Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-23
instantly have 10000 angels present ii he

Immensities before them open and shut
like a fan. That they are here Is no reason
why they should not be Il quintillion Of
miles hence the next minute. Our hodes
| hinder US, but our minds can circle the
| earth In minute. Angelic beings are
| bodiless and have no limitation. God NAV
| with his finger point down to some world
! In trouble on the outmost limits OF crea-
tion, and instantly an angelic cohort is
there to help 1t, or some celestial may be
| standing at the farthermost outpost OF i'm.
mensity, and God may say "Come!" and
instantly 1t is in His bosom. Abraham,
Elijah, Hagar, Joshua, Gideon, Manonh,
| Paul, st. john could tell of their nnhin-
| mer lightning are slow compared with
their hegiras.
Another remark have to make concern
| Ing these illustrious immortais is that they
are multitudinous. The cen us has never
been taken, and no one but God knows
how many they are, hut all the Bible ac.
counts suggest their immense numbers
| companies of them, regi nents of them,
armies of them. mountain tops haloed by
them, skies populous with them. John
| speaks OF angels and other beings round
the throne as ten thousand times ten thou.
| sand. Now according to my calculation,
| ten thousand times ten thousand are 100,-
600, 900. But these are only tn, angels in
one place. David counted 10000 of them
| rolling down the sky in chariots. When
Mount Sinai, the Bible says He had the
companionship of 10000 angels. 1 think
they are in every battle, in every exigency,
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 outnumber ransomed
spirits in glory. When Abraham had his
knife uplifted to slay Isaac, it was an angel
who arrested the stroke, crying, "Abra-
hra h
angels that Jacob saw while pillowed In
the wilderness. We are told an angel led
| tho hosts OF Israelites out of Egyptian
serfdom. 1t was an angel that showed
Hagar the fountain where she filled the
bottle for the lad. 1t was an angel that
took Lot out OF doomed Sodom. 1t was an
angel that shut up the mouth of the hun.
cry monsters when Daniel was thrown In.
to the cavern. 1t was an angel that fed
Elijah under the juniper tree. 1t was an
angel that announced to Mary the ap.
preaching nativity. They were angels that
chanted when Christ was born. 1t was an
angel that strengthened 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 IN angel that stirred the pool O,
Sloan, where the sick were healed. II
was an angel that John saw flying through
the midst OF heaven, and an angel with
foot planted on the sea, and an angel that
opened the book, and an angel that sound.
ed the trumpet, and an angel that thrust
in the sickle, and an angel that poured Out
the vials, and an angel standing in the sun
1t will be an angel with uplifted hand
swearing that time shall be no longer. II
the great final harvest Of the world the
reapers are the angels. Yea, the Lord
shall be revealed from heaven with mighty
angels. oh, the numbers and the might
and the glory of these esupernals-fieets OF
them, squadrons of them, host beyond
host, rank above rank, millions on mill
ions, and all on our side If we will have
them!
these supernals. To defend, to cheer, tt
rescue, to escort, to give victory to the
right and overthrow the wrong-that is
their business-just rs alert to-day and
efficient as when in Bible times they spread
wing or unsheathed sword or rocked dowr
penitentiares or filed the mountains with
horses of fire hitched to chariots of fire ane
driven by reinsmen Of fire. They hay,
turned your steps hundred times, an(
you know 1t not. You were on the way te
do some wrong thing, aud they changed
your course. They brought some though,
of Christian parentage or OF loyalty tt
your own home. and that arrested you
They arranged that some one should NEE
you at that crisis and propose something
honorable and elevating, or they tool
amusement, "a ticket that you never found
1t was an angel of God, and perhaps til.
very one that guided you to this service
and that now waits to report some hoI,
impression to be made upon YOU, |
soul soul taarrying anSlIts with one foot upot
spirit and the other foot lifted
for ascent into the skies. BY some praye.
detain him until he can tell you OF "A re |
pentant and ransomed soull Or you wer,
some time borne down with trouble, be |
reavement, persecution, bankruptcy, sick |
ness and all manner of troubles beatins !
their discords in your heart and life. Yo,
gave up. You said: "I cannot stand IL an, |
longer. l believe 1 will take my life |
Where is the rail train or the deep wave OF |
the precipice that will end this torment O. |
earthly existence?" But suddenly youl
mind frightened. Courage came surgins
into your heart like oceanic tides. Yot
said, "God is on my side, and all these ad .
Verstles He can make turn out for m,
good" Suddenly you felt II peace. deei
understanding. What made the change,
A sweet and mighty comforting angel
the Lord met you. That was ALL
Yes, guardian angel for each one
you. Put yourself now in accord witt
Him: When He suggests the right, follow
shun 1t. Sent forth from God to help vol
in this great battle against sin and death
accept his delive:ance. When tempted t.
a feeling OF loneliness and disheartenment
appropriate the promise, '"The angel O,
the Lord encnmpeth around about then
that fear Him and delivereth them.n Oh
l am so glad that the spaces between
here and heaven are thronged will
these supernaturals taking tiding.
home, bringing messages here, rollins
back obstacles from our path and ciyina
us defenses, for terrific are the forces who
dispute our way, and if the nation of th.
good angels Is on our side the nation o.
bad angels is on the other. Paul had il
right when he said, "We wrestle moi
against flesh and blood, but against prin,
cipalitios, against powers, against the
rulers OF the darkness of this world
against spiritual wlckedness in higt
places" In that awful fight may God send
us mighty angelic reinforcement! We
want all their wings on our side, all theii
swords on our side, all their chariots OF
our side.
Thank God that those who are for us are
mightier than those who are against usl
And that thought makes me jubilant as tc
final triumph. Belgium, you know. was the