The Forrest City times., 1890-03-29
THE REALM OF THE ANGELS
Their Home, ths Heavens, Their Empire,
 the Universe.
Angslology tho Theme Of Dr. Talmago --He Draws Aside the Dorsei That vsils Angelic Habitation. --The Angel of the Lord in Mauoah's Flame on the Rock

Habitation. --The Angel of the Lord in
 Manoahs Flame on the Rock
 Sunday morning at the Brooklyn Acads emy of Music, Rev. T. Dewitt Taimagc announced his text Judges IS; l9--"And the angel did wondrously," ani said:
 Fire built on a rock. Manoah and his wife had there kindlei tho flames for sac rifce in praise of God, and in honor of a guest they supposed to be man. But as tho flame rose higher and higher, their stranger guest stepped into the flame and by one red leap ascended into the skies. Then they knew that he was an Angel of the Lord 'srhe angel did wondrouslys
 Two hundred and forty weight times does the Bible refer to the angels, yet l never heard or road a sermon on Angelelogy. The whole subject is relegatod to tho realm mythical, weird, spectral. and unknown Such adjournment is unscriptural and wick ed Of their life, their character, their habits, their action, their velocities, the Bible gives full length portraits and why this pro ionged and absolute silence concerning them. Angeloloyy is my theme,
 There arc two nations of angels, and they are hostile to each other. the nation of good angels and the nation os bad angels. Of the former, l chiefly speak today Their capital, their headaNarters, their grand rendezvous is heaven, but their empire is the universe. The arc a distinct race of creatures No human being can ever join their confraternity. The little child who in the Sabbath school sings, Il want to be an angel" will never have her wish grat fed They arc superhuman; but they are of different grades and ranks not all on tho same level, or tho same height. They have their superiers and interiors and I po al ia subject but take the Bible for my only authority Plato, the philosopher, guessed, and divided angels into super-celestial celestial, and sub.celestial Donysius, the Areopaglte, guessed, and divided them into three classes s-ths supreme. the middle and the iast--and each of these into threo other classes, making nine in all Philo said the angels were related to God, as the rays to the sun. t'ulgentius said that they were composed of body and spirit Clement said they were incorporeal Augustine said that they had been in danger of falling, but now arc beyond being tempt d. But the only authority on this subject that l respect says they are divided into Cherubim, Seraphim, Thrones, Domii.ations, Municipalities, Powers. Thair commander. in chief is Michael. Daniel called him Michael, St John cailel him Michael These supernal beings are more thoroughly organized than any army that ever marched. They arc swifter than any cy- clone that ever swept the sea, They are more radiant than any morning that ever came down the sky. TGey have more to do with your destiny and mine than any being in the universe except God. May the Angel of the New Covenant who is the Lord Jesus, open our eyes and touch our tongue, and rouse our soul, whiie we sneak af thor fnafhlAsan thnir infolif gence, their numbers, their strength, their achievements
 Yes, deathless. They had a cradle, but will never have grave. The Lord remem- bers when they were born, but no one shall ever see their eye extinguished, or their momentum slow up, or their existence ter minate The oldest of them has not a wrinkle, or decrcpitade, or hindrance; as young after six thousand years as at the close Of their first hour. Christ said of the good in heaven, "Neither can they die any more for they arc equal unto the angels" Yes, deathless are these wonder ful creatures of whom l speak They will see world after world 20 out, but there shall be no fading of their own brilhance Yea, after the last world has taken it's last flight they wia be ready fer the widest circuit through immensity taking quadrilllon of miles in one sweep as easy as a pigeon circles n devecot They are never sick. They are never exhausted They need no sleep, for they are never tired. At Gods conmani they smote with death, in one night cue handred and eighty five thousand of Sennaehsrio's host but no fatality can smitc them. Awake, agile, multipotont deathiess immortali
 A further characteristic of those radiant folk is intelligence. The woman of 1ekoah was right when she spoke to King David of the wisdom of an angel We take in what little We know through eyo and car and nostrii anu touch; but those beings have no physical encasement and hence they are all senses. A wall iivo feet thick is not solid to them. Through it they 20 without disturbing flake of mortar or crys tai of sand knowledgel It flashes on them They take 1t in at all points They absorb it. They gather it up without any hindorment No need of liter ature for thcml The letters of their books are stars. The dashcs of their books are meteors The words Of their books are constelIadons, The paragraphs of their books are galaxies. The pictures of their books arc sunrises, and sunsets. and midnight auroras, and the Conqueror on the white horse with the moon under his feet and seas of glass mingled with fire. Their library is m open universe No need of telescope 10 see something millions Of mios away, for instantly they are there To inspect and explore it, Ali astronom es, all geosogies. all botauies, all philosophies at their feet What an op. portunity for intelligence is theirsl M hat facilities fos knowing everything and knowing 1t right away
 There IS only one thing that puts them to their wits end, and the Bible says they have 10 study that They have been stud V. ing it all through tho ages, nad yet war. rant they have not fully grasped it. the wonders Of Redemption. These wonders ire so high, so deep, so grand so stupen. dous, so magnificent that even the intelli gence of angelhood is eonfounded before it. Tue apostle says, "Which things tho angels desire to look into That Is a sub ject that excitcs inquisitlveness on their part That ls a theme that strains thelr faculties 10 the utmost. That is hlgher than they can elimn, aud deeper than they can divc They have a desire for something too big for their com. prehension. Which things the an. gels desire to look iato But that does not disercdit their intelligence. No one but God Himself can fully understand the wonders of Redemption. If ali heaven should study 1t for fifty ctornlties they would get no further than tho A lS C of that incxhaustolc subject But all other realms lines ol the realms of knowl edge they hava ransacked nnd explored and conpassad, No ono put God can tell them anything they do not know Tney have rad to ths last word of the last page of the last yciama or invest. gation. And what delights mo most is that all their intelligenaa Is to Do at our disposal and. coming Iuto their presence, they Will tell us in five mlnutas morc than NO can learn by one hundred years of earthly sut- misiae.
 further characteristic Of these mmor- tals is their velocity. This tho Bible nuts sometime, unaer the figure of wings, some times under the figure of q flowing gas ment, sometimes nRier tao tisgra oi naked feot- As thesa suporhumans ara without bodies these expressions are Of course fgurstive and mean sxlftne@s The Bihla