Who has not had at some time in his experience an inward intuition or inspiration that has given him courage in time of great stress, or pointed unerringly to the right human step, which has protected and delivered him from evil? Of course some may not recognize the angelic nature of these holy messages, but one who has felt this warmth of spiritual love in his heart has come to know the unfolding of an angel thought of God in human consciousness.
In all ages the angels of God's presence have silenced the whispering suggestions of evil and have destroyed and annulled these fraudulent and delusive claims. In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," under the caption, "Our angelic messengers," Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 299), "My angels are exalted thoughts, appearing at the door of some sepulchre, in which human belief has buried its fondest earthly hopes." A few lines farther on she says, "These upward-soaring beings never lead toward self, sin, or materiality, but guide to the divine Principle of all good, whither every real individuality, image, or likeness of God, gathers."
Let us examine the word "sepulchre" as used in Mrs. Eddy's statement. In this instance might it not stand for a gloomy, drear, and hopeless state of human consciousness whose door is sealed with fear, discouragement, or despair? If human belief has seemed to bury our "fondest earthly hopes" of rightful activity and health, or maybe our happiness and joy, we can still become aware of the angels or "exalted thoughts" which guide to all good. Eliphaz, the Temanite, pointed the way centuries ago when speaking of God he said to Job (22:21), "Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee." To know good we must know God.
