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for strength, Satan fears that he will lose a captive, and he calls a
reinforcement of his angels to hedge in the poor soul, and form a wall
of darkness around him, that heaven’s light may not reach him. But
if the one in danger perseveres, and in his helplessness casts himself
upon the merits of the blood of Christ, our Saviour listens to the earnest
prayer of faith, and sends a reinforcement of those angels that excel
in strength to deliver him. Satan cannot endure to have his powerful
rival appealed to, for he fears and trembles before His strength and
majesty. At the sound of fervent prayer, Satan’s whole host trembles.
He continues to call legions of evil angels to accomplish his object.
And when angels, all-powerful, clothed with the armory of heaven,
come to the help of the fainting, pursued soul, Satan and his host fall
back, well knowing that their battle is lost. The willing subjects of
Satan are faithful, active, and united in one object. And although they
hate and war with one another, yet they improve every opportunity to
advance their common interest. But the great Commander in heaven
and earth has limited Satan’s power.
My experience has been singular, and for years I have suffered
peculiar trials of mind. The condition of God’s people, and my con-
nection with the work of God, have often brought upon me a weight
of sadness and discouragement which cannot be expressed. For years
I have looked to the grave as a sweet resting place. In may last vision
I inquired of my attending angel why I was left to suffer such per-
plexity of mind, and was so often thrown upon Satan’s battleground.
I entreated that if I must be so closely connected with the cause of
truth, I might be delivered from these severe trials. There is power and
strength with the angels of God, and I pleaded that I might be shielded.
Then our past life was presented before me, and I was shown that
Satan had sought in various ways to destroy our usefulness; that many
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times he had laid his plans to remove us from the work of God; he had
come in different ways, and through different agencies, to accomplish
his purposes; but through the ministration of holy angels he had been
defeated. I saw that in our journeying from place to place, he had
frequently placed his evil angels in our path to cause accidents which
would destroy our lives; but holy angels were sent upon the ground to
deliver. Several accidents have placed my husband and myself in great
peril, and our preservation has been wonderful. I saw that we had been
the special objects of Satan’s attacks, because of our interest in and