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Ministering Men or Angels?

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 28, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 21.

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Ministering Men or Angels?

By Delwin Rees Buckner

By Delwin Rees Buckner
At times at eventide, in glen or glade, Alone upon a robber-ridden road, Afar from any mortal man's abode, My heart hath fluttered in its cage, afraid; But as I've knelt upon my knees and prayed That God would take away the pricking goad That tortured me with fear, there oft hath glowed The torch of some wayfarer, come to aid.
"Was it an angel?" frequently I ask. And then I think: Was there a lighted roll Between the fingers where one holds the pen? His pocket partly hid a fire-filled flask? His speech was spiced with words that damn the soul? For angels do not thus appear to men.