Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-04


all in sympathy!
Railroad engineer. with hundreds OF
lives hanging on your wrist, standing
amid tho cinders and the sDutch,
rounding the sharp curve and by APP
Mailing declivity. dchargcd and dis
rraced il you make mistake. bat not
one word OF approval n you take all the
trains in safety for ten years, think OF
the angels by the throttle valve, angels
bv the roaring furnace Of the engine,
aurcls looking from the overhaDging
craC. angels bracing the racing wheels
OF the precipicc, angels when you
mount the thunderbolt OF n train and
angels when YOU dismountl Can you
not hear them. louder than the the bell
AZ the crussinc, louder than the whistle
that sounds like the scream OF hying
fend. the angelic voices saying; you
did II well. you did IL wen2" II often
.,eots 81 az .rinoers. IA ID 49, = -
So much with them. always accept
their invitation TO join them on their To-
/ ccmotive, and among them are some OF
the grandest men alive.
Men aud women Of al circumstances,
only partly appreciated or not appre-
siated bv all. never feel lonely again OF
uurccarced again Angels al aronno'
,rr,.s to approve. angels 20 help, an
gels 20 remember. Yea. while al 'he
s-ood arreis are friends Of the good.
there Is one special angel your noey-
ruard. This idea until this present
study OF angelology ! supposed 10 oe
fanciful. but find il clearly stated N
the Bible. When the disciples were
praving for Peters Celivsrance from
prison and he appeared at the door OF
the prayer meeting. they could not oe-
Heve IL was Peter. They said; III Is
an angel" So these disciples, IN tpe-
cial nearness 10 Christ evidently be
loved that every worthy soul has an
nngel. Jesus said OF his followers;
Their angels behold the face OF my
Father" Elsewhere il Is said; He
shall give His angels charge over thee,
10 keen thee in all thy ways" Angel
. shielded. angel-protected. angel-guard-
!. ed. anpsl-canopied. art thoul No won
!, der that Charles Wesley hymned these
z words:
q which OF the petty kings OF earth
- Can boast a guard Ike ours
/, Encirclcd from our second oirth
= With an the heavenly powersf
e VaIerius and Ruhnus were put e
l. death for Christ's sake In the year 2s'
4. and after the day when their bodies hn'
d been whipped and pounded into a Jelly
le iu the night in prison and befor- th
- next DAY when they weroto be executed
In they both thought they saw angel
m standing with two gitterng crowns
ne Swing: BE OF good sheer. valiant 50
OF diers OF Jesus Christ! a little NOR
~ OF battle, and then these crowns ar
ry yours" And l am glad 70 know tha
at before many OF those who have passe
m, through great sufferings in this III
It some angel Of God has held biazin
ID. coronet of eternal reward. Yea, We al
in 10 have such a guardian angel TO tai
lie Us upward when our work is done. NC
gel know. we are told an angel conduct'
ra- lazarus to Abraham's bosom. Tn
ay shows that none shall be so poor in q
ed ing he cannot afford angelic escort.
gel would be a long way 10 go alone. al
W. up paths We have never trod. and am
nat blazing worlds swinging in unimagin
she bic momentum. out and on throul
an such distances and across such inhl
ned tudes of space we should shudder
up the thought Of going alone.
ers But the angelic escort Will come
,av- your languishing pillow or the pl'
iah OF your fatal accident and say: h'
gel immortal onel All is well. COD IA
leh- sent me 10 take you home" And wi
hat out tremor or slightest sense of pe
was you will away and upward, farther
Iour and farther on, until after awf
en- Heaven heaves in sight and the rum
.ean Of chariot wheels and the roll
urst mighty harmonies are heard In the {
until tance, and nearer you come, and nea
neel still. until the brightness Is like nj
here mornings suffused into one, and
ngel gates nft, and you are inside
,idst amethystine walls and on the ba
lant- of the jasper sea, forever safe, fore
eued free, forever well. forever rested,
] the ever united. forever happy. Moth
81 IN do not think your little children
! out alone when they quit this world.
a the of your arms into angelic arms, on
fitted sickness into health, out OF the er'
e no into a SRviour's bosomi Not an
A Of slant will the darlings be alone betw
gels. the two kisses--the last kiss of ei
from and the first kiss OF Heaven. N
the angels. do Your work." cried an
glory piring Christian.
hem, Yes. a guardian angel for each
host, OF you. Put yourself now in ac
lions, with him. When he suggests the n
hemI follow II. When he warns you aga
right the wrong, shun il. Sent forth from
e are 10 help you in this great battle ag'
,tionl sin and death, accept His delivcrs
,st Sc When tempted TO a feeling OF loneii
midst and disheartenment. appropriate
, door nrousse. The angel Of the Lort