The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

70 Jerusalem lor 30 worship. was return.
ing and sitting m bis chariot read Esana.
che prophet. Then the Spirit said unto
Philip. Go near and join myself 20 this
chariot
Second. the help They fed Eijah when
be was starving and they ministered 20 our
Lord IN His weakness Matthew 4: N.
Then the devil leaveth him, and behold.
angels came and minisgsred unto him"
Third they defend When Daniel was
in the lions den they were his comfort.
and concerning little children it Is said
Take heed that yc desmse not enc OF
these little ones for / say unto YOU. That
m heaven their angels 30 always behold
the face Of Ny Father which Is in heaven"
Matthew Is: TO- That Is not the angels Of
the children behold the face Of the Father.
but the angela that guard the children be-
hold His face, as # 20 know His will con
corning them.
Fourth, they watch over the church.
Paul must have had this in mind when he
said For / think that God hath set forth
us the apostles last as It were appointed
TO DEATH for we are made a spectacle unto
Corinthians 4: o.
Fifth, they have charge of the dead. az
y Indicated in the story of Stephen and
the death and resurrection Of Lazarus, also
m the fact that our Lord was in the tomb
and two angels were guarding Him.
Sixth, they shall accompany Christ at
His second coming. Prophets. evangel-
lists, apostles all declare this truth.
Seventh, they shall be the executors of
judgment. Matthew ID: 4l-42 "The Son
Of Man shall send forth His angels, and
they shall gather out Of His kindom an
things that offend, and them which do ini-
guilty and shall cast them into a furnace
OF tre: there shall be walling and crashing
Of teeth"
1t is my purpose to show something con-
corning angels visits in days that are past
that may ma . application Of the truth
to the present time.
l.
Their visit to Abraham. Genesis Is:
-. "And the lord appeared unto him in
the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the
tent door in the heat Of the day. and he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and 10, three
men stood by him; and when he saw them
he ran to meet them from the tent door,
and bowed himself toward the ground"
We have here the thought of communion
Of which the Christian Church is so much
IN need in these days It is not so much
service that is demanded now as fellow
ship with Him and waiting upon Him by
IhtdAA vi NuiGu We NAV KNOW Ills Will.
like to picture this visit OF angels Abra-
ham at his tent door during the heat of
the day. when suddenly the angels APP
peared. There were three of them. the
angel of the Covenant being their leader.
/ stood on the very spot where it is said,
according to tradition, the tent of Abra-
ham stood and the place seemed holy
ground. / doubt not the tent was ever
more beautiful to Abraham and Sarah, for
as a matter of fact homes are TRANSPORTED
and lives made beautiful Just in proper
ton that Christ. the Angel of the Cove.
nant, fills us, and He still comes to us to-
day, and in His coming He is the same
Yesterday, to-day and forever. He entered
the home of Zaccheus and gave him a new
song, and salvation came to his entire
household He filed the heart Of Peter so
that when Paul was converted he came
down just to visit him that he might know
concerning his Master. Doubtless he saw
the couch where He rested, possibly the
room where He slept and have no ques.
tion at all but Peter and Paul iourneyed
together visiting the scenes that were
made sacred by His gracious presence. He
walked with the two on their way to EN-.
maus and illumined the Scriptures and
also made their hearts burn. We may
have angels visits in these days in unex-
pected ways.
like the story Of the German boy who
sat a place at the table for Christ, and
suddenly there was knock at the door
When the child opened the door he found
there a peasant poorly clad; babe him
take the seat, feeling that since Jesus could
not come He had sent this man in His
place.
Whatever may be the dispensational
INTERPRETATION of the 28th chapter Of
Matthew, the 35th to the doth verses
are at least most striking in this connec-
ton. For l was an hungered and We gave
Me meat; / was thirsty and We gave Me
drink, / was stranger, and We took Me
in; naked and We clothed Me; / was sick
and We visited Me; l was in prison and We
came unto Me. Then shall the righteous
answer Him saying Lord. when saw we
Thee an hunrered and fed Thee? or thirsty
and gave Thee drink? When saw we
Thee a stranger and took Thee in? or
naked and clothed Thee? Or, when saw
we Thee sick or in prison and came unto
Thee? Aud the King shall answer and
say unto them, Verify, / say unto you. In
asmuch as We have done it unto one of the
least of these. NY brethren, We have done
it unto Me" AS a matter of fact we
never give a cup of cold water, we never
say a kind word, we never lift another
burden tor the glory OF Christ that we do
not do these things unto Him.
Their visit to Lot Genesis 10: 10.
"And there came two angels to Sodom at
even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom
and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them.
and he bowed himself with his face toward
| the ground; and he said, Behold, now, my
lords, turn in, | pray you, into your serv.
ants house and tarry all night, and wash
your feet, and We shall rise up early, and
go on your ways. And they said Nay
but we viii abide in the street all night
! And he pressed upon them greatly, and
! they turned in unto him and entered into
his house, and he made them a feast, anC
did bake unleavened bread, and they die
eat" VIII you notice the difference be
tween the number of angels in the FIRST pic
ture and the second; three in the first, two
in the second
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