The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-11-03
so much with them. I always occen,


ciated by all, never feel lonely again o
unegarded again! Angels all around
angels to approve, angels to help, an
gels 10 remember. Yea. while all III
good angels are friends Of the good
there is one special ange. your body
guard. This idea until this presen
study of angelology l supposed to b,
fanciful, but find IL clearly stated 1,
the Bible. When the disciples wer,
praying for Peters deliverance from
prison and he appeared at the door @
the prayer meeting. they could not b.
iieve it was Peter. They said: 1T !.
an angel" So these disciples, in sp>
cial nearness to Christ. evidently be
lieved that every worthy soul has ar
angel. Jesus said of his followers:
Their angels behold the face of my
Father" Elsewhere il is said: "Hs
shall give His angels charge over thee
TO keep thee in all thy ways" Angel.
shielded. angel-protected, angel-guard.
ed, angcl-canopied, art thou No won.
der that Charles Wesley hymned thes,
| words:
Which OF the petty kings of earth
| Can boast guard like ours,
Encircled from our second birth
! With all the heavenly powers?
Nalerius and Ruiinus were put to
death for Christ's sake in the year PSI
and after the day when their bodies had
been whipped and pounded into jelly.
in the night in prison and before III,
next day when they were to be executed
they both thought they saw angels
standing with two glittering crowns.
saying; BE of good cheer, valiant sol
diers of Jesus Christ! \ little 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 a blazing
coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we are
to have such guardian angel To take
us upward when our work is done. You
know, we are told an angel conducted
Lazarus TO Abraham's bosom. That
shows that none shall be so poor in dy.
ing he cannot afford angelic escort. Ii
would he long way 10 go alone, aud
up paths we have never trod, and amid
blazing worlds swinging IN unimagina-
be momentum, out and on through
such distances and across such infini-
tudes OF space we should shudder at
the thought OF going alone.
But tie angelic escort viii come 90
your larcuishing pillow or the place
Of your fatal accident and say: "liaii,
immortal onel All is well, God haiti
sent me to take you home" Aud with.
out trcmor or slightest sense of peril
you VIII away and upward, farther Oh
and farther on, until after awhile
Heaven heaves in sight and the rumble
Of chariot wheels and the roll of
mighty hnrmonies are heard in the dis,l
lance, and nearer you come, and uCarqU
still, until the brightness is like man
mornings suffused into one. and the
gates lift. and you are inside the
amethystine walls and on the banks
of the jasper sea, forever safe. forever
free, forever well, forever rested. for
ever united, forever happy. Mothers,
90 not think your little children 90
alone when they quit this world. Out
of your arms into angelic arms, out OF /
sickness into health, out of the cradle /
into a Saviour's bosom! Not an in /
slant will the darlings be alone between |
the two kisses-the last kiss Of earth /
and the first kiss OF Heaven. "Now. |
angels, do your work." cried an ex. /
piring Christian.
Yes, n guardian angel for each one /
Of you. Put yourself now in accord |
with him. When he suggests the right,
follow il. When he warns you against /
the wrong, shun il. Sent forth from God
to help you in this great battle against
sin and death, accept His delvcrancc
When tempted to feeling Of loneliness
and DISAGREEMENT, appropriate the
promise: "The angel of the Lord en-.
campeth around about them that fear
Him and deliyereth them" Oh, / am
so glad that the spaces between here
and Heaven are thronged with these
supernaturals taking tidings home !
bringing messages here, rolling back oh
stacles from our path and giving MS de.
Tense, for terrific are the forces who
dispute our way. and If the nation OF
the good angels is on our side the ua.
ton of bad angels is on the other. Paul
had il right when he said: I'VE wrestle
not against flesh and blood. but against
against powers, against
the rulers OF the darkness of thi,
world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places" In that awful fight NAV
God send us mighty angelic reen force,
ment! We want AL their wings on our
side, al their chariots on our side.
Thank God that those who are foI
US are mightier than those who are
against us! And that thought makes
me jubilant as TO the final triumph.
Belgium, you know, was the battle. |.
ground Of England and France. Yea, /,
Belgium more than once was the bat I
ile-ground of opposing nations. HIo 4
happens that this world is the Belgium
DR. battle-ground between the angelic .
ia!ions, good and bad. Michael. the q
commander in chief. on one side; Lu. q,
'Ier, as Byron calls him, or Mephis. ]
opheles, as Goethe calls him, or Satan. -
Is the Bible calls him, the commander d
n chief on the other side. AN pure
lngelhood under the one leadership I
md all abandoned angelhOod under J
he other leadership. Many a skirmish
ave the two armies had, but the great