The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-11-03
KEEP WATCH OVER US
We Are Guarded by Angels Says
DR.. Talmage.
sapernal beings Who Give Warning
when EVIL Approaches-Nextt to
God. They Control Our
Destiny.
Copyright. 1899. LOUIS Klopsch)


some to be imaginary are by DIR. Tai
mage in his sermon shown to be rea
and to have much TO do with our every
Gay life. The text is Judges 1870
"And the angel did wondrously."
Fire built on q rock, Manoah and hi
wife had there kindled the flames TO
sacrifice in praise of God and in honor
OF guest whom they supposed to b'
man. But as the fame rose higher ant
higher their strange guest stepped int
the fame and 10y one red leap assembled
into the skies. Then they knew that was
an angel of the Lord. THE angel die
wondrously."
Two hundred and forty eight times
does the Bible refer to the angels, yet
never heard or read a sermon on angel
ology. The whole subject is relegated
to the realm mythical, wierd, spectral
and unknown. Such adjournment is
un-Scriptural and wicked. OF their life,
their character. their habits. their ac-
tons, their velocities. the Bible gives
us full length portraits, and why this
prolonged aud absolute silence con-
corning them? Augelology is my
theme
There are two nations of angels, and
they are hostile 70 each other-the ma
ton of good angels and the nation of
bad angels. OF :he former | chiefly
speak to-day. Their capital, their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous, is
Heaven. but their empire is the uni
verse. They are a distinct race of crea-
lures. No human being can ever join
their coniratcrnity. The little child
who in the sabbath school sings; ii
want to be an angel" will never have
her wish gra,ifed. They are superhu-
man, but they are of different grades
ard ranks. not all on the same level or
the same height. They have their SUI
periors and interiors and equals. lpro-
pose no guessing on this subject. but
take the Bible for my authority. Plato,
the philosopher, guessed and divided
angels into supcrcolestial, celestial and
subcelestial Donysius, the Areopa-
Cite, guessed, and divided them into
three classes. the supreme, the middle
and the last, ond each of thee iato
three other classes, making nine in all.
Philo said angels were related 10 God,
as the rays of the sun. FulGen;ius said
that they were composed of body and
spirit. Clement said they were incor-
poreal. Augustine said that they had
been in danger of falling. but now are
beyond being tempted. But the only
authority on this subject that respect
says they are divided into cherubim,
seraphim. thrones. dominions, princi-
paities, powers. Their commander in
chief is Michael. Daniel called him
Michael. st. John called him Michael.
These supernal beings are more thor
oughly organized than any army that
ever marched. They are swifter than
any cyclone that ever swept the sea.
They are more radiant than any morn
ing that ever came down the sky. They
have more to do with your destiny and
mine than any being in the universe eX-
cept God May the Angel of the New
Covenant, who is the Lord Jesus, open
our eyes and touch our tongue and
rouse our soul while we speak of their
deathlessness, their intelligence, their
numbers, their strength, their achieve
ments.
Yes, deathlcss. They had a cradle,
out will never have a grave. The Lord
remembers when they were born, but
no one shall ever see their eye eXtin-
guished or their momentum slow up
or their existence terminate. The old
est of them has not wrinkle or a de-
crepitude or hindrauce, as young
after 6,000 years rs at the close of their
first hour. Christ said to the good in
Heaven: Neither can they die any
more. for they are equal unto the an
gels" Yes. deathless are these won
derful creatures of whom | speak. They
will see world after world 60 out, and
there shall be no fading of their own
brillianCe. Yea, after the last world
has taken its last flight, they will be
ready for the widest circuit through i'm
mensity, taking a quadrilion of miles
In one sweep as easy as pigeon circles
a dovecotc. They are never sick. They |
are never exhausted. They need no
sleep, for they are never tired. At Gods |
command they smote with death. in one |
night $4,000 of Sennacherib's host, but |
no fatality can smite them. Awake, |
agile. multipotent. deathlcss, immortal! |
A further characteristic of these
radiant folk is intelligence. The woman
OF Tekoah was right when she spoke
to King David of the wisdom Of an
angel. We mortals take in what little
we know through the eye and ear and
sostril and touch, but those beings
have no physical incasement, and hence
they are all senses. A wall five feet
thick is not solid to them. Through
1t they go without disturbing fake of
mortar or crystal Of sand. knowledge!
1t flashes on them. They take it in at
AL points. They absOrbit. They gather
1t up without any Underwent. No
need of literature for them. The let
tiers Of their books are s,ars. The
dashes of their books are meteors. The
words Of their books are consultations.
The paragraphs Of their books are gal
axies. The pictures Of their books are
sunrises and sunsets and midnight au-
roras aud the Conqueror on the white
horse with the moon under his feet.
Their library is an open universe. No {
need OF telescope to see something