Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-11-16
Dr,TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIVINE'S ELOQUENT
MESSAGE.
snbject, A Heavenly ard-M1ss OF
the AngeIs-Have Much to do WIN
the Everyday Affairs ofLtfe-A Iuaf"-
ian Angel For Every One.
copyright. Louis KIopsch. isy..

copyright. Louis KIopsch. is@+
W.sgtxaroy. D. C.-The brilliant beings
.apuosed by some TO be imaginary are by
DR.. Talnage in this sermon shown to be real
and 70 have much TO 10 with our everyday
tie. The text Is, Judges Kill, ~, And
the ange did wondrously.'
Fire built on q rock. Manoah and his
wife had there kiudled tho flames for sac
riice in the praise u God and in honor OF
4 guest whom they supposed 70 Be q man.
But NJ the fame rose higher and higher
their stranger guest stepped into the name
AMI by one red leap assembled into the
skies. Then they knew that he was an
angel " the Lord. The angel did won
,trOusly.
Two hundred and fotty-eight tines does
the Bible refer 20 the angels, yet l never
heard or read u sermon on angeioloRy.
The whole subject is rel-gated 10 the
realm mythical. weird. spectral and un-
known. such adjournment IS ,un-Scriptural
and wicked. OF their life, their character,
their habits, their actions. their velocities,
the Bible giy--eus full length portraits. and
WHY this prolonged ana absolute silence
concerning then. Auge!"ioSy II my
theme.
There are two uhtlVua .. angels, ana
they ara hostile - each other-the nation
~ rood angels and the nation OF bad an
GELS. or tnc former / chiefly speak TO.
lay. Their capital, their headquarters,
tueir grand rendezvous. IL heaven, but
heir empire Is the universe. They are II
distinct race ~ creatures. No human be-
ing can ever ioin their confraternitE. TIE
little child who IN the Sabbath school
sings, | want 10 be an angel will never
have Aer wish .ratiliej They are super.
human Int they are o. different grades
and ranks. not All on the same levei or the
.4me height. They have their Supporters
and interiors and equals. ! propose no
guessing on this subject, bat take the Bible
fer my only authority. Plato, the phtloao-
pher. guessed and divided angels into
eupercrlrstinl celestial and subcelesttai.
Dionysius, the Areopagite, guessed and
divided them into three classes, the So
urcne, the middi. and the last, and each
.! these into three other classes, making
nine in all. Philo said that the angels were
related to God, rs the rays to the sun.
Fulgentlus said that they wern composed
OF body and spirit. Clement said they
were i~ncorporeal. Augustine said that
they had been III danger OF falling, but
now are beyond being tempted. But the
only authority on this gu ject that | re.
4pect SAYS they are divided into cherubim.
-eraIhim, Thrones. Nominations. principal
itic.. powers. Their commander In chief
is Michael. Daniel called him Michael.
st. John called him Michael. These
sup-rnAl beings are more thoroughly or
gnnized than any army that ever marched.
They are swiIter than any cyclone that
over swept the sea. They are more radiant
ttinn any morning that ever came down
the sky. They have more to DO with your
destiny and mine than any being in the
the New Covenant. who is the Lord Jesus,
open our eyes and touch our tongue and
rouse our soul while we speak OF their
leathlcsou"ss, their intelligence, their
numbers, their strength, their achieve
ments.
Yes, deAti,lcss. They had a cradle, but
will never have II grave. The Lord remem-
hers 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 u
wrinkle or a decrepitude OK a hindrance.
rs young after 5000 years AS at the close OF
their fret hour. Christ said OF the good
III heaven, Neither can they die any more,
for they are equal to the angels Yes,
doathless are these wonderful creatures OF
whom | speak. They will see world after
word 60 out, but there shall. be no fading
oi their own hrilliance. Yea, after the last
world has taken it's last flight they will Do
i"ady for the widest circuit through I'm.
'HrIsity. taking n quadrillion OF miles in
ono sweep rs easy as a pigeon circles Z
.ioccCot. They are never sick. They are
never exhausted. They need no sleep, foi
they arc never tired. At Gods command
they smote with death in one night 1875 ,0O(
Oh SsHDacueIib y iO-l, DuL no ldthItly Cal
.mite them. Awake, agile, m%ultipotent
deathless, immortal!
A further characteristic OF these radiant
folk Is intelligence. The woman of Tekoai
was right when she spoke to King David 0
The wisdom OF an angel. We mortals take
in what little We know through eye an,
ear and nos.ril and touch, but those being.
have no physical encasement, aud henc'
tn y are ali senses. A wall five feet thicl
l. not solid to them. Through 1t they Y
without disturbing fake OF mortar or crys
tai Of sand. knowiedge! 1t flashes o
them. They take it In at all points. The
absorb it. They gather 1t up without An
hinderment. Ne need OF literature 70
them. The letters OF their hooks are stars
Fhe dashes OF their books are meteors. Th
words OF their books are constellation,
Tho paragraphs OF their books are gnla1
les. The pictures OF their books are SUI
rises and sunsets and midnight aurora
and the Conpueror on the white horse wit
the moon under his feet. Their library
an open universe. No need OF telescope (
see something millions OF miles away. ia
instantly they arc there 10 inspect and el
plore IT. All ASTRONOMERS, all g~eologies. 8
hotanies, all philosophers. ut their Zee
What an opportunity for intelligence
theirs What facilities .or knowing ever
thing and knowing II right away,
There IL only one thing that puts tine.
10 their wits end. and the Bible says the
nave 70 study that. They have been stud,
ing II oil throuGh the ages. and yet l wal
rant they have not fully grasped tit
wonders OF redemption. These wondel
are SO high. SO deep. so grand, so stupet
aous. 20 magnificent. that even the il
telligence OF angeihood Is COMPOUNDED /,
fore II. The apostle saws. Which thinl
he angels desire TO look into That Il
snhiectthat excites insuisitiveUess on the
part. That is a theme that strains the
faculties to the utmost. That is high,
than they can ciimb, deeper than they ca
dive. They have n desire for somethin
too big for their com prehension. "Wnil
things the angels desire TO look into
Rut that does not di>credit their intel
gence. No one but God Himself can ful
understand the wonders OF redemrtio
" all heaven should study il for n.
eterntties, they would get no further N,
The A Be ~ that ineAhaustibie suhIa,
But nearly ali other realms OF knowlei
they hay" ransacked aud explored Al
compas>et. NJ one but God can I
Them anything they do not know. Tn
have read 10 the last word OF the last II
81 1.-THE last page OF the last y0.lmc OF
Nestigation. and what delights me most
That all their intelligence is to I've a; 0
disposal, and. coming into their presenc
they wiiiteil Us in five minutes more IN