The Washington times., 1922-11-11
DR. HALL SAYS
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DIVINE WORD

Dean Of Research University
Talks on Messengers From
/ the Deity to Man.
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A communion between God and
man u religion. but the basis or re-
6gion u formed by the interchange
ct signals and messages between
man and God. When man speaks unto
God Il n prayer. praise or thanks
gfving; when God speaks unto man
Il is revelation. guidance and inspira-
ton.
Gods messengers do not always
speak with q human voice, for His
u q rich and varied language. In
this address ! shall use the original
meaning Of the word angel
namely the Greek "Angelos-
which means messenger" and when
use the term messenger" ! shall
include all the means used by the
Universal Father in revealing him
sef to his children. For instance:
He spoke through a fiery bush to
Moses; through dreams to Samuel;
through the human voice to Abra-
ham; through the stern prophet Ma
than to David, and a wicked king Is
brought to the tribunal of his own
conscience to make confession.
Every day some messenger stands at
the door of mans soul, bringing over.
lures divine.
The First Meeting.
The life drama. of which this meet
ing with the divine messenger Is
part, has to do itwh the teaching and
education Of Jacob. The thief has
deceived his father, robbed his broth.
er, betrayed his personal honor and
was taken by the inevitable retribu.
ton. Fleeing from the anger of
Esau and the Indignation. Of Isaac,
the youth became fugitive from
justice, seeking safety in the desert.
In the daytime he feared that his
brothers armed troops might over
take him, and in the night, the gilt
tering stars seemed to him as the
angry accusing eyes of his bhother,
that refused to let him rest or sleep.
Your autobiography is also filled
with thrilling events. epoch-making
moments, when you meet the mes
sengers divine in the way, just be-
cause you are a man, out on the
frontier line, a man full of red blood.
tingling with ambition, struggling
with temptation, oft staggering un-
der burdens; having in your hand the
destiny of others because a little pill
grim band is following you as q
leader. Your journey along LIES
way Is a thrilling passage, that fully
justifies the entrance Of the messen-
gers of God upon the earthly scene.
The Angel Of Reverence.
Reverence is the upward Sook that
lifts the soul to divine levels. For
the youth who finds nothing In the
universe to admire, there Is nothing
left for that youth to fear. because
everything dreadful has already hap
pened to him; the house Of his soul
IL already q ruin, filled with strange
invaders. The young person who
has no reverence for parents, teach
ers, elderly persons, the House Of
God, the Book Of Books. and whole
some ethical principles. such a young
person Is drifting downward to the
lower levels of degeneration.
The commonness. the squalor, the
meanness Of such persons
thoughts will lead him onward and
downward into the maelstrom Of
bad habits where he is unable to
save himself.
On the other hand, a wholesome
reverence Is a sense that lends
dignity and allurement to the battle
fields Of liberty. to the solemn
esnctuarfes Of worship. to the birth
place Of poets, and to the resting
place of the unknown heroes. What
10 Il that casts the spell Of silence
and mystery upon the soul when
we stand in the little house where
Shakespeare was born? Or whence
comes the thrill of rapture when
one walks the streets OF Florence?
II is not It's palaces, its galleries,
its towers and domes. but that
which strikes the soul through and
through with quivering delight and
piercing Joy Is the sense of rever-
ence and awe. born Of the haunting
presences of the martyred Savon-
arola, the divine Dante, and the
lofty, dedicated soul Of Michael
angelo.
Your dead have turned certain
rooms In your homes to shrines Of
worship and chapels of awe and
veneration, for thither came the
angels Of God to release one you
loved, and for convoy home. There
fore you can, never cross the thres-
hold OF that room without knowing
that with altered eyes YOU look
upoA an altered world The angel
of reverence has spoken to you In
order to awaken your better emo
tions and to lead you sn to higher
plane.
Tho Messenger Of Love.
The messenger of love IL always
whispering to us. For truly we can
say with Scott: Love rules the
court. the camp, the grove, and men
below and saints above, for love IL
heaven and heaven is love-"
A little girl was asked by her
father II she would like to take
bouquet OF flowers to her old grand
father who was living across the
creek. The little girl was delighted.