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Show "MINHTERINO SPimTS' That Iroml U ft IWII4 aaaa final Aajr Olhtr. "Are thejr not all ministering spirits, Met forth to minister forthera who shall l heirs of aalvallonr Do you bclievo ' this tnott prrctoaa scrfiitup- Anil do you not only bellove It, but do Jon trait ; ia It na tho very word of a covenant !F Leonlng Jehovah? Who ran tell of tl.o innltltmlo of Rood and kind offices Judo to yon ami myself, and ll who lovo llm Messed maste r, as wo hJISa fclonu tlio path of life, by tho unseen hands of these, min islerlnir ones? Sa frclnently Uora It uo-cur uo-cur that wo am compiled aoiuctlines to i top and wonder why tho crooked (daces did not continuo crooked, and tlio rough places contlnno roottU. And yet tlio crooked placca Were suddenly made straight anl tlierouah pl-icea wentmado smooth when wo woro not looking for tnch dellteranc. rJometluv-e, even. In our otter dependence and want, we lind-tlte lind-tlte and (land still, and It require tlio strong hand of an angel to hurry ns from tho Impending danger, M I,t and hi family were hurried out from tho douraul dly hy untfrllo might. V should never fonret that wo arc alwayi under tho protection of the heavenly father and Iho truardlanslilp of ministering spirits. The divine word haa promised to irlve lit angels cliarpi over the, to keep the In all thy ways. They lull hear theo nu lif their hands lt thou dull thy foot against a stone." A striking ami lieautlful llluitratlon oc currrd to Philip Doddrldac, who, when a small boy, waa thrown from hlahorso niion a pllo of sliaru mclu. lie m picked up and carried homo by A paase-r by who aaw the accident. It wan aup jiosed ho waa seriously hurt, but Ufmn ciamluatlon not even n tcratch waa found upon hl bnly, Ills parintiand othera thought It waa n von.lirfully atrange providence. When an old man ho had a singular ilmim. Ilo dreamed that ho waa dead, and waa carried to tho honso of many mansions." Orer tlio door of ono of tho many rooms w as hi name, Philip UsUrUgi. Ho waa nh. creil In and bidden to await Iho coming of tho master. Tlio walla wcro hung Kltlils-antlful palutlugs, rjich of which diKcribmliiouiootentof hlallfe, Amon tho rent waa one deKrlptlto of Ida full ing headlong from tho horso when n boy. Tho i Icturo fully explained every thing to him. Now ho could understand why th sharp roelcs did not cvenlcavo A acratch upou Ida body, for there, stood an angel with wings so folded na tocateh lilm In falling. Tho v, ritrr knowa of a llttlo girl, aomo thrvo or fimrjcnra of ago, who In puniult of a playmato ran out of an 0111 n Indow tuo atoriea high from tho ground. ijrr grandmotlier aaw her fall, and npcclrd to find aomo ono of her llmlx or rlba bmlen, but Instead frund hrr entlndy unlinrt, without errn a algn of n brnlm upon her body. "Why, darling, what n vtonder)on u cm not killed or nriouidy linrt' Thoanswercainc, "Why, grand ma, Uod took cam of mo." fture1y,asln tho caM Just mentioned, tho wlnga of an angel kept her from all Innn. Oftener than think, oftener than we know, our present welfare, or pcihapa our life, hangs by so tletider a thread that tho leait pmanro on thla aUo or that would tnaplt! butanaiimllatenttostrengtheii tliolhrcaAl until tho danger la (vut, and o"our feet aro kept from falling, our ctwi from teara and our aouli from death" mora frerjuently than wo Imagine. ltoy. C. Poster William. In .Now York OU-tcrrer. |
