County of Angel: Edwards County
Location of Angel: N. 14th St. & E. Elm St., courthouse lawn, Albion
Text on Base:
Our Children Loved Missed and Remembered
The Angel of Hope
of Southern Illinois.
PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT,
HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES
HE LEADS ME BESIDE STILL WATERS, HE RESTORES
MY SOUL,
HE LEADS ME IN PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR
HIS NAME SAKE.
EVEN THOUGH I WALK THOROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH
I FEAR NO EVIL FOR THOU ART WITH ME. THY
ROD AND THY STAFF THEY COMFORT ME.
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE
PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.
THOU ANOINTEST ME HEAD WITH OIL, MY CUP
OVERFLOWS.
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW
ME IN ALL THE DAYS OF
MY LIFE, AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF
THE LORD FOR EVER.
The Christmas Box Angel
Candlelight vigil December 6 at 7:p.m.
From their Brochure:
"Our Angel of Hope" in Albion will be a memorial for all who have lost loved ones, child or adult. It will be a place to find healing, hope and peace and love -- a place to find comfort -- "Our Children, Loved, Missed and Remembered"
In February, 202, Leon & Mary Johnson with Cindy Poppenhager met with the Edwards County Commissioners at their regular monthly meeting to request an area on the courthouse lawn to erect the "Angel of Hope". To our delight the request was granted for an area on the northeast corner of the inside lawn.
A committee was formed to steer "Our Angel of Hope" toward realization. Committee members are: Leon & Mary Johnson, Mike & Cori Copeland, D. Wayne & Kay Roser, Jonathan Hoffee, April Conner, Jeff & Cindy and Jessa Poppenhager, jay & Sharon Walden and Brian Moore. The committee worked closely with the Edwards County Commissioners and kept everyone informed of the progress.
"In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
"Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, and servants of God. Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael) or titles (such as seraph or archangel). Those expelled from Heaven are called fallen angels, distinct from the heavenly host.
"Angels in art are usually shaped like humans of extraordinary beauty. They are often identified in Christian artwork with bird wings, halos, and divine light.
"The rendering of "ángelos" is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mal'akh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when mal'akh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied. If the word refers to some supernatural being, the word angelus appears. Such differentiation has been taken over by later vernacular translations of the Bible, early Christian and Jewish exegetes and eventually modern scholars.
"In Zoroastrianism there are different angel-like figures. For example, each person has one guardian angel, called Fravashi. They patronize human beings and other creatures, and also manifest God's energy. The Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, although there is no direct reference to them conveying messages, but are rather emanations of Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord", God); they initially appeared in an abstract fashion and then later became personalized, associated with various aspects of creation." ~ Wikipedia