The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-02
REV. Or. TALMASE.
THE EMINENT DIvINE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject; A Heavenly Guard-Mission of
the Angels-HRve Much to DO with
the Everyday Anairs ofLifc-A Guard
ian Angel For Every One.


Copyright, Louis Klopsch 1921
WASHINGTON, d. C.-The brilliant beings
supposed by some to be imaginary arc by
DR.. Talma9e In this sermon shown to be real
and to huve much to do with our everyday
life. The text is, Judges kill, 10, "And
the angel did wondrously."
Fire built on II rock. Manonh and his
wife had there kindled the flames for sac
rlfce In the praise Of God and In honor OF
guest whom they supposed to be man.
But as the flame rose higher and higher
their stranger guest stepped into the flame
and by one red leap ascended into the
skies. Then they knew that he was an
angel OF the Lord. "The angel did Won
drously."
Two hundred and foity-elght tlmes does
the Bible refer to the angels, yet never
heard or read sermon on angelology.
The whole subject is relegated to the
realm mythical, weird, spectral and uu-
known. Such Adjournment is un-Scriptural
and wicked. ofthelr life, their character,
their habits, their actions, their veloclties,
the Bible gives us 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 othor-the nation
OF good angels and the nation OF bad an
gels. OF the former l chiefly speak to-
day. Their capital, their headquarters,
their grand rendezvous, is heaven, but
tLeir empire is the universe. They are
distinct race OF creatures. No human be-
ing can ever join their confrat ernlty. The
little child who in the Sabbath school
sings, II want to be nm angel" will never
have her wish gratIhed 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. / propose no
guessing on this subject, but take the Bible
pher, guessed and divided angels into
supercelestlal, celestial aud subcelestial.
Dionystus, the Areopagite, guessed and
divided them into three classes, the su-
preme, the middle and the last, and ench
OF these into three other classes, making
nine in ALL Philo said that the angels were
related to God ns the rays to the sun,
Fulgentlus said that they we're composed
OF body and spirit. Clement said they
were incorporeal. Augustine said that
they had been In danger of falling, hut
now are beyond being tempted. But the
only authority ou this su ject that 1 re-
spect says they are divided into cherublm,
seraphim, thrones, Nominations, principal
tiles, powers. Their commander in chief
is Michael. Daniel called him Michael
st. John called him Michael. These
superndl beings are more thoroughly or
ganized than any army that ever marched.
They are swifser thau any cyclone that
ever swept the sea. They are more radiant
thun any morning that ever came down
the sky They have moro to do with your
destiny and mine than any being In the
universe except God. May tho Angel of
the New Covenant who is the Lord Jesus.
open our eyes and touch our tongue and
rouse our soul while we speak of their
deathessness, their intelligence, their
M ln,h tnf etrAn nrVth hail. Val,t
ments.
Yes, deathless. They had cradle, but
will never have II grave. The Lord remem-
bers when they were born, but no one
shall ever see their eye extinguished or
their momentum slow up or their existence
terminate. The Oldest OF them has not II
wrinkle or decrepitude or a hindrance,
us young after 5000 years rs at the close OF
their first hour. Christ said OF the good
In heaven, Neither can they die any m ore,
for they are equal to the angels" Yes,
deathess are these wonderful creatures OF
whom l speak. They will see world after
word 20 out, but there shall be no fading
of their own brilliance. Yea, after the last
world has taken its last flight they will be
ready for the widest circuit through i'm
mensity, taking n quadrllllon of miles in
one sweep as easy rs pigeon circles a
dovecot. They are never sick. They are
never exhausted. They need no sleep, for
they are never tired. At Gods command
they smote with death in one night 1876, 900
OF Sennacherib's host, but no fatality can
smite them Awake, agile, multipotent,
deathless, INN ortall
A further characteristic of these radiant
folk is intelligen ,e. The woman OF Tekoah
was right when she spoke to King David OF
the wisdom of an angel. We mortals take
In what little we know through eye and
ear and nostril and touch, but those beings
I'm 20 No MI Il hnn
they are all senses. A wall five feet thick
is not solid TO them. Through II they go
without disturbing fake OF mortar or crys-
tai OF sand. Knowledge 1t flashes on
them. They take 1t in at all points. They
absorb it. They gather 1t up without any
hinderment. No need of literature for
them. The letters of their books are stars.
The dashes OF their books are meteors. The
words of their books are consultations.
The paragra phs of their books are galax-
les. The pictures of their books are sun
rises and sunsets and midnight auroras
and the Conqueror on the white horse with
the moon under his feet. Their library Is
an open universe. No need OF telescope to
see something millions OF miles away, for
instantly they arc there to inspect and ex-
plore II. All ASTRONOMERS, all geologies all
botanies, all PHILOSOPHERS, at their feet.
What an opportunity for intelligence is
theirs What facilities for knowing every
tuluR anu KNOWING IL TIRuI away
There is only one thing that puts them
to their wits end, and the Bible says they
have to study that. They have been study
ing 1t all through the ages, and yet 1 war
rant they have not fully grasped 1.-THE
wonders Of redemption. These wonders
are so high, so deep, 80 grand, so stupen-
dous, so magnificent. that even the in
telllgence of aDgelhood is confounded be-
fore 1t. The apostle says, (Which things
the angels desire o look into" That is u
subject that excites inquisitiveness on their
part. That is II theme that strains their
faculties TO the utmost. That is higher
than they can climb, deeper than they can
dive. They have desire for something
too big for their comprehension. (Which
things the angels desire to look into"
gence. No one but God Himself can fully
understand the wonders of redemption.
II all heaven should study 1t for nifty
eternities, they would get no further than
the A b q OF that ineAhaustible subject.
But nearly all other realms OF knowledge
they have ransaeked and explored and
comprised. No one but God can tell
them anything they do not know. They
have read to the last word OF the last line
of the last page OF the last volume OF in
vestigation, and what delights me most is
that all their intelligence Is TO be at our
disposal, and. coming into their presence,
they will tell us In five minutes more thnn
we can learn by 100 years OF earthly sur
missing.
further characteristic OF these immor-
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