The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-08


81 few from that center to this pellph-
cry. Jesus told Peter he could instant
" have 90. 600 angels presentif he call
cd for them. What foot OF antelope or
wing Of al0atross could equal that We
locity? Law Of gravitauon, which
grips all things else, has no influence
upon angelic momentum. lmmeusltleS
before them open and shut ike a fan.
That they are here is no reason why
they should not be quintiillon OF miles
hence the next minute. Our bodies
hinder US. but our minds can circle the
earth in minute Angelic beings are
ooGi!cSS and have no liml1ation. God
may with his finger p,int down to some
world in trouble on the outmost limits
Of creation, and Instantly an angelic
cohort is there to help it. or some celes-
tial may b. standing ut the far1hermost
outpost Of imncnsity, and God may say
Come ard Instantly 1t IN hls bosom.
Abraham. Elijah, Hasar, Joshua, CID.
con. Nlapoah, Pauls St. John, could tell
of their unhirdered locomotion. The
red feet of summer lightning are slow
compared with their heg gras This
doubles up aud compr' sses iutnitudes
into infritesimals This puts all the
astronomical heavens into sHace like
the balls Of child 5 rattle. This min
sles iuto one the here and the there,
the now and the then, the beyond and
the wonder.
Another remark have to make con
terpipg these illustrious immoltals IS
that they are mult;tudinous. Th,lr
census has never been ken ard no one
but God knows how pa 5 they are, but
all the Bible accounts suggest their
Immense numberS-companles OF them,
regiments Of them, aTluies OF them,
mountain tops haloed by them, skies
populous with them. John
speaks Of angels and other beings
round the throne as ten thousand tlmes
ten thousand. Now, according to
my calculation, ten thousand times ten
thousand are 100000, coo. Bat these
are only the angels in one place. David
counted 20, 900 Of them rolling down
the sky in chariots. When God came
away from the riven rocks of Mount
Sinai, the Bible says he had the COM
panionship Of 10000 angels. | think
they are in every battle, in every ext
gercy, at 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 outrumber
ransomcd spirits in glory. When
Abraham had his knife uplifted to s!ay
Isaac, it was an angel who arrested the
stroke, crying, Abraham, Abraham!
1t was a stairway Of angels that Jacob
saw while pillowed IN the wilderness:
We are tod an angel led the hosts OF
Israe.ites out of Egyptian serfdom. 1t
was an angel that showed Hagar the
fountain where she filled t. bottle for
the lad. 1t was aa angel at took Lo:
out of doomed Sodom. Itwas an angel
that shut up the mouth Of the hungry
monsters when Daniel was thrown into
the caverns. 1t was an angel that fed
Elijah under the juniper tree. 1t was
an angel that announced to Mary the
approaching nativity. They were an
gels that chanted when Christ was
born. 1t was an angel that strengthen
ed 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. 1t
was an angel that stirred the pool OF
Sloan, where the sick was healed. 1t
vas "a angel that John saw flying
throush the midst of heaven, and an an
gel with foot planted on the sea, and
an aogel that opened the book, and an
angel that sounded the trumpet, and an
aDgel that thrust in the sickle, and an
acgei that poured out the vials, and an
angel Standing in the sun. 1t will be
an angel with upliftcd hand swearing
that time shall be no longer. Ia the
great final harvest Of the world the reap
ers are angels. Yea, the Lord shall be
revealed from heaven with mighty an
gels. Oh, tie numbers and the might
and the glory of these supernals-feets
Of them, squaGrops Of them, host be-
yond host, rank above rank. millions on
millions. and all on our side if we will
have them!
Men and women Of all circumstances.
oniy partly arr reciated or not apprecl-
ated at al. never feel lonely again or
unrcgarG, ID again! Angels all around;
angels 10 approve, angels to help, ap-
gels to remember. Yea, while all the
good angels are friends of the coed.
there is one special angel your body.
guard. This idea until this present
study of argelogy l supposed to be fan
ciful, but l fnd it clearly stated in the
Bible. When the diciples were pray
lrg for Peters deliverance from prison
and he appeared at the door of :be
prayer meeting they could not helieve
It was Peter. They said, 1T is an au
gel" Sothese diciples, in special near
ress to Christ, evidently believed that
every worthy soul has an angel. Jesus
said of his followers, ''Their angels be-
hold the face Of my Father I Sc
where it is said, He shall give his an
gels charge over thee, to keep thee in
thy ways. Angels shielded, angel
protected, angel guarded. angel cano-
pied, art thou. No wonder that
Charles Wesley by ulned these words:
Which Of the petty kings of earth
Can boast a guard like ours,
EncircIcd f.om our second birth
With all the heavenly powers?
Valerius and Rufnus were put to
death for Cbrist's sake in the year 201,
and after the day when their bodies