The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-03-13

world or gather something from all the
sacred songs we have sung on earth, or
which have been sung in all ages, and
roll them on in eternal symphony; but
the one CREST theme, and the one over
mastering tone that shall carry all be-
fore it, and uplift all Heaven from eter-
nal throne to ofurthest gate of pearl, and
to highest capstone of amethyst, will
be: Unto Him who loved us, and
washed us from our sins in His own
blood, and made us kings and priests
unto God, and the Lamb; to Him be
glory? That will be mama enough
for Heaven to feed on. That will be a
banquet of immortals. That will be
angels food.
Now, in the emerald palace of Heav-
en-, let the cup-beare-s and servants of
the King remove his course from the
banquet, and bring on another course
OF angels food, which is, laying out of
mighty enterprise. The Bible let's us
know positively that the angels have
our worlds affairs on their heart They
afford the rapid transit frem wccld to
world. Ministering spirits, escorting
spirits, defending spirits, guardian
spirits. Yea, they have all worlds on
their thought.
We are told they sang together at
the creation and that implied not only
the creation of our world but of other
worlds Shall they plan only for our
little planet, and be- unconcerned for a
planet three hundred times larger? No.
They have all the galaxies under their
observation; mighty schemes of help
fulness to be laid out and executed;
bhipwrecked worlds to be towed in;
planetary fires to be put out; demoniac
hosts riding up to be hurled back and
down. These angels of light unhorse
an Apollyon with one stroke of battle
AK celestial. They talk these matters
all over. They bend toward each other
in sublimest collcquy. They have cabi-
net meetings of winged immortals.
They assemble the mightiest of them
in holy consulate on. They plan out
stellar, lunar, solar, consolidated
achievement. They vie with each other
as to who shall do the grandest thing
for the eternities. They compose dox-
ologies for the Temple of the Sun.
They preside over coronations If in
the great organ of the universe one key
gets out of tune, they plan for its re-
tuning. No derstanding is so diff
cult; no post of duty is so distant; no
mission is so stupendous, but at Gods
command they are gladly obcdient.
When they sit together in the Heav-
enly places, Gabriel, and Michael, the
archangel; and the angel that pointed
Hagar to the fountain in the desert:
and the angel that swung open the
prison door of delivered Peter; and the
angels who are to be the reapers at the
end of the world; and the angel that
stood by Paul to encourage him on the
founder ing corn-ship of Alexandria;
and the two angels that sentineled the
tomb of Christ; and the four angels
that st. John saw in Apocalypse at the
four corners of the earth; and the
twelve angels that guard the twelve
swinging pearls; and the twenty thou
sand charioted angels that the Psalmist
described; and more radiant than all of
them put together, and mightier than
all, and lovelier than all, "the Angel
of the Covenants" the cadences of His
voice, the best music that ever en-
tranced mortal or immortal ears; His
smile anoth er noon risen on mid
noon; His presence enough to make a
Heaven if there were no other attrac-
tion-I say, wh en- they meet together
in the council chambers close to the
throne-Ah! that will be regalement
infinite, That will be repast super
nal, That will be angels food. And
one of my exciting anticipations Of
Heaven is the prospect of seeing and
talking with some of them. Why not?
What did they come out ior on the bal
cony on that Christmas night and sing
for our world, if they did not want to
be put in communication with us?
know the serenade was in Greek, but
they knew that their words would be
translated in all languages. If they
thought themselves too good to have
anything to do with us, would they
have dropped Christmas carols upon
the she pherds, some of them as bad rs
any of us have ever been? Aye! If
they sang for mortals, will they not
sing for us when we become iinmortnls?
Now, in the emerald palace of Heaven
let the cup-bearers and servants of the
King remove this course from the ban
quet, and bring on another course of
angels food-the last course and the
best; the dessert; the elimination Of
the feast, which is, Celcbrative Jubi-
lance. You and | have known people
who prided themselves on never get
ting excited. They have cultivated the
You never saw them cry;
you never heard them in burst of |
laughter. They are monotonous, and |
to me intolerable. l am afraid of a |
man or a woman who cannot laugh. |
Christ says in the book of Revelation
that such people are to Him nauseating
and cause reorganization. Revelation
Iii. 16.) Because thou art lullewarm.
and neither cold nor hot, l will spue
thee out of my mouth"
But the angels in Heaven have no
or unresponsiveness. There
is one thing that agitates them into
holy mirth When that happens if
their harp be hung up they take it
down. and with deft fingers pull from
among the strings a canticlc. They
run into their neighbors on the same
golden street and tell the good news
If Miriam has there cymbals anything
ike those with which she performed
On the banks of the Red Sea, she claos
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