ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS? by Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 7, 1901

“ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS?”

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE

Once, methought, the veil was lifted That obscured my mortal sight, And I saw the loving angel Who is with me day and night,— Saw the gentle, blessed spirit Who hath never left my side, Whom the all-wise Father sendeth For my messenger and guide.

And methought I cried: “O angel, Dost thou number all my tears? And in spite of many wanderings, Dost thou follow all these years? O thou blessed, min’string spirit, Dost thou feel my mortal grief? Did the tender Shepherd send thee With a message of relief?”

“Angel, didst thou stand beside me When with spirit faint with pain, By the cold grave’s cruel portals Blinding tear-drops fell like rain?” Then methought a voice like music Echoed through the ambient air: “Child of earth, why dost thou sorrow? For the Father hears thy prayer;”

“Bids me place mine arm about thee, Bids me dry thy falling tear, And a message from the Master Whisper in thy shrinking ear. Wherefore weep’st thou, child of sorrow? Lo, the glorious day is nigh, When Immanuel’s car descendeth Down the pathway of the sky.

“Then, as on the earth I’ve borne thee Often in my arms of love, Even so I’ll bear thee heavenward— Bear thee to thy home above.”