The Yale expositor., 1899-11-10


shall be so poor in dying he cannot
afford angelic escort. 1t would be g
long way to go alone, and up paths.wC
have never trod, and amid blazing
worlds swinging in unimaginable mo-
mentum, out and on through such dis
tances and across such infinitudes oil
space, we should shudder at the
thought Of going alone. But the an
gelic escort will come to your Ian
gushing pillow or the place of your
fatal accident, and say: Hail, i'm
mortal one! All is we'll; God hath
sent me to take you home" And, with
out tremor or slightest sense of peril,
you will away and upward further on
and further on, until after while
heaven heaves in sight, and the rumble
OF chariot wheels and the roll OF
mighty harmonies 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. forever safe, forever
free, forever well, forever rested, for
ever united, forever happy. Mothers,
do not think your little children so
alone when they quit this world. Out
OF your arms into angelic arms; out
Of sickness into health; out Of the
cradle into a Saviour's bosom. Not an
instant will the darlings be alone be-
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earth and the first kiss of heaven.
'Now. angels, do your work. cried an
expiring Christian.
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 against the
wrong, shun it. Sent forth from God to
help you in this great battle against
sin and death, accept his deliverance.
When tempted to a feeling OF loneli-
ness and DISAGREEMENT, appropriate
the promise. THE angel OF the Lord
encampeth around about them that
fear him and delivereth them" Oh,
am so glad that the spaces between
here and heaven are thronged with
these supernaturals, taking tidings
home, bringing messages here, rolling
back obstacles from our path and CIV
ing us defense; for terrific are the
forces who dispute our way, and IL the
nation Of the good angels is on our side
the nation of the bad angels is on the
other. Paul had it right when he said,
I'VE wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers OF
the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
In that awful fight may God send us
mighty angelic reinforcement! We
want all their wings on our side, all
their swords on our side, all their
chariots en- our side.
Thank God that those who are for
US are mightier than those who are
against u.s. And that thought makes
me jubilant as to the final triumph.
Belgium, you know, was the battle
ground OF England and France. Yea,
Belgium more than once was the bat
tle-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
commando r-in-chiet on one side; Luz
offer, as Byron calls him, or Mephis-
topheles, as Goethe calls him, or Sa-
tan, as the Bible calls him, the com
mander-in-chief on the other side. All
pure angelhood under the one leader
ship, and all abandoned angelhood I'M
der the other leadership. Many a Skin
mish 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 supernal res
licences, 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
each other. Hear the boom
of the great cannonade already opened!
Cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domi-
nations, principalities and powers are
beginning 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!"