Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-15
THANKSGIVING SPIRITS,
That Promise 70 Ne Relied on - rirmiy
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"Are they not all ministering spirits,
sent forth TO minister for them who shall
be heirs Of salvationr Do you believe
this most precious scripture And do
you not only believe It, but do you trust
In II US the very word Of % covenant
keeping jehovah Who can tell Of tho
multitude OF good and kind Offices done
TO you and myself, and all who love the
blessed master, as we pass along the path
OF life, by the unseen hands OF these min.
istefing oneal SO frequently docs II oc-
cur that we arc compelled sometimes to
stop and wonder why the crooked places
did not continue crooked. and the rough
places continue rough. And yet the
crooked places were suddenly made
straight and the rough places were made
smooth when we were not looking for
such deliverance. Sometimes, even. In
our utter dependence and want, We hest.
tate and stand still. and II requires the
strong hand Of an angel to hurry us from
the impending danger. ~ Lot and his
family were hurried out from the doomed
city by angelic might.
We should never forget that we are
always under the protection Of the
heavenly father and the guardianship Of
ministefing spirits. The divine word has
promised to give his angels charge over
thee. to keep thee in all thy ways. They
shall bear thee NJ IN their hands let
thou dash thy foot against = stone" A
striking and beautiful illustration oc-
Cured 20 Philip Doddridgc, who. when
a small boy. was thrown from his horse
upon q pile Of sharp rocks. lie was
picked up and carried home by passcr.
by who saw the accident. II was sup.
posed he was seriously hurt. but upon
examination not even n scratch was
found upon his body. His parents aud
others thought II waa a wonderfully
strange providence. When an old man
hc had singular dream. lie dreamed
that ho was dead. and was carried TO the
"honsc Of many mansions" Over the
door Of one OF the many rooms was his
name. Philip Doddrdgc. lilo was ush.
cred in and hidden TO await the coming
OF the master. Tho walls were hung
with beautiful paintings. each Of which
described some event Of his life. Among
tho rest was one descriptive OF his fall.
Ing hcadlong from tho horse when
boy. The picture fully explained every.
thing TO him. Now he could understand
why the sharp rocks did not even leave
scratch upon his body. for there stood
an angel with wings no folded IA tocatch
him Ia falling.
The writer knows Of little girl, some
three or four years Of ago. who Ia pursuit
Of aplaymaie ran out Of an open window
two stories high from the ground. Her
grandmother saw her fall, and expected
10 find some ono Of her limbs or ribs
broken, but instead found her entirely
unhurt, without even n sign Of bruiso
upon her body. "why, darling, what n
wonder you were not killed or seriously
hurt" The answer came. "why, grand.
ma, God took care Of me-" Surely, as In
tho case just mentioned. the wings OF an
angel kept her from all harm. oftcnef
than We think. oftener than we know,
our present welfare. or perhaps orr life,
hangs by 30 slender thread that tho
least pressure on this side or that would
snapit; but an angel "a sent to strengthen
tho thread until tho danger ia paxt, and
20 "our feet arc kept from falling, our
eyesfro tears and our souls from death"
more frequently than we imagine. Rev.
G. Foster Williams In Now York OBJ
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