Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10

word OF the last line OF the last page
of the last volume of investigation.
And wha, delights ne most is that ali
their Intelligence Is 10 be at our dis
posal and. coming into their presence.
they Will tell us in five minutes more
than We can learn by one hundred
wears OF earthly surm: ing.
Another remark ! have TO make con-
corning these il.1ssriOus immOrtalS is
that they are muItitudinous. Their
census has never Leen taken and no
one bus God knows how many they are.
Iut all the Bible accounts suggest their
immense numbers. Companies OF
them. regiments OF them. armies OF
them. moun;ain-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
10 my calculation. ten thousand times
ten thousand are one hundred million.
But these are only the angels III one
place. David counted twenty thousand
of them rolling down the sky in char
lots When God came away from the
riven rocks OF Mount Sinai. the Bible
SAYS he had the companions nip of ten
thousand angels | think they are in
every battle. in every exigency. at
every birth. at every pillow. At every
hour al every moment. The earth full
of them The heavens full of them.
They outnumber the human race in
this world They outnumber ransomed
spirits in glOry. When Abraham nad
his knife uplfted 10 Stay Isaac. it was
an angel who arrested the stroke, cry
ing. Abraham. Abraham. IL was
stairway OF angels tina: Jacob saw
while pillOwed in the wilderness. we
are TOLD an angel led the hosts OF
Israelites out Of Egyptian serfdom.
IL was an angel that showed Hagar the
fountain where she filled the bottle for
the lad. IL was an angel that TOOK
Lot out OF doomed SodOm. II was an
angel that shut up the mouth or the
hungry monsters when Daniel was
thrown into the caverns. 1t was an
angel that fed Elijah under the juniper
tree. Il was au angel that announced
to Mary the approaching nativity.
They were angels that chanted when
Christ Was born. II was an angel that
strengthened our Savior in his agony.
Il was on angel that encouraged PAU
in the Mediterranean shipwreck. IL
was al angel that burst open the
prison. gate after gate. until Peter was
liberated Ii was an angel that stirred
the Pool of Sloan where the sick
We're healed X was an angel that
John saw flying through the midst OF
heaven, and an angel With foot planted
on the sea. and an angel that opened
the book, and an angel that thrust in
the sickle. and an angel that poured
out the Walls. and an angel standing
in the sun. i, 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
revealed from heaven with mighty
angels. On. the numbers ami the
might and the glory OF these super
mails. Fleets of them, SqGadrOns CT
them, Host beyond hos, Rank
above rank, Millions on millions.
And all on our side Il We will have
them.
Men and women Of al circumstances,
only partly appreciated or nor appce-
ciated at all. never feel lonely again
or unregarded again, Angels all
around: angels 20 approve angels TO
help. angels to remember. Yea. while
al the good angels are friends OF the
good, there Is one special angel your
bodyguard This idea until this pres
ent study Of angei0iogy. | supposed to
be fanciful. hut find il clearly stated
II. the Bible When the disciples were
praying for Peter deiiyerance from
prison and he appeared at the door Of
the prayer meeting. they could not BE-
lieve it vas Peter They said, 1T Is
his angel" So these disciples. In spe-
Cial nearness 80 Christ. evidently be-
lieved that every worthy soul has an
angel. Jesus said of his followers:
Their angel shall behold the face of
my Father" Elsewhere Il is said
He shall give his angels charge over
thee. To keep thee in all thy WAYS"
Angei-shielded. angel-pr0tected. angel
guarded. aneei-canopied art thou. M
wonder that Charles Wesley hymned
these words.
Which Of the petty kings Of earth
Can boast . guard like ours.
Encircied from our second birth
With al The heavenly powers?"
NaleTius and Ruinus were put 10
death for Christ's sahe in the year 2S7.
and after the day when their bodies
had been whipped and pounded into IA
jelly. in the night in prison. and be-
fore the next day when they were 10
be executed. hey both thought they
saw angels standing with TWO glitter
ing crowns. saying. BE OF good cheer.
valiant soldiers OF Jesus Christ. lit
tie more of battle. and then these
crowns are yours" And | am glad to
know that before many Of those who
have passed through great sufferings
IN this life some angel OF God has held
blazing coronet % 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 conducted Lazarus 10 Abra-
hams b0som That shows that none
shall Re SO poor in dying he cannot
afford angelic escort II would he IA
long way 10 go alone. and mp paths We
have never trOd. and amid blazing
worlds swinging in nnimaginabIe no