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1. Angels Holy, Angels of Light | 2. Rolling Away the Stone |. 3. Appearance of the Angel | 4. The Angel of Sleep and the Angel of Death | 5. To the Realms of Endless Day | 6. Soothing Troubled Hearts | 7. Serving the Savior | 8. The Legend of St Catherine | 9. Angels Sexless | 10. Gathering the Elect | 11. The Knowledge of Angels | 12. Perpetual Youth | 13. The Apparition of the Angel | 14. Thy Prayer is Heard | 15. The Joyous Message | 16. The Sign of Angelic Ministry | 17. Gabriel, the Messenger of God | 18. They Serve on Earth and Sing in Heaven | 19. Embassador Extraordinary | 20. Gabriel's Symbol, the Lily | 21. The Visit to Mary | 22. A Comforting Assurance | 23. Sweetest Name in Seraph Song | 24. Guardian of Celestial Treasury | 25. Angels Pictured by Artists | 26. Angels in Sculpture | 27. The Archangel Gabriel | 28. The Mystic Rose | 29. The Prince of Peace | 30. Good Tidings of Geat Joy | 31. Gloria in Excelsis
A COMFORTING ASSURANCE.
July 22.
And the angel said unto her: Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God. —Luke 1:30.
ARE they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister?
Perhaps you never thought of it, hut those two words in the
original are not the same, and there is very great beauty, too, in
the feature of difference. Are they not all "worshiping"
spirits? Do you not see the beauty of it? To my mind, it links
heaven to earth more exquisitely than I ever conceived before.
—W. Merely Panshou, LL. D.
Could we better understand the angelical nature, properties
and perfection, and what converse and intercourse of these spirits
is one with the other, and with God, how they love and praise
Him, and how He communicates Himself to them, we should
have more worthy and awful thoughts of God, the Maker and
Lord of them—we should have more worthy thoughts of His
power, wisdom and greatness. There is a world of thoughts as
well as men. Oh ! glorify the God of angels, magnify Him.
—Pneumatologia, 1701.
For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above;
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell ;
Oh, come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Immanuel !
-Phillips Brooks.
Be still, ye clouds of heaven!
Be silent, earth!
And hear an angel tell
Of Jesus' birth.
While she whom Gabriel hails
As full of grace,
Listens with humble faith
In her sweet face.
Gather a garland bright
For Mary's shrine.
For on this bless 'd day
She knelt at prayer;
When lo ! before her shone
An angel fair.
"Hail Mary!" thus he cried
With reverent fear;
She with sweet wondering eyes,
Marveled to hear.
—Adelaide Proctor | |
