The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-10-23

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ma india. and Arabia, and Egypt, ana
Ceylon, and Siam! ,+s
First of all, mention the Reginenos
Angelic. Alas! that the sup1ect -
demonology seems better unders.oo
than the subject Of angelology Du'
the glorious spirits around the thron1
and All the bright imm'ortals thae hn
the galleries and levels OF the universe
are to take part in that last greav
fight, and the regiments angeiio 80
the only regiments capable o. meo..ns
the regiments plutonic. 70 sho" you
something of an angels power
ask Won to consider that just one
Of them slew d $4,000 Of sen
nacherib's hosts in nigh'' anu -
not tough arthmetical ques',o ~ az
solve, if one angel can stay loo,uoo
troops in night, how many can w
ooO 600 Of them slay? The ola DUN
saws that "They excel in strength.
l. not a celestial mob, but disciplined
| host and they know their rank Cher-
| ubim. seraphim, thrones, princiPall
t;as and mowers! And the leader o.
tose regiments is Michael the Arch.
angel David saw just one group u
angels sweep past, and they were -
ooo cbarioted. Paul, who in the "a
malian college had his faculties SO Won
derfully developed, confesses MS inoa
pacity to count them by saying:
are come to Mount Zion and an innum-
cradle company of angels" Ii eacn
sopl on earth has guardian angel
then there must be 100000, 900 Angels
ON earth to-day. Beside that, Heaven
must be full of angels, those who stay
| there; not only the II angels VINO, we
are told, guard the 12 gates, but those
ANGELS who help in the worship anu
20 an mission from mansion to man
sion and help to build the hosahn" =,
and enthrone the halleluJahs anu ,oi.
the doxologies of the service tna'
never ends. But they all, If required
will be in the last fight between
Holiness and sin. Heaven could al,
ford to adjourn just one day. ana
emntv all its temples, and mansions,
and palaces, and boulevards into ina. J.
ono battle. | think all the angels o!
God will ioin in it. The one that stooo
With sword of flame at the gate OF par
. disc The one that pointed Hagar TO
, the fountain in the wilderness. NC
{ one that halted Balaam on the hlgh-
vav The one that warned Lot TO nee
, tho doomed city. The one thatto part
with Joshua against the Canaanltes.
, The one that informed Mary OF the APP.
; nroach Of the Nativity The one that
, wrestled with Jacob at the brook jap
! ho,l The one that swung open the
cate for the incarcerated Apostle Peter
. The one that strengthened Christ ~
u;s last naroxysm. All, / think, vii
= be there-their velocltles 1nconceis
s. able. SO that when Danlel was II
It nraver. Gabriel, we are told, came IRON
i Heaven to speak to him, and II heavei
" he at the center of the universe, ina
q onoe1 must have travelled thousand
Il - n,;ll;ons of miles in an instant
e Talk of earthly regiments on dounie
il ,,;ol. march! What will be the spec
r. of the regiments angelic when, at IN
N command of the archangel, Down I
m eorth, Forward into the battle
,e those regiments angelic, lightning
IN winged, rainbow-girled, hre-1oote'
is shall sweep into the great Armage'
re don! Sss -,
no The next regiment that see marc
ce ;rg into the fight will be the Regimen
n Ecc,esiastic. According to the last a
he, count, and practically only in the D
nd Ginning of the great gospel moveme1
Ips which proposes to take the whole ear
zee tor Cod there are 1900, 900 Methodist
lev 7e5 900 Baptists, 1,2so,3s3 Presbyt
ne ian, /. s3o. 900 Lutherans, and 64o,O
ed. Enisconalians. But the present ST
err tistics of the chnrcnes
Ar be utterly swampeo "nen
be ter all the great denominato
ave have done their best work, the $40
the est of all the sects will have more nu
SOL hers than the present enrolment
eep all denominations throughout CHI
lille tendom. You see by that time
ons atheist or an infidel will be a curl
,em ;tv and he will be looked at as
With lool, at a man with long hair rea
.bev ;no below his shoulders, and le
fire. finger nails that are never cut.
of a stare in the eyes indicated incipi
| of lunacy-not to be argued vi
was but to be pitied; while 1t Wall moi
evil auy unusual thing to see men as M
inst devoted to their religion as Fra,
Incl Xavier was devoted to his religi
and when he went through she sur
S in asking all to come ana near ms y
ked- expounded, in ten years pia1'ne
t an Gospel in so nations and baptii
auks over a million souls. And the e
laces hosts of believers who fill the ca
making the 2.sl7,ooo combatants
into Xerxes reviewed corporars g.
,rew- in comparison. see them, the
and1 meuts ecclesiastic, moving into
the last battle. The Lutherans, heade
rons. some great Martin Luther yet t