Dr. Rudolph, in Die Lehre vom Menschen, says : But how can the spiritual body be material and still invisible? Air is invisible and yet very material. Wind storms and tornadoes are evidences of its material nature. Our Saviour in instructing Nicodemus uses this very fact to illustrate the nature and opera The Holy Scriptures do not know of any formless being or life." tion of the Holy Spirit. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." John 3: 8. Electricity is a mighty power in moving cars and other heavy machinery, yet only in the form of a spark or flash can it be seen. The gases are also material, but seldom visible. Our Eyes Holden. If we do not see angels, is it not because our eyes are holden? The case of Balaam, previously mentioned, is an example. So also is the experience of the servant of Elisha. When the prophet prayed, "Lord, I pray Thee, open his eyes," the Lord answered the prayer, and the young man saw that "the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." 2 Kings 6:17. Following this manifestation, the Lord, in answer to the prayer of the prophet, smote the hosts of Syria with blindness, so that their eyes were holden from seeing certain objects. The prophet then led them into the very stronghold of their foes, within the walls of the city of Samaria. Then the Lord opened their eyes, and they were astonished to find themselves helpless, and at the mercy of the Hebrews. Number of Angels. The Bible does not inform us as to the exact number of the angels, but many texts show conclusively that there is a vast host of them. When the multitude from the chief priests came to arrest Jesus, He said to them, A legion is three or four thousand. So, at a word, Christ could have had more than forty thousand angels to defend Him. John, on the Isle of Patmos, was given a view of the heavenly host, and endeavored to express the number. He said there were "ten thousand times ten thousand" (one hundred million), and as this could not express the number, he adds, "and thousands of thousands." Rev. 5:11. Paul speaks of the angels as "an innumerable company." Heb. 12:22. No adequate idea of the number of the heavenly family can be expressed. Not only are the angels sent as messengers to do God's bidding to this world, but it must be that they are sent as well to the inhabitants of other worlds. As no shining sun nor circling world is beyond the knowledge or power of God, so in every place His angel messengers do His will and execute His commands. When we consider how many angels have from time to time visited this little world of ours, yes, how many are constantly here watching over God's people, we cannot escape the conviction that the inhabitants of unfallen worlds must be favored also in respect of heavenly visitants to their places of abode. Their number is too vast, their mission is too wonderful, for human comprehension. Their Glory. The glory of "the holy angels" who will come with Him is one of the special features of the second coming of Christ. A fleeting view of the glory and power of the angel who came to raise Christ from the dead is given in Matt. 28: 2-4. At his presence the very mountains trembled, and “there was a great earthquake. . . . His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men." The apostle-prophet John, on the Isle of Patmos, gives the following description of the MAJESTY AND GLORY. "The most lovely objects that we behold are marred with deformity and tarnished with decay. Hence, men ordinarily have but slight conceptions of the surpassing loveliness and glory of the heavenly beings. A few times a rift has been made in the clouds, through which some privileged ones have been permitted to behold a few rays of the glory of heaven. And then these have been so over whelmed by it as to fear that they should die. Thus the prophet Isaiah, upon having a view of heaven, exclaimed, 'Woe is me! for I am undone; . . . for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.' Isa. 6:5. As Moses came down from the mount where he had been with |