The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
ANGELS VISIT"
Sunday Discourse By DR.. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor Evangelist.
A Beautiful Lesson Drawn From the Psalm
Written Ia Memory Of the Wilderness
wonderings-Angels Guardians.

II is entitled angels Visits" and was
preached from the text, "He shall give His
angels charge over thee to keep thee in all
thy ways" Psalm ql; II.
The writer of this Psalm is undoubtedly
Moses. We shall appreciate its strength
and beauty all the more when we realize
that it was written in the memory of the
wilderness wanderings. In these verses
we find that Moses speaks of victory in
every sort of trial Things hidden and
seen are to be overcome and influences
most insidious as well as trials that are
most abundant and powerful would be az
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
\ general Psalm, evidently for every one,
IS indicated By the words, "He that dwell.
eth in the secret places of the most High"
Verse ]. It is Psalm of sweetness be.
,ause the secret place is suggested where
We may meet God, and not only tell Him
,ur secrets, but listen to Him as He
speaks, for the secret of the Lord is
with them that fear Him." 1t is a Psalm
Of light as indicated by the mention OF
shadows. for shadows ever accompany the
light and likewise place of comfort, fol
the thought OF the feathers would suggest
the building of birds nest. all the
horns Of which are covered with birds
feathers. and Moses would mean in this
hid of God. 1t is Psalm in which God
ubjects His faithfulness to His own, for
n the l4th and the 10th verses there ara
six II wills" mentioned.
81 will deliver him
'I will set him on high"
81 will answer him."
II will be with him."
'I will deliver him and honor him"
81 will satisfy him"
All these blessings az indicated by the
llth Psalm are for us il we stay in the Sc.
cret place of the Most High and not with
out. To preach privileges without saying
to whom they belong is like putting let.
ter in the post box on which no direction
has been written. Men have always be.
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
90 much better than the angels, as He
hath by inheritance obtained more ex.
eellent 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 IL: "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.
Wien 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 BY angels, so
the word of God declares. "Who have re-
celved the law by the disposition of an
gels, and have not kept it," Acts Z: SO.
For If the word spoken by angels wqs
steadfost. and every transgression and dis.
, obedience received a Just recompense of
reward" Hebrews q 9. While the Coz
pei was spoken by the Spirit, ''Forsn,uch
as ye are manifestlv declared to he the
epistlc of Christ ministered by us, written
not with ink, but with the Spirit of the
living God; not in tables of stone, but in
heshy tables OF the heart" I'd Corin-
thians 3: g.
Angels are actual beings. They ate with
Abraham, they took Lot by the hand, they
refused to be worshiped and they accept
ed hospitality. They are company rather
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
Told. heavenly and earthly.
FIRST, they minister as priests in the
temple in the city of God. Isaiah beheld
such a vision, Isaiah @; is. "In the year
that King Uzziah died ] saw also the Lord
sitting upon throne. high and lifted up,
and His, train filed the temple. Above it
wings; with twain he covered his face, and
with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fv. 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 |, Woe is me! for l am undone; be.
cause | am man Of unclean lips and /
n1Well in the midst Of a people OF unclean
lips; for mine eyes have seen the King.
the Lb;d of hosts. Then flew one of the
sseraphim unto me, having live coal in
MS hand, which he had taken with the
tongs from off the altar; and he laid il
up11 my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath
touched thy Tips, and thine iniquty is
taken away. and thy sin purged. Also /
near the voice of the Lord saying, Whom
snail send and who will go for us!
lhen ne, said !, Here am l. send me-"
1hr'' aie interested in creation. In the
very beginning they have their part in the
anthem tf praise. Job 3s: :. "When the
morning norm stars sing together and ell the
sons OF God shouted for joyT While in
All that has to do with the control of ma.
,Spe ,G9 they are al active agency. Psalm
iy5; 20, Bless the Lord. ye His angels,
that excel in strength, that do His com.
WMa9nomentss, ma hearkcning unto the voice oi
his word" Their Office is seven fold.
rirst, they guide. When Philip was at
work IN Samaria they sent him into the
desert. Acts s: 26-29. "And the angel Of
sne Lord spaie unto Philip saying, Arise
ana ana go toward the south unto the way
Gt G1nat goeth down from Jerusalem unto
uaza' which is desert And he arose and
went, and behold. a nan of Ethiopia. ar
eoSnuch Of great authority under Gadace,
h Shueen OF the, Ethiopians, who had the
tnaise OF all her treasure, and had come
NJ Jerusalem for to worship, was return.
ss ana sitting in his chariot read Esaias,
pn. one prophet. Then the Spirit said unto
chariot" "' anu JUN thyseii 10 tnis
hs second the hel? They fed Elijah when
Iora %as starving and they ministered to our
'Tbar "A ms weakness. Matthew a: IL