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Flashes of thought 1000 choice extr from the works of CH SpurgeonAuthor: Charles Haddon SpurgeonPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of God to learn, and some lessons of heavenly science to stndy which creation cannot unfold to their view, to be ascertained and certified by them only through t... more »he transcendent work of redemption which the Lord has carried on in his church. 18 angelic Serbice, a Pattern for as. What would you think of an angel who was sent from the throne of God to bear a message, and who lingered on the way or refused to go ? It was midnight, and the message came to Gabriel and his fellow songsters, " Go and sing o'er plains of Bethlehem, where shepherds keep their flocks. Here is your sonnet, Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men." Could you conceive that they halted, that they wished to decline the task ? Impossible with such music, and with such a commission given from such a Lord ! They sped joyously on their way. Your mission is not less honourable than that of the angels. You are sent to speak of good things, which bring peace and good will to men, and glory to God. Will you loiter ? Can you longer be dumb ? Nay, as the Lord Jesus sends you, go forth, I pray you, go at once, and with joy tell out the story of his love. 17 angels, ©uarotans of the Cfturrfj. Invisible spirits of superior race are servitors to the beloved sons of God. All heaven's hosts are ready for our defence. If it were needful, the new Jerusalem would empty out itself of its thousands, as Thebes did of its myriads from all its hundred gates, and every angel would, with sword drawn, assail our foes, and put them to utter rout; for the Lord will not suffer one of the least of his own to perish. 18 angels, Sgtnpatfjg of. Angels, we know, have often been messengers of God's will to the sons of men. They have never shown any reluctance, on the contrary, great has been their joy to... « less
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ISBN-13: 9780217834766ISBN-10: 0217834760Publication Date: 8/17/2009 Pages: 650Rating: ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating |
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