The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-12-30
instantly hare GO, 900 angels present II h
ealled for than

called for them.
What foot OF antelope or wing Of alba
tross could equal that velocity Law q
gravitation, which grips all things else
has no influence upon angelic momentum
lmmensities before them open and shu
like a fan. That they are here Is no reaso
why they should not be q Quintillion o.
miles hence the next minute. Our bodie
hinder us, but our minds can circle tn
earth In minute. Angelic beings ar
bodiless and have no limitation. God ma,
| with his finger point down to some worlt
In trouble on the cutmost limits OF croa
ton. and instantly an angelic cohort 4
there to help 1t. or some celestial may b.
standing at the farthermost outpost of i'm
| mensity, and God may say "Comel" and
instantly 1t Is in His bosom. Abraham
Elijah, Hasar, Joshua, Gideon, Manoah
Paul, st. John, could tell of their unhin.
| deged locomotion. The red feet Of sum
mer lightning are slow compared witt
their hegiras.
Another remark | have to make concern.
Ing these illustrious immortals Is that they
aro multitudinous. Their census has never
been taken, and no one but God knows
how many they are, but all the Bible 40.
counts suggest their immense numbers
companies Of them, regiments Of them,
armies OF them, mountain tops haloed BY
them, skies populous with them. join
speaks OF angels and other beings round
the throne as tee thousand times ten thou.
sand. Now according to my calculation,
ten thousand times ten thousand are 10O,-
co., 900. But these are only the angels IL
one place. David counted 20, 00e of them
rolling down the sky in chariots. When
God came away from the riven rocks o,
Mount Sinai, the Bible says He had the
companionship Of 10000 angels. I think
they are In every battle, in every exIgepcy,
at every birth, at every pillow, at every
hour, at every moment, the earth full Of
them, the heayens full Of them.
They outnumber the human race In
this world. They outnumber ransomed
knife uplifted to slay Isaac. It was an angel
who arrested the stroke, crying, "Abra.
ham, Abraham" 1t was a stairway of
angels that Jacob saw while pillowed in
the wilderness. We are told an angel iel
the hosts OF Israelites out Of Egyptian
serfdom. 1t was an angel that showed
Hagar the fountain where she flied the
bottle for the lad. It was an angel that
took Lot out OF doomed Sodom. 1t was al
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. It was a.
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 Hi
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 oil |
Sloan, where the sick were healed. Il |
was an angel thatNJohn saw flying through |
the midst Of heaven, and an angel will |
foot planted on the sea, and an angel thai |
opened the book. and an angel that sound |
I'M thvyvu
in the sickle. and an angel that poured on, |
I ne walls. and an angel standing in the sun |
1t will be an angel with uplifted hand /
swearing that time shall be no longer. II |
tho great final harvest Of the world the
reapers are the angels. Yea, the Lore /
shall be revealed from heaven with mighty |
angels. Oh, the numbers and the might |
and the glory Of these supernals-fieets OF
them, .squadrons OF them, host beyond
host, rank above rank, millions on mill
IONS, and all on our side II we will have
thsmi
This leads me to speak OF the ozices Of
'hese supernals. To defend, to cheer, tel
-escue, to escort, to give victory to the
light and overthrow the wrong-that h
heir business-just AS alert to-day and
'fficient as when In Bible times they spread
wing or unsheathed sword or rocked dowr
oenitentiaries or filled the mountains With
lorses Of fire hitched to chariots OF fire ant
iriven by reinsmen of fire. They hav.
urned your steps hundred times, ant
Tou know 1t not. You were on the way tc
10 some wrong thing, aud they changed
our course. They brought some though
u Christian parentage or Of loyalty t
our own home. and that arrested you
they arranged that some one should NEE
'ou at that crisis and propose something
honorable and elevating, or they tool
rom your pocket some ticket to eyi
musement, ticket that you never found
was an angel Of God, and perhaps til,
cry one that guided you to this seryic,
nd that now waits to report some mol,
'uI, tarrying with one foot upor
no doorstep of. your immorta
pirit and the other foot ufte( Q
Dr. ascent into the skies. BY some praye
etain him until he can tell you OF re
entant and ransomed SOUL Or you wer,
'me time borne down with trouble, be
'avement, persecution, bankruptcy, sick i,
leir discords In YOUR heart and life. Yoy U
ave up. You said. 81 cannot stand It an, &
niger. I believe l will take nv life n
mere Is the rail train or the deep wave O, .
e precipice that will end this torment o.
.rfnly existence?" But suddenly you, q
Ind frightened. Courage came surgins
70 your heart Ike oceanic tides. Yoy q
rsieies he can make turn out for my
'od." Suddenly you felt a peace, deei
ace, the peace OF God that passeth al n
What made the change d
sweet and mighty comforting angel O
O. Lord met you. That was ali.
Yes, guardian angel for each one O.
~. Put yourself now In accord wifi
no: When He suggests the right, follow
When He warns you against the wrong
un 1t. Sent forth from God to helm yor
this great battle against sin and death
eept bis deliverance. When tempted r.
feeling OF loneliness and disheartenment
propriate the promise. 1.-THE angel o. /.
Lord encampeth around about then !.
at fear Him and delivereth them" oh
am so glad that the spaces between
re and hea1en are thronged with
ese supernaturals taking tidingt
me, bringing messages here, rolling
OK obstacles from our path and giving r.
deienses, for terrific are the forces wKe i
pute our way, and IL the nation OF the
% angels Is on our side the nation oil
! angels Is on the other. Paul had n
hit when he said, I've wrestle moi
inst flesh and blood, but against prin. y
alitios, against powers, against fhs
ers OF the darkness OF this world
inst spiritual wlckedness In high n
ees. In that awful fight may God send d
mighty angelic re-enforc ementl We
1T all their wings on our side. all their
'rds on our side, all their charIots on
side.
hank God that those who are for ne ara
hitler than those who are against nei
that thought makes me jubilant "a To
u triumph. Belgium, you know. wasthe
tlegrOund OF England and France ". A