Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-04
KEEP WATCH OVER Us
We Are Guarded by Angels Says
Dr.. Talmages
~ Terssi Besugs who Give wsrsfns
When EVIL Approsehe.-Nextt 60
Ged, They Control oar
Destiny.
fCopyrtSht. ls09. Louis KiopschD
NoahfuUfou Oct :,

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The brilliant beings supposed by
some TO be imaginary are by Dr. Ia4-
mage in his sermon shown 70 be rear
and 10 have much 20 do with our every
cav life. The text is Judges 1891
And the angel did wondrously."
Fire built on q rock, Manoah and his
wife had there ldndled the flames foI
sacrifice in praise of God and in honor
Of a guest whom they supposed to be
man. But as the dame rose higher and
higher their strange guest stepped INTO
the fame and by one red leap assembled
into the skies. Then they knew that was
an angel of the Lord. The angel ol'
woDdrously."
Two hundred nDd forty y-eight times .
does the Bible refer 40 the angels YET
never heard or read a sermon on angel
olo0y. The whole subject is relegated
TO the realm mythical, wiero' spectral
and unknown. Such adjournment IL
un-Scriptural and wicked. OF their hfe.
their character. their habits, their ac-
tions, their velocities, the Bible gives
Us full length portraits, and why this
prolonged and absolute silence con-
cerning them2 Angelology is my
theme.
There are two nations Of angels, and
,h.x are hostile 20 each other-the na-
tior Of good angels and the nation OF
had angels. OF .he former 1 chiefly
sneak today. Their capital. their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous Is
Heaven. hut their empire is the uni
verse. They are a distinct race OF crea-
tures. No human being can ever joan
their confrRternity. The htiIe ehllo
who In the Sabbath school sings;
want TO be an angel" will never have
her wish gratifiod. They are superhu'
man. but they are Of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level OF
the same height. They have their su
oeriors and interiors and equals. pro
pose no guessing on this subject. ou
take the Bible for my authority. Plato
the philosopher, guessed and oivioe'
angels into supcroelestial. celestial an
subcelestial. Dionysius. the Areopa
rfte. guessed. and divided them mt
three .lasses, the suprem me, the midot
and the last. aud each OF these int
shree other classes. making nine IN al
Philo said angels were related 10 Soc
as the rays of the sun. Fulgenuus sal
that they were composed of body an
spirit. Clement said they were ineol
poreai. Augustine said that they Ia
been in danger Of falling. but now al
beyond being tempted But the onl
authority on this subject that respe'
saws they are divided into cherubiu
seraphim, thrones. dominions, prime
paRties. powers. Their commander
chief Is Michael. Daniel called hi
Michael. st. John called him Micha'
These supernal beings are more tho
ou0hly organized than any army th'
ever marched. They are swifter ths
nny cyclone that ever swept the sc
They are more radiant than any NOR
ing that ever came down the sky Th'
have more TO do with your destiny al
mine than any being in the universe e
cept God. May the Angel of the Ne
Covenant. who is the Lord Jesus, oP
our eyes and touch our tongue n
rouse our soul while we speak OF tn
deathlessness. their intelligence. th'
numbers, their strength, their achie'
ments-
Yea. deathless. They had Grad
but will never have q grave. The Lc
remembers when they were born.
no one shall ever see their eye ext
s1uished or their momentum slow
or their existence terminate. The @
est of them has not a wrinkle or
crepitude or q hindrance, as you
/ after 5000 years as at the close Of II
y frst hour. Christ said TO the good
Heaven: Neither can they die
more. for they are equsl unto the
gels" Yes, deathless are these "
derful creatures Of whom speak. II
will see world after world 60 out,
there shall be no fading of their
brilHance. Yea, after the last w
has taken its last flight, they viii
ready for the widest circuit through
nensity, rxking q quadrilion Of m
In one sweep as easy as a pigeon CIR
q dovecote. They are never sick. L
are never exhausted. They need
sleep, for they are never tired, AT u
command they smote with death, In
night, $4,000 Of Sennaeherib's host
no fatality can smite them. Aw
agile, nsuitipotent. deathless. imrno
A further Characteristic Of q
radiant folk Is intelligence The wo
of Tekoah was right when she 81
20 King David of the wisdom O
angel. We mortals taise IN what
we know through the eye and ear
~ostrii and touch. but those De
have no physical ineasement, and n
they are an senses wall nve
thick a not solid 60 them. Thr'
II they go without disturbing nal
mortar OF crystal OF SAND nno".e
II.