The Globe-republican., 1899-11-09

subject that excites inQuisitiveness OF
their part. That is theme thai
strains their faculties to the utmost
That is higher than they can climb
deeper than they can dive. They have
a desire for something too big for theil
comprehension. Which things the
angels desire to look into" But thai
does not discredit their intelligence
NO one but God himself can fully un-
derstand the wonders of Redemption
II all heaven should study it for fifty
eternities they would get no further
than the A B C of that inexhaustibls
subject. But nearly all other realms
Of knowledge they have ransacked 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 investigation.
And what delights me most is that all
their intelligence is to be at our dis
posal. and, coming into their presence
they will tell US in five minutes more
than We can learn by one hundred
years OF earthly surmising.
Another remark l have to make con-
corning these illustrious immortals Is
that they are multitudinous. Their
census has never been taken and no
one but God knows how many they are.
but all the Bible accounts suggest their
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them, regiments of them, armies CT
them, mountainous haloed by them,
skies populous with them. John
speaks of angels and other beings
round the throne as ten thousand
times ten thousand. Now. according
to my calculation, ten thousand times
ten thousand are one hundred million.
But these are only the angels in one
place. David counted twenty thousand
of them rolling down the sky in char
lots. When God came away from the
riven rocks of Mount Sinai, the Bible
says he had the companionship of ten
thousand angels. l think they are in
every battle, in every exigency. at
every birth. at every pillow, at every
hour, at every moment. The earth full
of them. The heavens full Of them.
They outnumber the human race in
this world. They outnumber ransomsd
spirits in glory. When Abraham had
his knife uplifted to Stay Isaac. it was
an angel who arrested the stroke, cry
ing, Abraham! Abraham" 1t was
a stairway Of angels that Jacob saw
while pillowed in the wilderness. We
are told an angel led the hosts CT
Israelites out of Egyptian serfdom.
1t was an angel that showed Hagar the
fountain where she filled the bottle for
the lad. 1t was an angel that took
Lot out of doomed SodOm. 1t was an
angel that shut up the mouth of the
hungry monsters when Daniel was
thrown into the caverns. 1t was an
angel that fed Elijah under the juniper
tree. 1t was an angel that announced
to Mary the approaching nativity.
They were angels that chanted when
Christ was born. 1t was an angel that
our Savior in his agony.
It 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 Of Sloan where the sick
were healed 1t was an angel that
John saw flying through the midst OF
heaven, and an angel with foot planted
on the sea, and an angel that opened
the book, and an angel that thrust in
the sickle, and an angel that poured
out the walls, and an angel standing
in the sun. 1t will be an angel with
uplifted hand, swearing that Time
shall be no longer. In the great final
harvest of the world, the reapers are
the angels. Yea, the Lord shall be
revealed from heaven with mighty
angels. Oh, the numbers and the
might and the glory of these super
nails! Fleets Of them! Squadrons CT
hem! Host beyond host! Rank
above rank! Millions on millions,
And all On our side if we will have
them.
Men and women Of all circumstances.
only partly appreciated, or not appfe-
,iated at all, never feel lonely again
or unregarded again! Angels all
angels to approve, angels to
help, angels to remember. Yea, while |
Ill the good angels are friends of the
good, there is one special angel your
oodyguard. This idea, until this pres
mt study of angelology. supposed to
De fanciful. but find it clearly stated |
n the Bible. When the disciples were !
praying for Peters deliverance from !
Prison, and he appeared at the door OF !
he prayer meeting, they could not be- !
ieve it was Peter. They said, 1T is |
lis angel" So these disciples, in spe
ial nearness to Christ. evidently be-
ieved that every worthy soul has an
nigel. Jesus said of his followers:
Their angels shall behold the face OF
ny Father" Elsewhere 1t is said:
He shall give his angels charge over
hee, to keep thee in all thy ways"
angel-protected. angel
,uarded, angel-canopied. art thou! No