Farrar on _Heb. 1:7_—“_He maketh his angels winds_”; “The Rabbis often refer to the fact that God makes his angels assume any form he pleases, whether man (_Gen. 18:2_) or woman (_Zech 5:9_—‘_two women, and the wind was in their wings_’), or wind or flame (_Ex. 3:2_—‘_angel ... in a flame of fire_’; _2 K. 6:17_). But that untenable and fleeting form of existence which is the glory of the angels would be an inferiority in the Son. He could not be clothed, as they are at God’s will, in the fleeting robes of material phenomena.” John Henry Newman, in his Apologia, sees an angel in every flower. Mason, Faith of the Gospel, 82—“Origen thought not a blade of grass nor a fly was without its angel. _Rev. 14:18_—an angel ‘_that hath power over fire_’; _John 5:4_—intermittent spring under charge of an angel; _Mat. 28:2_—descent of an angel caused earthquake on the morning of Christ’s resurrection; _Luke 13:11_—control of diseases is ascribed to angels.” (_d_) by guiding the affairs of nations; _Dan. 10:12, 13, 21_—“_I come for thy words’ sake. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me ... Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me ... Michael your prince_”; _11:1_—“_And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him_”; _12:1_—“_at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people._” Mason, Faith of the Gospel, 87, suggests the question whether “the spirit of the age” or “the national character” in any particular case may not be due to the unseen “principalities” under which men live. Paul certainly recognizes, in _Eph. 2:2_, “_the prince of the powers of the air, ... the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience._” May not good angels be entrusted with influence over nations’ affairs to counteract the evil and help the good? (_e_) by watching over the interests of particular churches;