The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-28
ANGELSAND VERITIES
Some Serious Thoughts for the
Battle of Life.
TALK ON LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
Ono Of DIR. Burchett's Course-Sermons
by Rev. o. v. w. Chandler, Elder
Dunlap and DIR. Buckner.

third of series of sermons, designated as
! "Serious Thoughts for the Battles of Life. I"
His subject was "Angels and Verities, 4"
and his text:
Rev. xiv:6-"And saw another angel fy in
the midst of heaven having the everlasting Cos.
peI to preach unto them that dwell on the earth
md to every nation and kindred, and tongue
and people"
He said:
What combination is this, the everlast-
ing Gospel in the hands Of an angel.
The Gospel is itself mighty power, greater than
the bookings of an earthquake or the sureiugs
OF the deepest sea- 1t Is so great as to be called
the power of the eternal God himself. This
gospel put into the hands of an angel would in
dicate power far greater than earth had ever
Known
And this Gospel is everlasting Durability
could not be written over the most prosperous
city ever builded. To inscribe it upon the walls
Of Thebes, Luxor or BaGlbec would have been
TO refute the assumption in short time by a
thousand ruined arches and crumbling walls.
Rome upon her seven hills said that she was
eternal. but her eternity was compressed into a
few brief centuries, and her glory departed. We
do not like to entertain the thought that the
proud cities OF today are to 60 the same way.
No Englishman would be pleased to hear it said
that one day great London will be a heap of
ruins. Macaulay is laughed at for picturing a
New Zealander as standing on some broken
& arch Of London bridge and looking over the
ruins of London. But who would dare to write
"eternal' over that present metropolis of the
whole earth? 1t is not a pleasing thought to an
American to think that some dav the stranger
will come and seek guide to take him to
where once stood the capitol of the United
States And yet who of us would write sever
lasting" over our own proud capitol? Such
things, grand as they are. long to the perish
able. Ana so OF books. What volume can be
said to last? Among the most changeabie things
Oh earth is book. Just as governments die so
philosophers perish. But over against this ia
the TACT that this GOSPEL is everlasting Cos
pei. And to indicate that it will GO to the ut
termost parts of the earth and do that
which God has ordained that it shall do, It is
putihto the hands of one of those ministers be-
s fore whom nothing can stand for moment. It
/ should not take us very long, therefore, to I'M
derstand that these things which God has set in
His word are eternal verities. They change not
"When victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in common dust"
deem it exceeding wise that we turn our
thoughts from the waste OF worldly things and
contemplate these eternal certainties which bear
sointimately upon our lives here. 1 wish you
to gather first from this text tho excellency OF
the theme, Gospel Verities."
No doubt some of you have very strange
them upon paper to be read they would make
strange kind OF composition. But strange as
: your thoughts of Him have been l am sure that
you never imagined that God would send one OF
NOSE mighty beings from HIS throne to wing his
way through the heavens with bundle OF trash
iof perlsnine human beings. since the angels
are such exalted persons, SO high In holiness and
power SO very loyal 10 their LORD and Master II
must be that they not selected to do things
which only moment1ry. Their missions
Desr upon those affairs OF the Kingdom OF God
"nlch are most durable.
Mhen mighty work is to be done agents suit
aoie TO that WORK are employed. You would not
expect TO hnd Michael Angelo employed in
making candy nice Tor children's Christmas
Toys, nor Sir Christopher Wren engaged to
Duiid Chinese wash-house. One has illustrated
mis- thought this way, and l think sp-
pfopriately: "A wise man VIII not employ
force vastly greater than Is needed to accom-
push the end in view; lad II you know that
man Is wise, you can judge OF the magnitude OF
the work he has undertaken by the force he en-
ploys. II the enemies of great king in eome
ooscure province OF his empire, had made
prisoners OF a handful OF his subjects, and you
MW MIN SEND forth 70 their rescue the mightiest
Vi MS warriors, tho hover OF his armies, the
very guard OF his palace, and above all. his only
son, the heir to the throne, would You not con-
Guide that the enemy was very strong and the
prisoners very dear to the king hearth?
"hen we see God preparing to rescue man
rom the powers OF death. retake the prisoners
VINO have been captured by the enemy and to
put down the piracy OF Satan among precious
souls, We find that He calls about Him these
greatest of His subjects, and somehow puts IN
der the charge of them this work. You will see
that He makes these flaming servants of His tho
ministers to carry on this work. In the First
Hewbrews is a statement to this effect Some,
In looking into this, have thought that all the
hosts OF heaven are commissioned to assist in
this work. know not that this is true but GER
tain it is that vast armies of them are employed
in this mission When Elisha saw them around
about him when battling against the Syrians rs
saw many thousands of shining angels and the
mountain was filled with chariots. And the
host of the angels must therefore have been very
great. And when the Savior came to our world
there was great company of them that sang
in the heavens over the event These angels are
surely the company which came to assist
in some way in this redemntion which
God has determined TO carry on through the
earth
When the Savior wa, s,rssted RI h. taken and
cruciipa pa,or vented 10 make ro,d his words
thai ,horrh ~ - ,,..,.1d ,ess.I-, MA, at
Womb ho Nc, A., 40 -, ~. .rors y, hoyir tho
frht Pm, tho savio- tors hin, tbst This IVES not
the Thing to,do tha, ,s No Sasi-s1 any sssistanca
He could can - ms ala a, once r,ors tbs,
twelve Icc;ors q, s,ssIs ,ssion in che time
of Christ NO. si~ ,bor,.,5 ,nor beside. IN.
cavalry rbs-a yroro no, ro.. th,n a bundred
thonssrd ot -, ,,,i,htv ,j,is,~r, ot on cd
ready a, the sIisbtest call Of the son of GOD 7
presume tbot Ne doos NOT r,eap "a ha eYac,
about the Numbers ,rbn vye-,, IN wait ,,n,n Him
but to indicate ss IN bo,y vast were the arr,es nj
them who w. H. s,,sndants Ron tate m.
seventh cbanter Of Daniel ana Won resd these