Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-10
ANGELS, WHAT
THEY ARE,
and WHY
PROOF OF THEIR EXISTENCE
Various Types of Angels That
Are Told Of

! ing unbelief on the part of Christian
people in the existence of evil spirits,
while angels whom the Bible teaches
minister for them who shall be heirs
of salvation are now believed by
many to be the spirits of the dead
But the Bible not only teaches the
existence of angels, but gives abso
lutte proof that they are not the dis
embodied spirits of dead men," said
Carlyle B. Haynes, the evangelist, to-
night in an address on "Angels-WhO
! Are They?" in the Old Broughton
Tabernacle delivered to a large au-
dience.
To prove that there was a connec-
ton between the visible and the invis-
ible world, that the ministration Of
angels of God was a fact, and that the
agency of evil spirits really existed,
and that these things were inseper-
ably interviewer with human history
Mr.. Haynes read a large number of
passages from the Bible. Perhaps the
most striking thing in his preaching
is the facility with which he turns to
any part of the Bible and puts his
finger upon the verse he needs to
prove the point he is making. Tonight
he ran from end to end of the Bible
reading text after text to substanti-
ate his teaching concerning the min
| istration of angels He said in part:
angels are not the spirits of men
and women who once lived on this
earth, as many believe. Angels were
in existence before the creation of
man, for we read in Job iii. T. that
when God laid the foundations of the
earth, the morning stars sang tOgeth~
err and all the sons of God shouted
for joy. And then before human
being had died angels were sent to
guard the tree of life, after the fall of
man Genesis iii. "a. Angels are a
higher order of beings than man, for
David informs in Psalms viii. 5, that
man was made little lower than the
angels.
The Bible informs us of the num-
Der, the power, and the glory of the
| heavenly beings, and of their connec-
ton with Gods government, and also
of their relation to the work of the
gospel. The prophet John says, I
heard the voice of many angels round
about the throne. In the presence
chamber of the King of Kings they
wait-'angels that excel in strength.
| Ministers of his, that do his pleas
ure,' 'hearkening to the voice of his
word. Ten thousand times ten thous-
and and thousands of thousands was
the number of angels beheld by the
prophets Daniel and John. Daniel vii.
| 10; Revelations V. II. And the apostle
Paul declares them to me an innum-
cradle company. Hebrews xii. %. They
go forth on errands for God like the
appearance of a fash of lightning
Ezekiel i IA, so dazzling is theiI
glory and so swift their flight
ITO the children of God angels arc
sent on missions of mercy. They
came with promises of blessings to
Abraham; with help and rescue fo"
Lot from the fiery doom of SodOm;
with food for Elijah when he was
about to perish from WEAKNESS and
hunger in the desert; with salvation
by chariots and horses of fire for
Elisha when he was shut in by his
foes; with safety for Daniel in the
den of lions with release from prison
to Peter when he was in Herod's dun
geon and they ministered to the pris-
oners at Phillippi; to Paul and his
companions when in tempest on the
sea; to Peter with a message of sal
walton to Cornelius, whose mind they
had previously prepared to receive the
gospel,-thus, in all ages, holy angels
have ministered to Gods people.
Every Christian has a guardian
angel to shield him from the power OF
Satan. Satan recognizes this, for he
said to God, Doth Job fear God for
naught? Hast thou not made hedge
about him, and about his house, and
about all that he hath?' This hedge
with which God protects his people is
described in the words Of the Psalmist
in Psalms xxxiv. Z, The angel of the
Lord encampeth round about them that
fear him and delivereth them This
is also revealed in the words of the
Saviour when he said, Matthew xviii,
10, Take heed that We despise not
one of those little ones; for l say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do
always behold the face of my Father
That is, the guardian angels of Gods
children always have access into his
presence"
The texts quoted or read by Mr.,
Haynes in his sermon were as fol-
lows; To show that angels existed be-
fore man was created--Job XXXviii. A. |
Z. To show how angels compare with
men-Psalms viii. 4, 5. Their employ
ment-Hebrews /. 10, IA. Their charge /
over the people of God-Psalms xci. H.
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