Billy Graham said he believed in angels, not only
because of the Biblical testimony about them, but also
“because I have sensed their presence in my life on
special occasions.” He wrote:
As an evangelist, I have often felt too far spent to
minister from the pulpit to men and women who have
filled stadiums to hear a message from the Lord. Yet
again and again my weakness has vanished, and my
strength has been renewed. I have been filled with
God’s power not only in my soul but physically. On
many occasions, God has become especially real, and
has sent his unseen angelic visitors to touch my body
and let me be His messenger for heaven speaking as a
dying man to dying men.

He also recounted such exciting stories as this one
from pioneer missionary
John G. Paton in the New Hebrides Islands, in the
South Pacific.

Hostile natives surrounded his mission headquarters
one night intent on burning the Patons out and killing
them. John Paton and his wife prayed all during that
terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When
daylight came they were amazed to see that,
unaccountably, the attackers had left.

A year later, the chief of the tribe was converted to
Jesus Christ, and Mr. Paton, remembering what had
happened, asked the chief what had kept him and his
men from burning down the house and killing them. The
chief replied in surprise, “Who were all those men you
had with you there?” The missionary answered, “There
were no men there; just my wife and I.” The chief
argued that they had seen many men standing
guard—hundreds of big men in shining garments with
drawn swords in their hands. They seemed to circle
the mission station so that the natives were afraid to
attack. Only then did Mr. Paton realize that God had
sent His angels to protect them. The chief agreed
that there was no other explanation.

By Erwin Bourne
 

"To be continued"