The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-11-03

| them TO their wits end, ana the Bloi'
says they have to study that. The,
. have been studying il through all th,
ages, and vet / warrant they have not
fully grasped 1.-THE wonders of re
demption. These wonders are so high
so deep, so grand, so stupendous, &C
magnificent, that even the teuiiyencs
of angelhood is confounded before 1t,
The apostle says: (which things the
angels desire to look into" That is a
subject that excites iuquisitveness on
their part. That is theme that struins
their faculties TO the utmost. That is
higher than they can climb, deeper than
they can dive. They have desire for
something too big for their compre-
hcnsion. (which things the angels
desire to look into" But that does not
discredit their intelligence. No one
hut God Himself can fairly understand
the wonders of redemption. IL all
Heaven should study il for so centuries,
they would get no further than the
A Il c of that inexhaustible subject.
But nearly all other realms of knowi-
edge they have ransacked and explored
and comprised. No one but God can
tell them anything they do not know.
They have read to the last word of the
last line Of the last page OF the last
volume of investigation, and what de-
lights me most is that all their intelli-
gence is 10 be at our disposal, and, com
| ing into their presence, they will tell
us in five minutes more than we Fan
learn by 100 years Of earthly surruis-
| ing.
Another remark l have TO make con-
corning these illustrious immortala is
that they are multitudinous. Their
census has never been taken, and no
one but God knows how many there
are but all the Bible accounts suggest
their immense numbers-companies o.
them, regiments of them, armies ot
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 thou.
sand Now. according 10 my cdlcula.
ton, ten thousand times ten thousand
are 10000, 900. But these are only the
angels in one place. David counted 20.
600 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. think they are in every
battle. in every eNigency, at every
birth, at every pillow. at every hour, at
every moment, the earth full of them,
the heavens full of them. They out
number the human race in this worl1.
They cutnumber REASONED spirits IN
glory. When Abraham had his knife
urlifted to slay Isaac IL was an angel
who arrested the stroke. crying: "Abra-
ham, Abraham" II was the stairway
of angels that Jacob saw while pillowed
in the wilderness. We are told an angel
led the hosts of lsraclites out of Egyp-
tian serfdom. 1t was an angel that
showed IIagar the fountain where she
filled the bottle for the lad. II was an
angel that took Lot out Of doomed
Sodom. IL was an angel that shut up
the mouth of the hungry monsters
when Daniel was thrown into the cav
ems. 1t was an angel that fed Elijah
under the juniper tree. 1t was an angel
that announced to Mary the approach
iUR EdllNlNN. 1ntN NtIt uIEtlH Ahul
chanted when Christ was born. II was
an angel that strengthened our Saviour
in His agony. 1t was an angel that en-
couraged Paul in the Mediterranean
shipwreck. IL was an angel that burst
open the prison, gate after gate, until
Peter was liberated. IL was an angel
that stirred the pool OF Sloan. where
the sick were healed. II was an angel
that John saw flying through the midst
of Heaven, and an angel with foot plant
ed 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 walls, and an angel standing in the |
sun. II 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. ana the Lord shall be revealed from !
Heaven with mighty angels. Oh, the |
numbers and the might and the glory |
OF these supernals-feets OF them, |
squadrops of them, host beyond host, |
rank above rank, millions on millions, |
and all on our side IL we will have thcm |
What an incentive to purity and right |
eousness Is this doctrine that we are |
continually under angelic observation! |
Eyes ever on you, SO that the most Sc
cret misdeed is committed in the midst |
of an audience of immortals. No door
so bolted, no darkness SO Zimmerman,
as to hinder that supernal eyesight.
Not critical eyesight, not jealous eye
sight, not baleful eyesight, but friend
ly eyesight, sympathetic eyesight, help
full syesight. Confidential clerk OF
store, with great responsibility on your
shoulder and no one to applaud your
work when you do it well and sick with
the worlds ingratitude, think of the an
gels in the counting room raptured at
your fidelity! Mother of household,
mending, cooking, busting,
planning. up half the night or all night
with the sick child, day in and day out,
year in and year out, worn with the
OF life that no one seems
to care for, think Of the angels in the
nursery, angels in all the rooms Of your ,
loiling, angels about the sick cradle, and ,
al in sympathy! {
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