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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 16, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 37.

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“The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”
“And as he [Elijah] lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”
There is no more beautiful doctrine in the Scriptures than that of God's care for his children. Through the ministry of holy angels, he saves them from dangers, seen and unseen. Their ministry was not confined to Bible times or characters, but in every age of the church, and as truly in this age as in any other, they are the representatives of Heaven appointed for the ministry of the saints. The knowledge of this ministry should inspire courage, and at the same time impart solemnity. The record of our lives which the angels keep in the books of heaven, must be met by us in the judgment. They become in our experience here the messengers of light, blessing, and power in proportion as we obey God and consecrate our hearts and lives fully to his service.