The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-02

ing these illustrious immortnls Is that ey
are multitudinous. Their census has never
been taken, and no one but God knows
how many they are, hut all the Bible ac-
counts suggest their immense numbers.
companies OF them, regiments of them.
armies OF 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 to my calculation,
ten thousand times ten thousand are 100,-
O0O,OO0. But these are only the angels In
one place. David counted 10000 OF them
rolling down the sky in charlots. 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 exlgency,
ut every birth, at every pillow, at every
hour, at every moment, the earth full OF
them, the heavens full OF them.
They outnumber the human race in
this world They outnumber ransomed
spirits in glory. When Abraham had his
knife uplifted to slay Isaac 1t was au angel
who arrested the stroke, crvlng. "Abra-
ham, Abrahaml" 1t was u stairway OF
angels that Jacob saw while plIlowed in
the wilderness. We are told an angel led
the hosts OF Isruelltes out OF Egyptian
serfdom. 1t was an angel that showed
HaHar the fountain where she filed the
bottle for tho lad. 1t was an angel that
angel that shut mp the mouth OF the hum
CRY monsters when Daniel was thrown In
to the cavern. II was an angel that fed
Elijah under the juniper tree. 1t was an
angel that announced to Mary the ap-
proachlng nativity. They were angels that
chanted when Christ was born. 1t was an
angel that strengthened our Saviour in His
agony. 1t was an angel that encouraged
Paul In the Mediterranean shipWreck
1t was an angel that burst open the prison ,
gate after gate, until Peter was liberated.
II was nm angel that stirred the pool of
Sloan, where the sick were healed. 1t
was an angel that John saw flying through
the midst OF heaven, and an angel with
foot planted on the sea, and an angel that
opened the book, aud an angel that sound
ed the trumpet, and an angel that thrust
in the sickle, and an angel that poured out
the vlals, aud an angel standing iu the sun.
1t VIII be un angel with uplittod hand
swearing that time shall be no longer. In
the great final harvest OF the world the
reaperS are the angels. Yea, the Lord
ahall be rnvealed from heaven with mighty
angels. Oh, tho numbcrs aud the mignt
aud tue glory o. tlu,o -upernals-heets OF
them, squadrOns OF them, host beyond
host, rank above rank. millions on mill
Ions, aud all on our 81 lc II we will have
the ul
This leads me to speak OF the ofIlces OF
these supernals. To defend, to cheer, to
rescue, to escort, to give victory to tho
right and overthrow the wrong-that Is
their business-just ~ alert to-day and
efficient AS when in Bible times they spread
wing or unsheathed sword or rocked down
penitentlaries or lllled tho mountnins with
horses OF lire hitched to chariots of fire and
driven by reinsmen OF fire. Ihey have
turned your steps hundred times, and
you know it not. You were on the way to
do some wrong thing, amt they changed
'rnpy hrnuo,hf hor
or Christian parentnge or OF loyalty to
your own home. and that arrested YOU
Ihey arranged that some ono should meet
you mt that crisis and propose something
honorable ana elevating, or they took
from your pocket some ticket TO evil
amusement, II ticket that you never found.
1t was I'M angel of God, and perhaps the
very one that guided you to this service
ana that now waits to report some holy
Impression to be made upon your
soul. tarryinI with one foot upon
tne doorstep OF Your immortal
for ascent into the skies. By some PRAYER
detan him until he can tell you OF re-
pentant and ransomed soull Or you were
Some time borne down with trouble, be-
reavemcnt, persecution, bankruptcy, sick
ness and all manner OF troubles beating
their discords In YOUR heart and life You
gave up. You said: II cannot stand Il auy
longer. believe l will take my life.
Where Is tue rail train or the deep wave or
the precipice that will end this torment OF
earthly exlstence?" But suddenly your
mind frightened. Courage came surginy
into your heart like oceanic tides, You
said, God is OH my side, and all these ad-
versities He can nuke turn out for my
good" Suddenly you felt II peace, a deep
peace, the peace OF God that passeth ali
understanding. What made the change2
A sweet and mighty comforting angel of
the Lord met you. That was all.
Yes, guardian angel for each one OF
you. Put yourself now in accord with
Him. When He suggests tho right, follow
It. When He warns you against the wrong,
shun 1t. Sent forth from God 10 help you
in this great battle against sin and death,
accept his deliverance. When tempted to
II feeling OF loneliness and disheartenment,
appropriate the promise, "The angel OF
tho Lord encHmpeth around about them
that fear Him and delivereth them" oh.
1 am so glad that the spaces between
mere ana heaven are throngcd with
these supernaturals taking tidlngs
home, bringing messages here rolling
back obstacles from oGr path and giving
MS derenses, for terrific are she forces who
dispute our way, and If the nation of tho
good angels Is on our side the nation OF
Dad angels Is on the other. Paul had II
right when he said, "We wrestle NOT
against flesh and blood, but against, prln-
eipaliiios, against powers, against the
rulers oil the darkness OF this world.
against spiritual wickedness in high
places. In thar awful fight may God send
rs mighty angelic reinforcement We
want all their wings on our side, all their
swords on our side, all their charlots on
our side.
Thank God that those who Are for us are
mightier than those who are against usl
And that thought makes me iubilant as to
ilnai triumph. Belgium, you know, was the
battle-ground OF England and France. Yes,
Belgium more than once was the battle
ground OF opposing nations. II so happens
that this world is the Belgium or battle-
ground between the angelic nations, good
and bad. Michael, the commander-in chief
on one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls him,
or Mephistophees. as Goethe calls him; or
Satan, as the Bible calls him, the com
-chief on the other side All pure
under the one leadership and all
abandoned angehood under the OF her lead
ership. Many skirmish have the two arm
les hhd, but the gTent and decisive batlle Is
yet to be fought. Either from our earthly
homes or down from our supernal resi-
dences may we come In on the right side,
Tor ON that side are God aud heaven and
victory Meanwhile the battle Is being sot
In array, and the forces celestial and
demoniacal are confronting each other.
Hear the boom OF the great cannonade al
ready openedl Cherubim, seraphim,
thrones, nominations, princlpalities and
powers are beginning to ride down their
Toes, and, until the work is completed,
sun. stand thou still upon Gideon. and
thou. moon. In the valley OF AIalon!'