The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-04
KEEP WATCH OVER US
d. Are Guarded by Angels Says
DR.. Talmage.
.nol ncings who Give warning
when Evil Approach"s-NeN' ~
G.d, They Control Our
Destiny.
a-opyrlght. 1858. Louis Klopsch)
Washington,

mn. 10 be imaginary are by DR.. Ia
70 in his sermon shown to be rcu
af TO have much to do with our every
~ ~ Iife. The text is Judges 1919
49,. .InJ fine angel did wondrously,"
r;re bult on rock. Manoah and hi
.,fs had there kindled the flames TO
'.criliee in praise of God and in homo
- a guest whom they supposed to b,
man, But as the flame rose higher an,
rirber their strange guest stepped int,
,be fame and by one red leap ascendeC
,ntothe skies. Then they knew that wal
az angel of the Lord. The angel die
vondrously.'
Two hundred and forty-eight time,
docs the Bible refer to the angels, yet
r.,er heard or read sermon on angel
a ol5ey. The whole subject is RELOCATED
n the realm mythical, wierd, spectral
and unknown. Such adjournment is
rr.Seriptural and wicked OF their life
u their character, their habits, their ac-
inns. their yelocities, the Bible gives
n. full length portraits, and why this
proloneed and absolute silence con
cening them? Augelology is my
4 theme.
There are two nations of angels, and
hev are hostile to each other-the ma
finn of good angels and the nation of
had angels. OF the former / chiefly
sneak to-day. Their capital, their head
oparters, their grand rendezvous, is
Heaven. but their empire is the uni
verse. They are distinct race of crea-
ures. No human being can ever join
their confraternity. The little child
who in the Sabbath school sings: -
want to be an angel will never have
her wish gratified. They are superhu-
man. but they are of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level or
the same height. They have their SUI
periors and interiors and equals. pro-
pose 10 guessing on this subject, but
fake the Bible for my authority. Plato,
the philosopher, guessed and divided
angels into supercelestial, celestial and
ubcelestial. Dionysius, the Areopa-
rite guessed, and divided them into
three classes, the supreme, the middle
and the last, and each of these iAtO
three other classes, making nine in all.
phlo said angels were related 10 God,
as the rays of the sun. Fulgeutius 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 |
on this subject that l respect
says they are divided into cherubim,
seraphim. thrones, dominions, princi-
palites. powers. Their commander in
chief is Michael. Daniel called him
Michael. st. John called him Michael.
These supernal beings are more thor
lughly organized than any army that
'yer marched. They are swifter than
my cyclone that ever swept the sea.
they are more radiant than any morn
lg that ever came down the sky. They
AVE more to do with your destiny and
nine than any being in the universe eX-
ept God. May the Angel of the New
oyenant, who is the Lord Jesus, open
ur eyes and touch our tongue and
ouse our soul while we speak of their
their intelligence, their
umbers their strength, their achieve
tents. I
Yes, deathless. They had cradle,
1t will never have a grave. The Lord
when they were born, but
0 one shall ever see their eye eXtin- '
lished or their momentum slow up |
: their existence terminate. The old {
It of them has not a wrinkle or de- j
epitude or a hindrance, as young i
ter 6,G00 years as at the close of their {
st hour. Christ said to the good in $
aaven; Neither can they die any f
ore, for they are equal unto the an a
Isl Yes, deathless are these won S
rul creatures of whom | speak. They t
II see world after world go out, and v
ere shall be no fading of their own e
IlIlance. Yea, after the last world Il
taken its last fight, they wiz be t
NY for the widest circuit through i'm il
nsity. taking a quadrillion Of miles G
one sweep as easy as a pigeon circles a
o'ecote. They are never sick. They il
never exhausted. They need no c.
ep for they are never tired. At Gods 81
nmand they smote with death, in one o.
ut, $4,000 of Sennacherib's host, but =
iatality can smite them. Awake, Il
lie, multirotent, deathless, immortal! II
further characteristic of these II
lant folk is intelligence. The woman OF
Iekoah was right when she spoke &c
King David of the wisdom of an th
e. We mortals take in what little tt
know through the eye and ear and III
'rll and touch, but those beings III
no physical incasement, and hence su
are all senses. A wall five feet hi
4 is not solid to them. Through To-
hey go without disturbing flake of tn
TAR or crystal of sand. knowledge! "
ashes on them. They take it in at lie
olnts, They absorbit. They gather nu
az IllluClh iShi' ~
OF literature for them. The let So
OF their books are stars. The ra
les of their books are meteors. The an
Us of their books are consultations.
paragraphs of their books are gal go
; The pictures of their books are co
Uses and sunsets and midnight au- Fly
ana the Conqueror on the white ere
e with the moon under his feet. of
u library is an open universe, No so
Oh telescope to see something as
ohs of miles away, for instantly No
are there to inspect and explore it. sig
lS'ronomies, all geologies, all bot ~
, all PHILOSOPHERS at their feet. tul
an opportunity for intelligence sto
elrS. What facilities for knowing she
'h'ng and knowing it right away! wo