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iavine out of mighty enterprise. The Biole
let's ne know positively that the angels nave
our worlds affairs on their hearts. Ihey ~
ford the rapid transit from world TO d Woiid
Ministering spirits, escortinS spirits, oeionu
ing spirits, guardian spirits-yea, they hav9 h3
all worlds on their thought. we are ton'
they sang together ut the creation, ,and that I'M.
nued not only the creation of our world, pht
of other worlds. Shall they plan oniy lpt
our little planet and be uncOncerned lor q
planet 300 times larger? No. They hsve an
The galaXies under their otse-7@-icn. MisntJ
schemes of helpfulness to be lald oss -
executed. shipHrecked worlds to be toWeu III,
planetary are3 to be put cut, demohiac
hosts riding up to be hurled back t1d down.
These angels of light unhorse an ApoiIyon
with one stroke of battleax celestial! lhVJ
Talk these matters all over They bend toward
each other in sublime colloquy. Iney nav nhYo
cabinet meetings of winged immortals. lhey
assemble the mightiest Of them in holy con-
sultation. They plan out stellar, lunar, solnr,
,onstellated achievement They vie with
aach other as to who shall do the grandeSt
hing for the eternals. They compose doxoi-
,gies for the tomple of tho sun. They pre-
lde over coronations II in the great organ
,f the universe one key gets out OF tune, they
,lan for Its returning. No undertaking Is so
IifIlcult, no post of duty Is 50 distant, no
mission is so stupendous but ut Gods COM
nand they are gladly obtained.
When they sit together In heaven pia339,
Gabriel and Michael. the archaugel, ana tho
nigel that pointed Hagar to the fountain III
Ihe desert. and the angel that swung open
angels who ran to the ro be the reapers at
the end of the world, and the angel tlat
stood by Paul to encourage him on tne
laundering cornship of Alexandria,, ana the
Two angels that sentineed the tomb OF
Christ, and the four angels that st: John sa"
in Apocalypse at the four corners of the eartn,
and the twelve angels that guard the twelve
Swinging pearls, and tho 10000 CHAR
loted angels that tho psamlst de.
scribcd, and more radiant than all OF
them put together. and mightier than all. ana
lovelier thah all. .'The Angel OF the Coyon-
mt" the cadences of His voice, the best
music that ever entranced mortal or immor-
tai ears. His smile another noon risen on MD
noon, His presence enough to make heaven
jfthere were no other attraction--I say, when
they meet together In tho council chambers
close to the throne--Ah, that will be rega!e-
ment infinite. That will be angels food.
Aud ono of my exciting anticipations
of heaven is the prospect OF seeing
and talking with some OF them.
Why not? What did they come out Tor Oh
the balcony on that Christmas night and sing
for our world, If they did not want to be put
in communication with us2 know the ser
cnade 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 u.s. would they have
dropped Christmas carols upon the shepo
herds as bad as any of us have ever Deeni
Aye. II they sang for mortals, Will they not
sing for us when we become immortals?
Now, In the emerald palace of heaven, let
the cupbearer5 and servants OF the King re-
move this course from the banquet and bring
on another course of angels food-thc last
course aud the best, the dessert, the cll-
mination of tho feast, which is celebrstiye
iublance. You aud 1 have known peCLie
who prided themselves on never getting
excited. They have cultivated tho phle5-
matte You never saw tham cry; you
never heard them in u burst OF laugh
tor. They arc monotonous and to me IN
tolerable. am afraid of Il man or woman
that cannot cry; l am afraid OF a man or a
woman who cannot laDgh. Christ says in
the book of Revelation that such people are
to Him nauseating and cause regurSitatlon
-(Reveation ill.,, 16) "Because thou art luke
warm and neither cold not hot l will spew
thee out of My mouth" But the angels in
heaven have no stolidity or unresponsive-
ness. There is one thing that agitates them
into holy warmth. We know that absolute
ly. If their harp be hung up on the panels
of amethyst. they take 1t down and
with deft fingers pull from among
the strings a cantIcle. They run in to their
neighbors on the same golden street and tell
the good news. If Miriam has there cymbais
anything like those with which she per-
formed ON the banks OF the Red Sea. she
claps them in triumph. and there Is featal
table spread, and the best of the angels food
is set on 1t. When is 1t? 1t is when man or
woman down in the world who was all
wrong by the grace Of God is made all right
-Nuke XIV, 1O) "There is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sin
ner that repenteth." Why are thoy so happily
agitated2 Because they know what trc-
mendous thing it is to turn clear around from
the wrong and take the right road. It Is be-
cause they know the difference between
swines' trough with nothing but husks and u
Kings banquet with angels food. 1t Is be-
cause they know the infinite. tho everlasting
difference between down and up.
And then their festivity is catching. Il we
heer the bells of a city ring, we say, "What
is that for2' If we hear rolling out from m
audi -ori I'm the sound of u full orchestra. W.
say, "Wh&t is happening hcre?' And when
the angels of God take on jublance over a
case CT earthly repentance your friends
in heaven will say: "What new thing
has happened? Why full diapason? Why
the chime from the oldest towers
of eternity?" Tho fact is, my bearers
there are people in heaven who would like to
hear from you. Your children there are
come into the kingdom, and with moro gle9
than they ever danced in hallway AT your
coming home at cventide they will dance
the floor of the hea 7enly mansion at the
tidings of father and mother saved. Be-
side that the old folks want to hear from
you. They are standing at the head of the
celestial stairs waiting for the news
that their prayers have been answered.
md that you are coming on to take from
their lips u kiss Better than that which now
they throw you. Calling You by your first
name, rs they always did, they are talking
about you aud saying, There is our son."
or "There is oar daughter down in that
world of struggle battling, suffering, SHINING,
weeping. Why can they not see that Christ
Is the only ono who eau help end comfort
and save?'
That is what they are saying Goout you.
And if you will this hour in ons prayer of
surrender that will not take, moro than II
second to mako decide this then swifter then
teleyraphic dispatch tho news youll reach
them, and angels OF G)l wto never fell
would join your glori1ei kinacod in cale-
bration. and the caterers of hoaYen would do
their best, and saints and ser;sphs side by
side would take angels food. Glory TO q God