The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-30


the earth In a minute. Angelic beings
are bodiiess and have no limitation God
may with his finger point down to some
world In trouble On the outmost limits Of
creation, and instantly an angelic cohort
is there to help 1t, or some celestial may
be standing at the farthermost outpost OF
, immensely, and God may say "Come!"
and instantly II Ia In his bosom. Abra-
ham, Elijah, Hagar, Joshua, Gideon, Ma
noah, Paul, st. John, could tell of their
unhindered l0com0tiOn. The red feet of
summer lightning are slow compared
with their hegiras This doubles up and
congresses infnitudes into iniinitesimals.
This puts all the astronomical heavens
into space like the balls of child's rat
tie. This mingles into one the here and
the there, the now and the then, the be-
yond and the yoDder.
Angels Everywhere.
Another remark have to make con-
corning these illustrious immortals is
that they are multitudinous. Their CEN
sus has never been taken and no one but
God knows how many they are. but all
the Bible accounts suggest their immense
numbers-companies of them, regiments
of them, armies Of them, mountain tops
haloed by them, skies populous with
them. John speaks Of angels and other
beings round the throne as ten thousand
times ten thousand. Now, according to
my calculation, ten thousand times ten
thousand are 100,000,000. But these are
anly the angels in one place. David
counted 10000 of them rolling down the
sky in chariots. When God came away
from the riven rocks of Mount Sinai, the
Bible says he had the companionship of
10000 angels. l think they are in ev-
cry battle, in every exigency, at every
birth. at every pillow, at every hour, at
every moment. the earth full of them,
the heavens full Of them. They outnuln-
Der the human race In this world. They
outnumber ransomed spirits In glory.
When Abraham had his knife uplifted
to STAY Isaac. it was an angel who ar
rested the stroke, crying, abraham,
Abraham" 1t was a stairway of angels
that Jacob saw while pillowed in the
wilderness. We are told an angel led
the hosts Of Israeltes out Of Egyptian
serfdom. 1t WIS an angel that showed
Hagar the fountain where she filed the
bottle for the lad. 1t was an angel that
took Lot out of doomed Sodom. 1t was
an angel that shut up the mouth of the
hungry monsters when Daniel was
thrown into the caverns. 1t was IN
angel that fed Elijah under the juniper
tree. 1t was an angel that announced
to Mary the approaching nativity. They
were angels that chanted when Christ
was born. 1t was an angel that strength
ened our Saviour in his agony. 1t was
nm angel that encouraged Paul in the
Mediterranean shipwreck. 1t was an
angel that burst open the prison, gate
after gate, until Peter was liberated 1t
was an angel that stirred the pool of
Sloan, where the sick were healed. 1t
was IN angel that John saw flying
through the midst of heaven, and an an
gel with foot planted on the sea, and
an angel that opened the book, and an
angel that sounded the trumpet, and an
angel that thrust in the SICKLE and an
angel that poured out the vials, and an
angel standing in the sun. 1t will be an
angel with uplifted hand swearing that
time shall be no longer. In the great
final harvest Of the world the reapers are
the angels. Yea, the Lord shall be re-
vealed from heaven with mighty angels.
oh, the numbers and the might and the
glory of these supernals-heets of them,
squadrons of them, host beyond host,
rank above rank, millions on millions,
and all on our side if we will have them!
Con,forters of Humanity.
This leads me to speak of the offices Of
these supernals. To defend, to cheer to
rescue, to escort, to give victory to the
rin tbrn ~,
their business--just as alert today and
efficient as when in Bible times they
spread wing or unsheathed sword or
rocked down penitentiaries or filed the
mountains with horses of fire hitched to
chariots Of fire and driven by reinsmen of
fire. They have turned your steps hun
dred times, and you knew it not. You
were on the way to do some wrong thing,
and they changed your course. They
brought some thought of Christian par
entage or of loyalty to your own home,
and that arrested you. They arranged
that some one should meet you at that
crisis and propose something honorable |
and elevating, or they took from your |
pocket some ticket to evil amusement, |
ticket that you never found. 1t was an |
angel of God, and perhaps the very one
that guided you to this service and that ]
now waits to report some holy impression |
to be made upon your soul, tarrying with |
one foot upon the doorstep Of your i'm
mortal spirit and the other foot lifted for |
ascent into the skies. BY some prayer de-
tain him until he can tell Of n rcpentant
and ransomJd soul! Or you were some
time borne down with trouble, bereave-
Jnp tab
and all manner of troubles beating their
discords in your heart and life. You gave
up. You said:'I cannot stand it any lon
ger i believe / will take my life. Where
is the rail train or the deep wave or the
precipice that will end this torment of
earthly eIistence?" But suddenly your
mind frightened. Courage came surging
nto your heart like oceanic tides. You
aid. God Is on my side, and all these
dversites he can make turn out for my
,ood." Suddenly you felt peace, deep
,eace, the peace of God that passeth all
What made the changer
sweet aud mighty and comforting an
eel of the Lord met you. That was all.
Incentive to Purity.
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BUSINESS is this doctrine that we are con-
inually under angelic observation. Eyes
Yer on YOU, SO that the most secret mis-
ICED is committed in the midst of an
udience Of immortals. No door so bolt
d, no darkness so Cimmerian, as to hin
er that supernal eyesight. Not critical
yesight, not Jealous eyesight, not bale
III eyesight, but friendly eyesigbt. SYM
athletic eyesight, helpful cyesight. Con-
dental clerk of store, with great respon-
ibility on your shoulder and no one to
pplaud your work when you do 1t well
nd sick with the worlds ingratitude,
mink of the angels in the counting room
aptured at your fidelity. Mother of
ousehold, stitching, mending, cooking,
listing, planning, up half the night or all
light with the sick child, day in and day