Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
ANGEL MESSENGERS.
-Bring from Heaven to Earth Good
Tid:ngs Of Great Joy.
18Th ristmus Sermon by the "Highway
and Byway'' Preacher-A Three
Fold Message Concerning
the Christ.

the Christ.
EEopyrlght, 1902, by A. N. Kellogg News
paper Col
Chicago, Dec. 81 1902.
- Text:-"Are they 1.-THE angels] not all
: rninisterng spirits, sent forth to minister
for them who shall be heirs Of saliva
il -ion2'-Hebrews lila.
Greek mythology represents the
Imaginary gods Of the planets as
coming to earth and performing
: their deeds and bearing their mes
sases to man. The experience OF
;. Paul and Barnabas at Lystra strik-
5ngly illustrates what strong hold
these ideas had upon the mind OF the
s1ea then world. Because of the mi
raculons blessing which Paul brought
SO the impotent man, the superstl-
tiouS people instantly concluded that
Paul and Barnaba must be gods
come 10 earth, and they named Bar
r1abas Jupiter and Paul they called
Afercurius, and would fain have done
sacrifice to them. This idea Of Wis
.itors to earth from other worlds per-
,:meated the thought and literature ol
the heather nations from earliest
times, and may have been borrowed
from the records of Gods Word,
which told of angel messengers come
to earth bearing communications
from the God of Heaven to man.
The blessed tread of angel footsteps
echoes all through the sacred pages
of Gods Word from the Heavenly
messenger with the flaming sword,
placed at the east of the Garden Of
Eden to guard the way of the Tree
OF Life, to the angel who visited
John on the isle of Patmos on that
use orab}e Lords day and .unrolled
before his vision all the wonderful
mysteries Of Gods will which he left
recsrded in the Revelation. Angels
as.<1,oe to earth from the presence Of
si<i as ninistering spirits to com
z1sunicate to man Gods will and Gods
purpose for man.
Ave are treading on holy ground
azhen we come into the presence of
s7.-s:<ds angels. We may not gaze with
-=he curious eye and seek to penetrate
the beautiful mystery Of Gods move
1Nents, but if we remove the shoes
OF our natural will and desires, we
may draw near to the burning bush
of the angelic presence, and behold
lulany an inspiring message and learn
lessons that only the Divine finger
<can trace on the feshy tables Of the
human heart. 1t was the Angel
) Gabriel who came to the handmade
>en Of the Lord in Nazareth, of Cali
lee and brought the message from
God that she was to be the mother
of the Christ. 1t was most proba ably
the same angel whose quick glad feet
.:trod the sward of the hillside over
looking Bethlehem until he stood in
zhe midst of the sinple-hearted shep-
herds and announced to them the
good tidings of great joy of a Saviour
born 1t was two angels who joined
the group of wondering disciples
as they stood on the brow of sacred
>sOliyet, gazing after their ascending
Lord and who announced to them
that This same Jesus, which is
taken up from you into Heaven,
shall so come in like manner as We
have seen Him go into Heaven
Glad messages of the angels! Let
zls draw near and listen to the sweet
music of their words, let us drink in
the height and depth and the length
and breadth of their meaning, let us
appropriate the inexhaustible riches
-sot: Gods love which they pour at our
feet
The Christmas time air is filled
with the music of angel voices. The
song that burst from the angelic
>:cl1ojr over the hills of Judea that
first Christmas morning has not
ceased its music. The hillsides rang
with the glad message, the mountain.
aeaks clapped their hands with Joy
and sent echoing throughout the
world the ''glory to God in the high
~4ests and on earth peace, good will
7doa'ards men, 1t comes ringing
over dale and hill to-day, bringing
Joy TO the hearts OF men. Not Il
christmas bell can be rung, not d
christmas carol can be sung. that has
not caught it's music from the melody
that burst from the multitude of the
3aeavenly host as it lowered over
that entranced group Of shepherds
and their gentle tlocks. Christmas!
Glad Christmas! Joyous Christmas!
Blessed. yea thrice blessed, Christ
:naas, Let all the earth rejoice.
Angel messengers from Heaven to
garth with their reassuring words:
AEear not" and then the gates of
Heaven open wide and the glory of
God streams forth, the Celestial mu-
sic bursts upon the world, the beau
teous star guides to the lowly man
ger, and there the world is led to
Pay homage to the Eternal King. the
Saviour of the world. 10 pay HON.
age. but oh, it is so easy to bow the
.-knee. while the heart remains un-
~yielding and unmoved. SO easy t.
~worship as the wise men did, to pay
gtribute as the wise men did out ri