The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-08
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The Apostle Paul In the first chapter OF
Romans says: "The heathen are without
any excuse for not knowing and obaying
God. for the things which are eeen all
around us declare His eternal power aud
God head"
Not everybody knows why God Is called
a rock In the blblo. IL is not because lie
is hard or cold like rock, but because He
10 uhmoved or unchanged. You can sit
down behind q great rock and the wind
may blow hard, yet you would be safe.
God 10 a rock because He does not change
and because he makes His people safe.
He is also called a tower. You might
be In strong tower and the storm might
rage around 1t. or armed men might try to
break In and Kill you. but you are safe.
Thus God keeps his people.
He is said TO be a tower. or Ikea tower
The Hebrews had no such word as our
word like" and when they wanted to
say that one thing Is like another they
said 1t Ia the thing. Thus we should say
''The Lord 10 like Il tower, but thoy say
The Lord 10 tower" We should say
''This is like my body and like my blood.
shed for the remisslon of sine." but as
they had no suoh word as like they say
''lhis is my body and this is my blond"
Abraham, Lot and the prophets saw
angels, but they cav thom In human
body. like men. or else they could not
hive seen them.
The bible says that the angels move as
quick as lightning. "Who maketh His
angels spirits and his ministers a ilame CT
fire. !. z.
When Daniel was praying on the banks
OF the river. where he could be alone,
even during prayer the angel Gat7iel fiew
from the third heavens ami ccme down
to the weeping prophet. 0. 2l-23.
Women could not roll the great stone
away from the grave OF Jesus, but an
angel could; and he could make the earth
a N has -NIrIA Pall M az
like dead men. Matt. 2, d.
IL would have taken O large hody OF
men TO burn up Sodom and Gnmorra In
single morning, but two angels did IT,
II would have taken lnrge body oil
men to nave gone through Egypt In one
night ana XIII the fret born oil every ram.
night.
David Was great king and had a large
Douy OF men around him, yet In three days
an anger killed 10000 Of bis men.-ll Sam.
Wcrriors In one night to kill 1856, 900 sol
aiers yet one angel did all this In one
hight.--lI Kings 10. So.
inc word angei means messenger. be.
cause God sends them to dc Els messages
ana errand5. The great arch.angel Michael
10 only servnnt; 80 Ia Gabriel the strenR
angel. They live In God. SEQ by hls llaht,
grow wise by his teachings. and they feel
tilat they are mate to do the will OF God
ana he his servants. He controls them.
IL we thoroughly etndv the Bible in
the light that we should. we can see In
the New Testament. what ha did, felt and
taught, and what he was and what he
shall be, and YOU see God.
Go bnch fifty years, and your paren's
where are they? Thoy are dend. Go back
s0cO ycnrs eEd you come to Jesus Christ,
the worll's Saviour.
God waited 1000 years before he sent
his son md 2c00 years has since rolled
away and vet tho Judgment day has not
come. Whnt are these years 10 God. "a
day Is with the Lord as thousand years,
and thousand years ns one day
The great sea OF brass that Solomon
built held about so hoRsheads OF water
Christian need not fear darkness,
Everlasting light is about tho throne OF
God. He need not fear sorrow. Rivers
OF JOY flow at his right hand He moo
not fear death The groat fountain OF
life and light is never dried up,