JUST what an angel is in appearance we cannot say. Some
things, however, appear clear. For one thing, some angels,
the Bible tells us, were visible, and some not. Some were immense
in strength, others were not. In some cases they seem to
have been human beings commissioned to carry special messages
to men, and clothed mysteriously in superhuman features.
—Dr. John L. Withrow.
These wonderful beings, whose existence and powers are thus
revealed in the Word of God, are spoken of under various names,
and as existing and acting in different ranks and orders. But,
by whatever name they are called, they are always referred to
as celestial beings, dwelling in another sphere, possessed of
grander faculties and powers than men, and as spotlessly holy,
and undeviatingly doing the will of God. —Dunn.
Ah ! when we learn the spirit sound and sign,
And instantly our angels recognize,
No weariness can tire, no pain surprise
Our souls rapt in the intercourse divine,
Which God permits, ordains, across our line,
The changeless line which bars
Our earth from other stars.—H. H. Jackson.
By your side an angel guide
Watches lest you go astray.
—Matthias Barr.
