Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-31

tinguished Preachcr-A Guardian
Angel For Every One.
copyright, Louis klopsch. lSs9.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The brilliant
beings supposed by some to be imagi-
Iary are by Dr. Talmage in this sermon
lhown TO be real and to have much TO
10 with our everyday life The text is,
Judges xiii, 10, ''And the angel did
wondrously. y
Fire built on rock. Manoah and his
wife had there kindled the flames for
sacrifice in 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 fame and by one red leap as
cended into the skies. Then they knew
that he was an angel of the Lord. 1.-The
angel did wondrously.
Two hundred and forty-eight times
does the Bible refer to the angels, yet l
never heard or read sermon on angel
ology The whole subject is relegated
to the realm mythical, weird, spectral
and unknown. Such adjournment is
un-Scriptural and wicked. OF their life,
their character, their habits, their ac-
tions, their velocities, the Bible gives
US full length portraits, and why this
prolonged and absolute silence concern
ing them? Angelology is my theme.
There are two nations of angels, and
they are hostile to each other-the ma
ton of good angels and the nation OF
bad angels. OF the former l chiefly
speak today Their capital, their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous, is
heaven, but their empire is the uni
verse They are a distinct race of crea-
lures No human being can ever join
their confraternity. The little child
who in the Sabbath school sings. Il
want to be an angel, will never have
her wish gratified They are superhu-
man, but they are of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level or
the same height, They have their su-
periors and interiors and equals. l pro
pose no guessing ON this subject, but
take the Bible for my only authority
Plato, the philosopher, guessed and di-
vided angels into supercelestial, celes-
tial and subcelestiaL Dionysius, the
Areopagite, guessed and divided them
into three classes, the supreme, the
middle and the last, and each OF these
into three other classes, making nine in
all. Philo said that the angels We're re-
lated to God, as the rays to the sun.
Fulgentius said that they were COM
posed of body and spirit. Clement said
they were incorporeal Augustine said
that they had been in danger of falling,
but now are beyond being tempted.
But the only authority on this subject
that l respect says they are divided into
cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domina-
tions, principalities powers Their COM
mander in chief is Michael. Daniel
called him Michael. St John called
him Michael These supernal beings are
more thoroughly organized than any
army that ever marched. They are
swifter than any cyclone that ever
swept the sea. They are more radiant
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 rouse cur soul while we
speak of their deathlessness. their in
telligence their numbers. their strength
their achievements.
A Cradle. but No Grave.
Yes. deathless They had a cradle,
but will never have a grave. The Lord
remembers when they We're born, but
no one shall ever see their eye extin-
yuished CT their momentum slow up or
their existence terminate. The Oldest
of them has not wrinkle or a decrepi-
tude or a hindrance, as young after
5000 years as at the close of their first
hour. Christ said of the good in heav-
en-, "Neither can they die any more, for
they are equal unto the angels " Yes,
deathless are these wonderful creatures
of whom l speak They will see world
after world go 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 immensity. taking a
auadrillion of miles in one sweep as
easy as a pigeon circles dovecot. They
are never sick. They are never exhaust
ed. They need no sleep, for they are
never tired At Gods command they
smote with dSath in one night 1o5, O0C
of Sennacherib's host. but no fatality
can slnite them Awake, agile. multi
potent, deathless. immortal
A further characteristic of these IA
diant folk is intelligence. The woman
of Tekoah was right when she spoke tt
King David of the wisdom of an angel
We morta's take in what little We know
through eve and ear and nostril ant
touch, but those beings have no physic
al encasement, and hence they are al
senses. A wall five feet thick is mo-
solid to them. Through it they go with
out disturbing fake of mortar or crysta
of sand Knowledgel 1t flashes on them
They take it in at all points. They alb
sorb it They gather it up without an.
hinderment. No need of literature fo
them. The letters of their books ar
stars The dashes of their books ar
meteors The words of their books ar
consultations. The paragraphs of thei
books are galaxies The pictures o
their books are sunrises and sunsets ant
midnight auroras and the Conqueror Oh
the white horse with the moon unde
his feet. Their library is an open uni
verse. No need of telescope to see some
thing mill rus of miles away. for in
stantly they are there to inspect an
explore it. All ASTRONOMERS, all geol
ogies. all botanies, all PHILOSOPHERS, a
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