The Globe-republican., 1899-11-09

shall be SO pour In dying he cannot
afford angelic escort. It would be a
long way to go alone. and up paths We
have never trod, and amid blazing
worlds swinging in unimaginable mo.
mentum. out and on through such dis
tances and across such infinitudes OF
space. We should shudder at the
thought Of going alone. But the an
gelic escort will come to your Ian
gushing pillow or. the place of your
fatal accident, and say: Hail, i'm
mortal one! All is we'll; God hath
sent me to take you home" And, with
out tremor or slightest sense OF peril.
you will away and upward, further on
and further on, until after a while
heaven heaves in sight, and the rumble
OF chariot wheels and the roll Of
mighty harmonies are heard in the
distance. and nearer you come. and
nearer still, until the brightness is like
many 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 we'll, forever rested, for
ever united. forever happy. Mothers.
90 rot think your little children go
a.one when they quit this world. Out
OF your arms into angelic arms: out
Of sickness into health; out Of the
cradle into a Sayiour'S bosom. Not an
instant will the darlings be alone be-
tween the two kisses-the last kiss OF
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Now. angels. do your work. cried an
expiring Christian
Yes, guardian angel for each one
of you. Put yourself now in accord
with him. When he suggests the right.
follow it: when he warns against the
wrong. shun it. Sent forth from God to
help you in this great battle agains.
sin and death. accept his deliverance.
When tempted to q feeling OF ione'i-
ness and DISAGREEMENT, appropriate
the promise. THE angel OF the Lord
encampeth around about them that
fear him and delivereth 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 obstacles from our path and Civ
ing us defense; for terrific are the
forces who dispute our way, and if the
nation of the good angels is On our side,
the nation of the bad angels is on tbs
other. Paul had it right when he sa.4.
I'VE wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers OF
the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places"
In that awful fight may God send US
mighty angelic Reinforcement! We
want all their wings on our side. all
their swords on our side, all their
chariots on our side
Thank God that those who are for
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
Of opposing nations. 1t so |
happens that this world is the Belgium |
UT OdtlIc-SIOuuu UclNccu TIC dEScIlC '
good and bad. Michael, the /
commander-in-chiefo on one side; Luz !
offer. as Byron calls him, or Mephis- |
topheles, as Goethe calls him. or Sa- |
tan, as the Bible calls him. the CON-
on the other side. All |
pure angelhood under the one leader |
ship, and all abandoned angelhood IN
der the other leadership. Many a Skin
mish have the two armies had. but the !
great and decisive battle is yet to be
fought. Either from our earthly
homes or down from our supernal res
licences, may We come in on the right
side; for on that side are God and /
heaven and victory. Meanwhile the
battle is being set in array, and the
forces, celestial and dehoniacal, are
each other Hear the boom
Of the great cannonade already opened,
cherubim, seraphiE, thrones, dOmi-
nations, principaiities and powers are
beginning to ride down their foes, and
until the work is completed, Sun.
stand thou still upon Gibeon. and
.hou, moon. in the valley OF Ajaloa,"