The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-30
TALMAGE SERMON.
4 Brief SYNOPSIS OF THE DIvIhF's SUN,
DAY DISCOURSE

Subject. A ueaYsnIy Characterization Q
| the Anxeis.-Have Much to Do Wit
the Everyday Affairs Of Lffs--A Guard
ian Angel For Every One.
| tcopyrigis Louis KIop.cl. 1892,
wAsHInaroN, D. C.-The brilliant being
| supposed by some to be imaginary are b
Dr.. Talmage In this sermon shown to be rea
md to have much to do with our every-da,
lie. The text is, Judges kill, 10, "Ant
The angel did wondrously.'
Fire built on a rock. Manoah and hi
Elfe had there kindled the flames for sac
.ifice In the praise Of God and In honor o
lguest whom they supposed to be q man
sut as the flame rose higher and highe
md by one red leap assembled into tn,
skies. Then they knew that he was al
angel OF the Lord. THE angel did won.
lrously."
Two hundred and forty.eight times doe.
The Bible refer to the angels, yet never
heard OF read q sermon on angelology
The whole subject is relegated to the
realm mythical, weird, spectral and I'M
Known. Such adjournment Is un-Scriptural
and wicked. OF their life, thsir character
their habits, their actions, their velocities,
The Bible gives Is full length portraits, and
why this prolonged and absolute silence
concerning them2 Angelology Is my
theme.
There are two nations OF angels; and
they are hostile to each other-the nation
OF good angels and the nation of bad an.
gels. OF the former chiefly speak to-
day. Their capital, their headquarters,
their grand rendezvous, is heaven, but
their empire is the universe. They are a
Of ~ NJ
Ing can ever join their confrat ernity. The
little child who in ths Sabbath school
sings, Il want to be an angel" will never
have her wish gratifled. They are SUPER
human. but they are OF different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level or the
same height. They have their superiors
and interiors and equals. I propose no
guessing On this subject, but take the Bible
for my only authority. Plato. the philoso-
supercelestial, celestial and subcelestial.
Dfonysius, tho Areopagits, guessed and
divided them into three classes, the su-
preme, the middle and the last, and each
OF these into three other classes, making
nine In all. Philo said that the angels were
related 10 God, as the rays to the sun.
FGlgentius said that they were composed
OF body and spirit. Clement said they
were incorporeal. Augustine said that
now are beyond being tempted. But the
only authority on this subject that re-
spect says they are divided into cherubim,
seraphim, thrones, nominations, principal
tiles. powers. Their commander In chief
Is Michael. Daniel called him Michael.
st. John called him Michael. These
beings are more thoroughly or
ganized than any army that ever marched.
They are swifter than anv cyclone that
q . hR
than any morning that ever came down
the sky. They have more to do with your
destiny and mine than any being In the
universe except God. May the Angel of
The New Covenant, who is the Lord Jesus,
open our eyes and touch our tongue and
.oase our soul while We speak of their
their intelligence, their
numbers, their strength, their achieve.
nents.
Yes. deathless. They had cradle, but
Will never have grave. The Lord remem-
,ers when they were BON, but no one
hall ever see their eye extinguished or
heir momentum slow up or their existence
erminate. The Oldest OF them has not q
wrinkle or decrepitude CT hindrance,
g young after 5000 years as at the close OF
heir first hour. Christ said OF the good
heaven, "Neither can they die any more,
or they are equal to the angels" Yes.
eathless are these wonderful creatures OF |
Thom speak. They will see world after |
Iorid go out, but there shall be no fading |
I their own brilliance. Yea, after the last |
Torld has taken its last flight they will be |
eady for the widest circuit through i'm.
,ensity, taking a quadriIlion OF miles In |
ne sweep as easy as a pigeon circles a |
ovecot. They are never sick. They are
ever exhausted. They need no sleep. for
Icy are never tired. At Gods command
lev smote with death in one night 1856, 900
SenDecherib's host, but no fatality can
mite them. Awake. agile, multipotent,
sathless, immortal
A further characteristic OF these radiant
TX lie intelligence. The woman OF Tekoah
as right when she spoke to King David of
10 wisdom OF an angel. We mortals take
what little We know through eye and
II and nostril and touch. but those beings
I'VE no physical encasement, aud hence
ey are ali senses. A wall five feet thick
not solid to them. Through 1t they go
lthout disturbing fake OF mortar or crys-
| OK sand. Knowledgei It flashes on |
en-. They take 1t In at all points. They [
'sorb 1t. They gather 1t up without any {
nderment. No need OF literature for
EN-. The letters CT their books are stars. |
10 dashes OF their books s-e meteors. The &
ords OF their books ere consultations, '
be paragraphs OF their books are Qalax- 8
}. The pictures OF their books are sun.
yes and sunsets and midnight auroras !
ID the Conquero- On the white horse with 4
9 moon under his feet. Cheir library is t
open universe. No need OF telescope TO
something millions of miles AWAY. for
stantly they are there TO inspect and ex- j
pre- 1t. All astronomies, all geologies, all |
tanies, all PHILOSOPHERS, at their feet. 8
hat sn opportunity for intelligence is | |
eirs! What facilities for knowing every. d
Ing and knowing II right away' n
mere Is only ons thing that puts them q
their wits end, and the Bible saws thew t
We to study that. They have been study. I
1t all through ths ages, and yet / war
1T they have no. f1liy grasped 1.-THE b
ndsrs OF redemption. These wonders Il
go high, 30 deep, so grand, SO stupen- b
as, so magnificent. that even the ia. b
iigence OF angeihood is confounded be- u
. 1t The apostle says, (Which things d
angels desire 10 look into" That Is q e
'lect that excltes inqrisitiveness on their bi
It. That Is theme that strains their ri
'ulties to the utmost That is higher a,
N they can climb, deeper than they can ci
e.. They have desire FOR something n
Dig for their comprehension. (Which a:
ngs the angels desire to look into" pl
that does not ciscredit their inteIli- us
ice. NO one but God Himself can fully w
ierstand the wonders of redempfion. sv
all heaven should study 1t for ffty OF
rnit!es, they would get no further than
2 B G OF that lneAhaustible subject. ~
nearly all other realms CT knowledge A,
y have ransaeked and explored and n,
lpassed. No one but God can tell ha
N anything they do not know. They n
9 read to the last word OF the last line ~
he last page OF the last volume OF I'm. Fl,
igatioD, and what delights me most is Or
all tneir intelligence is to be ut our ~
losal, and. coming into their presence. an