Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-04

sxies. The pictures OF their BOOKS are |
.,rr,ses and sunsets and midnight au-
roras and 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
mSriioas OF miles away. for instantly
they afe there 10 inspect and explore H.
All astronomicS. al geologies. ak bot
anies. all PHILOSOPHERS at their feet.
What an opportunity for intelligence
I. theirs, What facilities for knowing
everything and knowing IL right away
There is only one thing that puts
lhen 20 their wits end, and the Bible i
,av. they have 10 study that. They /
nave been studying IL through all the /
,cs. and vet I warrant they have not
fully Qrasped 1.-THE woncsrs OF Ie
senn.ion. These wonders are so htGh'
40 deem. so grand, so stupencous' 50
magnificent, that even the inteAigehee
of angelhood Is eonfounded before H.
Tbe anostle SAYS: which things the
,ncels desire 20 look into. lha' IA
subiect that excites inquisitVeness Q"
heir part. That is a theme that strelns
ibeir faculties 20 the utmost. Aha' ~
higher than they can climb, deeper 'hun
~ can dive. They have desire iof
.om.,hinQ too big for their compre-
bcnsion. (Which things the anRes
5cs;rc 10 look into" But that does not
.,;.credit their intelligence. No one
Int God Himself can fairly understand
The wonders Of redemption. II All
Heaven should study il for so centuries.
,bev would get no further than 'he
II c Of that inexhauStible SUBJECT
Rut nearly all other realms OF know
r Go they have ransaclSed and explored
md compasscd. 40 one but Gcd can
4 ,,u them ANYTHING they do not know
Thev have read 20 the last word OF the
:, last line Of the last page Of the last
:. voi,me Of investigation, and what de-
Eohts me most is that all their intelh-
!. gepce Is 20 be at our disposal. and. com
! INC into their presence. they VIII ten
n eve minutes more tAan we can
n learn by 100 years Of earthly Su'iu's'
ID ing.
!, Another remark have 20 make con
= corning these nlustrious immortals u
tbat they are nultitudinous. Theti
- census has never been taken ana III
ono but God knows how many Their
- are. hut al the Bible accounts sugges
,heir immense nun. bers-companies o
them. mountain tops haloed oy theIi
skies populous with them. John SPEAK
- Of angels and other beings round IN
throne as ten thousand times ten tho'
sand. Now. according 10 my caicui'
- ton. ten thousand times ten thonsah
-. are lOO. 600 600. But these are only tn
=, angels IN one place. David counted y
lA 600 Of them rolling down the sky
~ chariots When God came away fro
'' the riven rocks OF Mount Sinai u
~" Bible saws lie had the companionshp
10000 angels. think they are In eFei
40 battle. in every exigency, at eve
birth. a. every pillow. at every hour
aiy every moment, the earth full OF thel
eel the heavens full Of them They OF
M number the human race in TINS wor
lc'- They outnupber ransomed spirits
III GLORY. When Abraham had his knl
am uplifted 20 slay Isaac II was an anG
Ael- who arrested the stroke. crying; ABB
or ham. Abrahami" Ii was the stairw
hat ~ angels that Jacob saw while pillow
IAN in the wilderness. We are told an AM
sea. ted the hosts OF Israelites out OF Eg,
'rn- ttan serfdom. II was an angel Il
hey showed Hagar the fountain where l
and fued the bottle for the lad. II was
eA- angel that took Lot out or doom
Sew Sodom. II was an angel that shut
pen the mouth of the hungry monst
and when Daniel was thrown into the c
heir erns. II was an angel that fed Eli
heir under the Juniper tree. II was an an
eve that announced 10 Mary the appros
ing nativity. They were angels !
IDLE, chanted when Christ was born. II
1ord an angel that strengthened our Saw
but In His agony. II was an angel that
Ctin- couraged Paul in the Mediterrsn
: up shipwreck. II was an angel that b
old open the prison, gate after gate, Z
, de- Peter was liberated. II was an a
'ung that stirred the pool of Sloan. w
their the sick were healed. II was an
ID In that John saw flying through the n
any Of Heaven, and al angel with foot pl
} an ed on the sea, and an angel that op'
won the book, and an angel that sounded
They trumpet, and an angel that thru'
. and the sickle, and an angel that poured
own the vials, and an angel standing IL
world sun. II will be an angel with upl
III be hand swearing that time shah Q
h inn longer. In the great haal harve
miles the world the reapers are the an
Ireles Yea. and the Lord shall be revealed
They Heaven with mighty angels Oh
q no J numbers and the might and the |
Gods I Of these supernals-heets OF
n one squadrons of them, host beyond
4. but rank above rank. millions on mil
wake. and all on our side IL we VIII nave
ortal! What an incentive to purity and