1. The Book of Gold | 2. His Heavenly Monitor |  3. Ministers of Special Providence | 4. Elastic As the Light | 5. An Angel in the House | 6. Christ the Lord of Angels | 7. An Angel Leads | 8. With Watchful Care | 9. Angels Sympathize with Men | 10. "The Lord Hath Sent His Angels." | 11. Protect, Defend and Foster | 12. Peopling the Aerial Spaces | 13. "Ere I Lay me down to Sleep." | 14. Outward Help and Relief | 15. Personal Beings in Scripture | 16. Compassion over Us | 17. Invisible Friends | 18. Their Durance Immortal | 19. Allotments of Happiness | 20. Synonym of Perfection | 21. His Best Angel, Love | 22. Clad in Angelic Light | 23. Children of the Sun | 24. Word Spoken by Angels | 25. Ever-Blooming Youth | 26. Formed into Armies | 27. Celestial Hierarchy | 28. Angel-Worship | 29. Story of the Archangels | 30. "To You who are Troubled."

CHRIST THE LORD OF ANGELS.

September 6.

And behold, the Angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison;
and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up saying: Arise up quickly.—Acts 12:7.

CHRIST is the Lord of Angels, Jehovah of hosts; and he
brings all His glorious retinue to serve Him in His office of
Savior. As the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews says of the
angels, "Are they not ministering spirits sent forth to minister
to those who shall be heirs of salvation ?" In the Old Testament,
angels were declared to be guardians of God's people (Ps. 91 :12).
Our blessed Master confirms the truth. His angels are His
people's angels. Standing ready before God to be sent upon
any mission that concerns the welfare of His little ones—little
children and child-like believers. Some find here (Matt. 18:10)
the doctrine of particular guardian angels ; whether that be true
or not, we are unprepared to say ; but certainly all Christ's people
are under the guardianship of Christ's angels. There is not one
of all the radiant winged spirits who do God's will in Providence,
that is not ready to be a servant of those whom Jesus numbers
among His little ones.                       —Rev. Dr. Bethune.

Keep clean, bear fruit, earn life and watch
Till the white-winged reapers come.
                                —Henry Vaughan.

When doomed to death, the Apostle lay
At night in Herod's dungeon cell,
A light shone round him like the day,
And from his limbs the fetters fell.
A messenger from God was there,
To loose his chain, and bid him rise,
And lo ! the saint was free as air,
Walked forth beneath the open skies.
                 —William Cullen Bryant.