The Ministry of Angels

Shut out from God's presence with finality
Adam and Eve stepped into mortality
They faced thorns and thistles and troubles of every kind
And their dependence on God was ever before their mind

Though they could not see their Father face to face
They saw the manifestation of His grace
And were not left alone when things loomed in sinister
For He sent angels to warn them and to minister

The scriptures are rich in doctrine and history
And some bear witness of holy angels' ministry
And through our dispensation, seen or unseen, we ever sense
That God still answers prayers, and sends His angels for evidence

When in Lehi's dream he found a frightening place
An angel bid him follow out of a dark and dreary waste
And as even the Savior himself was in need of their comfort
We can be assured, in times of trouble, they do lend support

They are subject unto Christ, according to His word
And only through our faith in Him, can they be heard
He will fight our battles and that of our children's
And we need not fear and tremble the signs in the heavens

May we believe and have gratitude for this promise
That angels go before us and are ever in our midst
Always there are angels who come and go all around us
Always we can assist them in the sacred name of Jesus

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
The Ministry of Angels
Ensign, November 2008, 29

D&C 84: 88
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.