Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-30
ing coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we

ing coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we
are to have such a guardian angel to
take us upward when our work is done.
You know, we are told an angel con-
Quoted Lazarus to Abraham's bosom.
That shows that none shall be so poor
in dying he cannot afford angelic escort.
It would be a long way to go alone,
and up paths we have never trod, and
amid blazing worlds swinging in I'M
imaginable momentum, out and on
through such distances and across such
infnitudes of space we should shudder
at the thought of going alone.
But the angelic escort will come to
your languishing pillow or the place of
your fatal accident and say: "Hail, i'm
mortal onel All is we'll God hath sent
me to take you home" And without
tremor or slightest sense of peril you
will away and upward, farther on and
farther on, until after awhile heaven
heaves in sight and the rumble of char
lot wheels and the roll of mighty har-
monies are heard in the distance, and
nearer you come, and nearer still, until
the brightness is like many mornings
suffused into one, and the gates lift,
and you are inside the amethystine walls
and on the banks of the jasper sea, for
ever safe, forever free, forever well,
forever rested, forever united, forever
happy. Mothers, do not think your lit
tie children go alone when they quit
this world. Out of your arms into an
gelic arms, out of sickness into health,
out Of the cradle into Saviour s bosom
Not an instant will the darlings be
alone between the two kisses-the last
kiss of earth and the first kiss of heav-
en-. F'Now, angels, do your work."
cried an expiring Christian.
Guardian Angel For All.
Yes, a guardian angel for each one
of you. Put yourself now in accord
with him. When he suggests the right,
follow it. When he warns you against
the wrong, shun it. Sent forth from
God to help you in this great battle
against sin and death, accept his deliv-
erance. When tempted to feeling of
loneliness and disheartenment appro-
pirate the promise, "The angel of the
Lord encampeth around about them
that fear him and delivereth them. "
Oh, am so glad that the spaces be-
tween here and heaven are thronged
with these supernaturals taking tidings
home, bringing messages here, rolling
back obstacles from our path and CIV
ing US defenses, for terrific are the
forces who dispute our way, and If the
nation of the good angels is on our side
the nation of bad angels is on the other.
Paul had it right when he said, eve
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers,
ST no Of "a 6arl Of
this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places" In that awful fight
may God send us mighty angelic re-en-
forcementl We want all their wings on
our side, all their swords on our side,
all their chariots on our side.
Thank God that those who are for us
are mightier than those who are against
usl And that thought makes me jubi-
liant as to the final triumph. Belgium,
you know, was the battle-ground of
England and France. Yea, Belgium
more than once was the battle-ground
of opposing nations. 1t so happens that
this world is the Belgium or battle
ground between the angelic nations,
good and bad. Michael, the commander
in chief on one side; Lucifer, as Byron
calls him, or Mephistopheles, as Goethe
calls him, or satan, as the Bible calls
him, the commander in chief on the
other side. All pure angelhood under
the one leadership and all abandoned
angelhood under the other leadership
Many a skirmish have the two armies
had, but the great and decisive battle
is yet to be fought. Either from our
earthly homes or down from our SUI
pernal residences may we come in on
the right side, for on that side are God
and heaven and victory. Meanwhile the
battle is being set in array, and the
forces celestial and demoniacal are con-
fronting each other. Hear the boom of
the great cannonade already opened
Cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domina-
tions, principalities and powers are be-
ginning to ride down their foes, and,
until the work is completed, ''Sun,
stand thou still upon Gideon, and thou,
moon, in the valley of Ajalon -