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
SWEETEST NAME IN SERAPH SONG.
July 23.
And the angel said: Thou shalt bring forth a son and shalt call his name Jesus.
—Luke 1:31.
OF WHAT rank was the Archangel Gabriel who was sent to
Mary? It is against our preconceived notions to consider
the Archangel Gabriel as belonging to any of the inferior ranks
of angels, both because of the dignity of Mary, as well as the
solemn, tremendous and absolutely unique mission on which he
came. The question arises, then, Is any member of the higher
choirs ever sent on a message to earth? St. Athanasius, Scotus,
Molina, say yes. Great names say so. St. Dionysius, Bonaventure,
St. Thomas ; Suarez, however, says that God does sometimes
dispense with the laws that guide the angelic kingdom, as He
does in the case of miracles on earth; and the common belief is
that Gabriel must be one of the highest of the order of Seraphim,
if not the very highest, because 'of the Incarnation.
—The Holy Angels.
Gold, gold, gold and gold
Gleam a hundred angels'wings,
When Mary wraps Him fold in fold
In swaddling bands and sings :
Queis Puero et Virgini
Exultant omnes Angeli. —Selwyn Image.
Now, let us sing the Angels' Song
That rang so sweet and clear
When heavenly light and music fell
On earthly eye and ear.
To Him we sing, our Savior King,
Who always deigns to hear:
"Glory to God! and peace on earth!"
He came to bring a glorious gift,
"Good will to men"—and why?
Because He loved us, Jesus came
For us to live and die.
Then sweet and long the angel's song
Again -we raise on high:
"Glory to God! and peace on earth!"
—Francis Ridley Havergal.
Hark! the sound of angel-voices
Over Bethlehem's star-lit plain;
Hark! the heavenly host rejoices,
Jesus comes on earth to reign.
See celestial radiance beaming,
Lighting up the midnight sky;
'Tis the promised day-star gleaming,
'Tis the day-spring from on high.
—Rebecca Phoenix Coe.
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