Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
TALMAGE'S .iEKMON.
A&CELOLOGY THE SUBJECT ON
LAST SUNDAY.
The Brilliant Eeings Have Much to DO
with Our Everyday Life-The Text
- Judges 1870: And the Angel Did
NoDdrouSl,.

Pie aunt IN Il TOcR ManOan and
his wife had here kindied the flames
for sacrifice ia praise Of God aud in
honor of a guest whom they supposed
10 be man. BJt, a. the names rose
higher and higher. their stranger guest
stepped into the flame and 10y one red
leap assembled into the skies. Then
they knew ;aat he Was an angel o. the
lord. The angel I'D wondrousl:.
Two hundred and f0rs. -eIght times
gees the Bible refer 10 The angels. yet
never heard OF read sermon on
Angelology The whole sabjec; is
relegated 10 the realm mythical. weird,
spectral and unknown. Such adjourn
ment is unscripturdl and wicked Of
their life. their character. their habits.
their actions. their velocities. the Bible
gives US full-length portraits. and why
this prolonged and absolute silence
concerning them Anselolosy is my
theme.
There are tso nations OF angels.
and they are hostile 20 each other;
the nation of good angels and the ma
chiefly speak today. Their capital,
their headquarters. their grand rem
devious. i heaven but their empire is
the universe. They are a distinct race
of creatures No human being can
ever join their coBfrate.nity. The liz
lie child who in the Sabbath school
sings, " Iwant To- be an angel" will
never have her wish gratifed. They
are superhuman. but they are OF diff
ferent grades and ranks, not all on the
same level. or the same height. They
have their supCriOrS and interiors and
equals. ! propose no guessing ON this
subject, hat take the Bible for my only
authority. Plato. the philosopher,
guessed and divided angels into super
celestial. celestial ant sub-celestial.
DiOnysius. the AIeoDag Cite. guessed
and divided ;hem into three classes
the supreme the middle and the last
and each Of these into three other
classes. making nine in all. Phiio
said that the angels were related 10
God, rs the rays to the sun. Fulgen-
titus said that they were composed OF
body and spirit. Clement said they
Were incorpOrcal AugustiBe said that
they had been in danger OF falling.
but now are beyond being tempted
But the only authority On this sub
lect. that / respect. says they are di-
vided into Cherubim. Seraphim,
Thrones. Dominations Principalities,
Powers. Their commander in-chief is
Michael. Daniel called him Michael.
81. john called him Michael. These
supernal beings are more thoroughly
organized than any army that ever
marched. They are swifter than any
cyclone that ever swept the sea. They
are more radiant than any morning
that ever came down the sky. They
have more 70 do with your destiny and
mine than any being IL the universe
except God. May the Angel OF the
New Covenant. who IS the Lord Jesus.
open cur eyes. and touch cur tongue,
and rouse our soul. while we speak or
their deathlessness. their intelligence.
their numbers. their strength. their
achievements.
Yes, deathIess. They he'd a cradle.
but viii never have a grave The Lord
remembers when they were born. but
no one shall ever see their eye ey-
tinguished. or their momentum slow
up, or their existence terminate. The
oldest OF them has not wrinkle. or
a dsorepituoe. az hindrance; as
young after six thousand years as at
the close Of heir first hour Christ
said OF the good in heaven. Neither
can they die any more for they are
equal INTO the angels" Yes. death
less are these wonderful creatures OF
whoU / speak. They viii see world
after world 20 out. hut there shall be
no fading Of their own brilliance.
Yea. after The LAST world has taken its
iast flight. they will De ready for the
widest circuit through immensely, TAX
ing a quadrilliOn CT miles in one sweep
as easy As a pigeon circles a dovecot
\ further characteristic of these ra-
iiant folk is intelligence The woman
II TekOah was right when she spoke
20 King David OF the wisdom of an
angel We mOrtais take in what little
we know through eye and ear and nos
Til and touch; but those beings have
no physical encasement and hence they
are all senses. \ wall five feet thick is
not solid 10 them Through il they go
without disturbing fake Of mortar or
-rystai Of sand knowledge. 1t flash
= On them. They take it i'm at all
points They absorb it. They gather
IL ND without any hinderment. No
Eeed Of literature for tbeml The let
ters Of their books are stars The
iashes OF their books are meteors.
rhe words of their hooks are constella-
'ions The paragraphs OF their books
are ga!axies. The pictures of their
looks are sunrises. and sunsets, and
midnight aurOras. and the Conqueror
on the white horse with the moon un
Ter his feet. Their library is an open
universe. No need of telescope 10 see
something millions of miles away. for
instantly they are there to inspect and
Ip.. . il. All ASTRONOMERS. all geolo-
sies. al botanies. all PHILOSOPHERS at
heir feet. What an opportunity for
Intelligence il theirs, What facilities
for knowing everything ard knowing
st rieat away,
There is onlT one thing that puts
them 10 their wits end. and the Bible
says they have to study that. They
have ! zen studying it all through the
ages. al yet ] warrant they have not
fully sped 1.-THE wonders of Re
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80 deep. so grand. 50 stupendous. so