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ANGELS

ANGELS
There is a growing unbelief on the
part of Christian people in the exist
ence 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 absolute proof that they are
not the disembodied spirits Of dead
men, said Carlyle b Haynes, the
evangelist and lecturer, at the gospel
tent on Oklawaha avenue recently,
in an address on "Angels-Who Are
They?" delivered to the largest audi
ence that has yer attended these ia
teresting meetings.
To prove that there was a c0nnec-
ton between the visible and the in
visible worlds, Mr.. Haynes read a
large number Of passages from the
Bible. Last night he said, in part:
Angels are not the spirits of men
and women who once lived on this
earth, as many now believe Angels
We're in existence before the creation
of man, for we read in Job 3S:7 that
when God laid the foundation of the
earth, the morning stars sang togeth-
er, and all the sons Of God shouted
for joy And then before a human
being had died angels were sent to
guard the tree of life after the fall OF
man Gen 3:24 Angels are a high
er order Of beings than man, for Da-
vid informs us in Psalms SIS, that
man was made a little lower than the
angels
The Bible informs us of the num-
Der, the power, the glory, of the heav-
emily beings, and of their connection
with Gods government. and also of
their relation to the work of the Cos
pei The prophet John says 1 heard
the voice of many angels round about
the throne In the presence-chamber.
Of the king they angels that ex-
eel in strength ministers OF his, that
do his pleasure, hardening to the
voice of his word Ten thousand
times ten thousand and thousands of
thousands was the number of the an
gels beheld by the prophets, Daniel
and John And the Apostle Paul de-
clares them to be an innumerable
company They go forth on errands
for God like the appearance of a
flash of lightning, so dazzling is their
glory, and so swift their flight.
ITO the children of God angels are
sent on missions of mercy. They
came with promises of blessing to
Abraham; with help and rescue for
Lot from the fiery doom of Sodom
with food for Elijah, etc. Thus, in
in all ages, holy angels have minis
tered to Gods people.
Every Christian has a guardian
anger " SnAClu lAAlI LlO44i thC PONCi
of Satan. Satan recognizes this, for
he said TO god: Doth Job fear God
for naught? Has thou not made 8
hedge about him. This hedge with
which God protects his people is that
described in the words of the Psalm
list, The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him, and
delivereth them This is also re-
vealed in the words of the Savior
when he said: Take heed that We de-
spise not one of these little ones, for
I say unto you that in heaven their
angels do always behold the face OF
my Father That is. the guardian an
gels Of Gods people always have ac-
cess into his presence"
Mr. Haynes quoted many texts from
the Bible to show that angels existed
before man.
There Will be no meeting at the
tent tonight. On Sunday night Mr..
Haynes will deliver an illustrated ad-
dress on the subject, The Return of
Jesus" REPORTER.
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