The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16

judgment. Matthew l3: 41-42. "The Son
of Man shall send forth His angels and
they shall gather out of His kindom all
things that offend, and them which do mi.
guilty and shall cast them into furnace
OF lire; there shall be wailing and gnashing
Of teeth"
1t is my purpose to show something con.
cerning angels visits in days that are past
that l may make application OF the truth
to the present time.
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. 1t ia not so much
service that is demanded now as fellow.
ship with Him and waiting upon Him By
means OF which. we NAV know His will ]
like to picture this visit of angels. Abra.
ham at his tent door during the heat OF
the day, when suddenly the angels ap.
peared. There were three of them, the
angel of the Covenant being their leader
l 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, fo1
as matter OF fact homes arc trans6gured
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 new
song, and salvation came to his entire
household. He filled the heart OF Peter SO
ha tyh al l.
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 l have no ques.
tion at all but Peter and Paul journeyed
together visiting the scenes that were
made sacred by His gracious presence. He
walked with the two on their way to En-.
maus and llumined the Scriptures aad
also made their hearts burn. We may
have angels visits in these days il unex.
pected ways.
/ like the story OF the German boy who
sat a place at the table for Christ, and
suddenly there was a knock at the door.
When the child opened the door he found
there 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 disoensatonal
Interpretation of the 2Sth chapter of
Matthew, the 35th to the 10Th verses
are at least most striking in this conncc.
ton. "For was an hungered and We gave
Me meat; i was thirsty and we gave Me
drink, L was a stranger, and We took Me
in; naked and ye clothed Me; / was sick
and ye visited Me; l was in prison and We
came unto Me. Then shall the righteous
answer Him saying, Lord. when saw we
Thee an hungered and fed Thee? or thirsty
and gave Thee drink? When saw we
Thee stranger and took Thee in? OF
naked and clothed Thee? Or, when saw
we Thee sick or in prison and came unto
Thee? And the King shall answer and
say unto them, Verify, l say unto you. In.
.smuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these. My brethren, we havc done
1t unto Me-" As a matter of fact we
never give. cup of cold water, we never
say a kind word, We never lift another's
Eirden for 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 ye shall rise up early, and
go on your ways. And they said, Nay,
And he pressed upon them greatly, and
they turned in unto him and entered into
his house, and he made them feast, and
did bake unleavened bread, and they did
eat" Will 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.
Lot is a type of worldly Chris.
tian, man who had good start and
made a miserable failure With such
man the Angel of the Covenant can have
little fellowship, while for his soul he may
have a great longing. Note the steps in
Lots downfall. He pitched his tent to.
ward Sodom. They moved into Sodom.
Then Sodom gained possession OF him;
then he lost his influence with his own
household; his fellow-citizens and with the
angels of heaven. He is like the man who
came into service after he had been wan.
dering from Christ for thirteen years.
Once he had been faithful and true,
brought face to face again with Christ he
renewed his VOWS and then started out tc'
win his children, but returned at the close
OF the day after he had been in their beau
tiful homes to say that they had every one
of them lapsed into infidelity, and he was
powerless to move. them. There may be
such wanderer here who is saying, is
there any. hope, In answer / give you the
picture OF Jacob and the angels guarding
him when he was supplanter and a cheat.
Genesis 80: IL. "And Jacob went on hi:
way, and the angels of God met him.
And when Jacob saw them he said This is
Gods host, and he called the name of that
place Mahanaim," and of Peter concerning
whom the angels said as they gave the
Masters invitation for the disciples tc
meet Him, HE told His disciples and
Peter"
These angels went into Sodom and
that is the way to work, not to sl
with folded hands in the pew and expect
the unsaved to come to us; they hastened
Lot, for they were dead in earnest The
church needs a baptism of enthusiasm
They laid hold upon the hand Of Lot
Preaching is not enough; there must be
personal contact with those who are lost.
III.
The angel OF strength. Matthew 4: IL
"Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold,
angels came and ministered unto him.
There is no reason why we should fail ir
these coming days granted the fact that
the flesh is weak, the tempter strong, our
appetite awful, but still l Corinthians the
10th chapter and the 18th verse is true.
There hath no temptation taken you.
but such as is common to man, but God is
faithful. who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able, but will
with the temptation also make way to
escape that ye may be able to bear it,"
In travelling through the country yester.
day friend called my attention to the
fact that the leaves which have been upon
the scrub oak all through the winter
months were now falling away. The
wind of the winter did not make them
fall nor the weight of the snow could not