The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
The Rev. DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman Draws
Beautiful Lesson From the Psalm
Written In Memory Of the wilderness
Observation-Disclosures rs Guardians.

| most insidious as well as trials that are
] most abundant and powerful would be as
! nothing because of the fact that the Lord
/, is the leader of them all. and the very an
gels of heaven are their bodyguards. It is
g. general Psalm. evidently for every one.
as indicated by the words, He that dwell,
eth in the secret places of the most High"
| Verse !. 1t is Psalm of sweetness be-
cause the secret place is suggested where
| we may meet God, and not only tell Him
our secrets, but listen to Him as He
speaks: for the secret of the Lord is
| with them that fear Him." It is a Psalm
OF light as indicated by the mention of
| light and likewise place of comfort for
the thought of the feathers would suggest
the building of birds nest. all the
thorns of which are covered with birds
! feathers, and Moses would mean in this
| way as to the comfortable position of the
child of God. It is Psalm in which God
subjects His faithfulness to His own, for
in the 18th and the 10th verses there are
six II wills mentioned.
"I will deliver him."
II will set him on high"
II will answer him."
II will be with him.
II will deliver him and honor him."
Il will satisfy him."
All these blessings as indicated by the
18th Psalm are for us if we stay in the Sc
cret place of the Most High and not with
to whom they belong is like putting let
ter in the post box on which no direction
has been written Men have always be-
lieved in angels, and the Bible confirms
this belief Their ministry is quite dis
tinct from that of the Holy Spirit of God
and yet quite as real They are not to be
confused with our beloved dead, for our
loved ones are higher than they. In speak
ing of Jesus the writer to the Hebrews
says, "Who being the brightness of His
glory and the express image of His per-
son. and upholding all things by the word
of His power. when He had by Himself
purged our sins. sat down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high; being made
so much better than the angels, as He
hath by inheritance obtained a more ex-
cellent name than they" Hebrews /: "a.
And that we are to have the same as
Christ has received is indicated in the
prayer of Jesus, Father. will that they
also whom Thou hast given Me be with
Me where / am: that they may behold
My glory, which Thou hast given Me, for
Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of
the world" John II: "a.
The HOLY Spirit in all dispensations has
been the interpreter of the word of God,
but angels have had more material work
to perform.
When Joshua was in trouble an an
gel appeared unto him as the captain
of the hosts: when Peter was in pri-
son an angel threw back the bolt of the
prison door and talked with him. The
best Illustration of the ministry of the
two is in the life of our Lord He was
led by the Spirit. taught by the Spirit,
filed with the Spirit. but was fed. by an
gels. defended by angels, strengthened by
angels. The law was spoken bv angels, so
the word of God declares. ''Who have re-
ceived the law by the disposition of an
gels, and have not kept it." Acts 7: So.
For if the word spoken by angels was
steadfast and every transgression and dis
obedience received just recompense Of
reward" Hebrews 2: 2. While the Cos
/ pei was spoken by the Spirit, 'Forasmuch
as We are manifestly declared to be the
| epistle of Christ ministered bv us. written
| not with ink, but with the Spirit of the
| living God: not in tables of stone, but in
feshy tables of the heart" Cd Corin-
| thians 8: g.
Angels are actual beings. They ate with
| Abraham, they took Lot by the hand, they
refused to be worshiped and they accept
| than race; they do not marry, neither
do they die; they are of two orders, good
and evil, but they were not always so.
Once they were all holy; then some sinned
and kept not their first estate. The 9TH
ers are distinguished from this company in
the fact that they are called the elect-an-
gels. The employment of angels is two
fold. heavenly and earthly.
| First, they minister as priests in the
temple in the city of God. Isaiah beheld
such = vision, Isaiah 6: 1-S. "In the year
that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord
| sitting upon throne. high and lifted up,
and His train filled the temple Above it
stood the seraphim; each one had six
wings with twain he covered his face, and
with twain he covered his feet and with
twain he did Hv. And one cried unto an
other, and said. Holy, holy, holy is the
Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of
His glory. And the posts of the door
moved, at the voice Of him that cried. and
the house was filled with smoke. Then
said I, Woe is me! for am undone; be-
cause | am man of unclean lips, and /
dwell in the midst of people of unclean
lips; for mine eyes have seen the King,
the Lord Of hosts. Then few one Of thu,
seranhim unto me, having a live coal in
his hand, which he had taken with the
tongs from off the altar: and he laid it
upon my mouth, and said Lo, this hath
! touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is
taken away. and thy sin purged. Also ]
hear the voice of the Lord saying, Whom
shall / send: and who will go for us?
1 = ACu ooiO L, 41CAC all ScuU HE.
They are interested in creation. In the
very beginning they have their part in the
| anthem of praise. Job SO: 7. when the
| morning stars sang together and all the
sons of God shouted for joy?" While in
all that has to do with the control of ma
ture they are an active agency. Psalm
1903: 20, "Bless the Lord, We His angels.
that excel in strength, that do His com.
| mandnents, hearkening unto the voice OF
His word Their office is seven fold.
First, they guide. When Philip was at
| work in Samaria they sent him into the
/ desert. Acts s: $500 "And the angel 81
the Lord spake unto Philip saving. Arise
and go toward the south unto the way
that goeth down from Jerusalem unto
GAIA, which is desert. And he arose and
went, and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, ar
eunuch of great authority under Gadace
Queen Of the Philippians, who had the
charge of all her treasure, and had come
to Jerusalem for to worship, was return.
| ing and sitting in his chariot read Esaias
the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto
Philip, 60 near and join myself to this
Second, the help. They fed Elijah when
he was starving and they ministered to our
Lord in His weakness. Matthew 4: ii
Then the devil leaveth him, and behold
angels came and ministered unto him."
Third: they defend. When Daniel was
in the lions den thnv ware hic cnn, fort