight, and the rumble
of chariot wheels, and the roll of mighty
harmonies are heard in the distance,
and nearer you come, and near still, un-
til 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, for
ever safe, forever free, forever we'll,
forever rested, forever united, forever
happy. Mothers, don't think your little
children go alone when they quit this
world. Out of your arms into angelic
arms. Out of sickness into health. Out
of the 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, deyour 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 disheartenment appropriate the
promise: The angel of the Lord en-
campeth around about them that fear
him and delivereth them" Oh, l am so
glad that the spaces between here and
Heaven are thronged with these super
naturals 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 is on our side, the nation of bad
angels isson the other side. Paul had
it right when he said: @We wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against
Principalities, against Powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high
places. In that awful fight may God
send us mighty angelic re-enforcement!
We want all their wings on our side, all
their swords on our side, all their char
lots on our side.
Thank God that those who are for us
are mightier than those who are against
us. And that thought makes me jubil-
ant as to the final triumph. Belgium,
you know, was the battle ground of En-
gland and France. Yea, Belgium more
than once was the battle ground of OPP
posing nations. 1t SO happens that this
world is the Belgium, or battle ground,
between the angelic nations, good and
bad. Michael, the commander in chief
on one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls
him, or Mephistopheles, as Goethe calls
him, or Satin, as the Bibles calls him,
the commander-in -in-chiet on the other
side. All pure angelhood under one
leadership, and all abandoned angel
hood under the other leadership.
Many skirmish 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 SUI
pernal residences, may we come in on
the right side; for on that side are God
and Heaven and victory. Meanwhile
the battle is being set in array, and the
forces celestial and demonical are con-
fronting each other. Hear the boom
of the great eannonade already opened!
Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones, Domino
tions, Principalities, and Powers are
beginning to ride down their foes, and
until the work is completed, Sun,
stand thou still upon Gideon, and thou,
Moon, in the valley of Ajalon!"