The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-21
MINISTRY OF ANGELS
SUBJECT OF SERMON
DR.. L. S. Bowerman Delivers
Unusual Discourse at I'm
manuel Baptist.

Or. Louis s. Bowerman. pastor of tn
Emmanuel Baptist church preached upo
an unusual subject ut the regular scrv
ices IN the church yesterday forenoon
The Ministry OF Angels" was the sub
jcct chosen by request. and the Rev Dl
Bowerman declared the world and III
air To- be full OF angels.
The Emmanuel edlficc was filled n
usual yesterday morning and all preSen
seemed 10 take Keen interest in Tn
discourse. The Rev, Dr. Bower
man chose hts text from Hebrews |, II
Are they not all ministcrlng spirits sen
forth TO do service FOR the sake OF then
that shall inherit salvation and said ii
part:
No one who is familiar with the
Old and New Testaments has failed
10 be impressed with TIE numerous
instances OF vSitants from the other
world TO this. Angels m Eden, the
hosts OF God al Mehanaim. in Egypt,
at SINAI. the angel OF the covenant
with Gideon. while the books OF
Isaiah, Daniel and Ezekiel abound
with their messages and visits, The
Psalms contain many L promise OF
their nearness and protection. The
New Testament begins with the mes
sages OF angels To Zachariah, to
Mary: the song the wandering shep-
herds heard was the angels chorus.
They minlstered 10 Jesus after the
temptation and comforted him after
guarded his tomb and bore his mes
sagcs TO John at Patucos.
In the Acts OF the Apostles We read
OF them often. Nearly every epIstle
has It's testimony. They can rock
mountain. cause an earthquake. smite
II city. destroy an army, kill with
pes,iience, strike a king with fatal
disease. slay all the first born in n
blowers Of trumpets and the pourcrs
out of the V!als OF wrath.
The protestant world has hardly
given tho proper place To the ministry
of the angels. The fear has been that
OF again straying into ''anselo,atry-"
The danger I'm our day is not In that
direction but rather thai Of removing
them from the affairs of man and be-
lleving that all the old teachings were
simply the mere childish notions and
fancIes.
Personally / believe that Jesus
knows more OF the other world than
any man or ali the men that have
lived; however, the question at once
tlon that belief by others?
The careful reading of Jesuss own
words and OF the scriptures from
which he taught leaves no question in
ones mind.
Today we face two dangers. one OF
the matters that are spoken OF as
spiritualism and the other that which
removes every element OF the super
natural from the affairs OF mankind,
There is law and there is order.
There is the unity and uniformity OF
nature. Angels, however. are not
subject to our laws. One of the old
church councils declared angels 10
have bodies and that they were COM
posed Of ether and light" The defi
milton Is beyond us. We simply re-
member they appear and disappear.
They look like men or arc again de-
scribed as shining ones" The laws
OF their natures are entirely different
from our own the laws ot their move
mcnts we do not understand.
The Bible represents them as be-
ings of mighty power. not as effem-
golden yellow hair OF their power
no man can judge. one angel can
destroy an army. The Bible repre-
sents them as CeasclesSly praiSInE
God and doir- his will. They are
supposed TO have no will that Is sim
ply their own. They are sent TO do
service for those who are the heirs
Of salvation. That word service
means much. To serve the 'sons and
daughters OF Cod All OF protection.
help and guidance are in that. All
we'll. Jesus said. II can call twelve
legions OF angels" That would be
about 100 900, Can you estimate what
that would mean? The air and the
world are full OF them. They are
ascending and descending upon men.
They are the fnstrumeDtalities hat
our Father uses ITO make all things
work together for good TO them that
love him" They seek no honor. VIII
receive no worship; but M the world
to be OF service 10 the heirs OF sal