, 1886-07-11
IN THE TABERNACLE.
Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON 1.-THE
BATTLE FOR BREAD"

The Custom of Hoarding Deprecated by
the Great Prencher-Cast Trouble to
the Winds. the Lord will send Ravens
with Bread and Meat.
BROOKLYN. June 20.-As a report had
been lublisned in many papers that tho r v.
DIR. T. Dewitt Ta,mago was in poor henl h,
he told his cong ~egation in this Brooklyn
Tabernacle to-day that be had in the thirty
years OF his ministry M ssed but one Sab
bath through i'll health, and that Sabbath
twen'y-four years ago. II, said that he mad
rever been in as robu.t hea IN as Mt present.
DIR. Talmage has lie n in Brooklyn sew n
ten years. The ordinary state OF thing at
the Brooklyn Tabernacle OH Su day morn
ings is t a 5000 cop e assemble inside.
md multitu 'cs are not able to get in. At a
recent meeting of the session thirty eight
new members were received. making the
communicate memb 'rship OF this church
about 3,4oo. The opcning hymn to- lay was;
Though trouble assari and dangers anrish,.
Though r ends should AL fai aud foes all unite,
ftcnc thing assures u.s. whatever b { de.
The Scripture assure sus-"T.e Lord will provide"
The subj C OF the sermon I -day wus ''The
Battle for II en- I )" and the text was taken
from ! Kings, xvii. 8: Ami the ravens
lrou hit him bread and fl ,sh IN he morning,
and br ad and issh In the evening" DIR.
I Image sad:
Tue orni,hology of ths Bible is n very in
t~eresting study. The stork. which knoweth
her appointed tine. The common sparrows,
teaching the lesson of Coils pr " dencs. The
o-tricLes OF the desert, by careless incuba-
ton. Illustrating the reck o ,sness OF
p,rents who do not take enough
pains with their children The easle,
symbolizing riches which take wings
and fly away. The pelican, emolem zing
solitude. Tn, bat. a n Ike OF he darkness
The night hawk, the o sifrage, the CUCKOO.
the lapw.ng, the osprey, by the command of
God in Leviticus. fIny out o. the wor d.
bill OF far. ] would like TO have been wi h
Auduboi as he went through the woods with
gun and pencil bringing down md sketch
ing the fowls OF heaven his unfo'dei port
folio thrilling all C~hristendom.y Wlat won
der. al creatures OF God The birls arel Som,
Of them this morning, like the song, of
heaven let l oae, bursting throu III tho gates
OF heaven. Consider their feathers which
are cloth ng AMI conveyance at the same
time; tho nin@ vertebrm OF the neck, the
three eyelids to each eye. the tn ri eye.id an
'x.ra curtain for graduating the light of the
sun.
Some OF these bird scavengers and some
of Them orchestra Thank God for qualls
N0lNllc an lHTk y carol ana Inc tWltter OF
the wren, called by the ancients the king OF
bid iecnuso when the fowls Of heaven
went into n contest us to who coull A. the
b CHEST. and the Gag e swung nearest the
sun, n wren OIL the nee OF the eagle, after
the eagle va. txhaus ed, spranr up much
higher and so was cal d by he an tents the
king OF birds Consider tnoss OF them that
have golden crowns and crests, showiny
them to he feathered imperials. And isten
to the %humming b r 3 erenids in the ear of
the hon, y uck Q L ,ok at the bel king
fisher, strisin, like a dart from sky to
wat-r. List n to tn vo ce OF tn, owl. giving
the keyn to to nil C oakrrs. And behold The
condor imong the An $, battling with the
reindeer. do not know whether au
Iqu rum or avinry is the best altar n ON
winch 10 worship God.
TN re is an Incl lent in my text that b file,
all he archaeological wonders Il the word.
Tho gan crop hal been cut OIL. Famine
was IN tie land. In n GIVE bv the brook
c erith sat a minister OF Col. Elijah, wait
ing for so me,hing 10 ct WY did he not
60 TO the neighlorsi There were no neigh.
bor.; /. wns a wilderness Why did he not
pick $ me { 4 The berrSsf There were no o.
] there lad been they would have been
dried wv nted one morning Mt the ma,tfr
2A@lLc t4ePast TooSr1n the dry
- riti.ess heavens, and he sees a flock OF
bir.s mp; oaching. o., II they wcr, only
pal trid-cs, or # he on,y had an arrow win
wa CHI 10 bring them uowni But as tn
come nearer H. finds they nre not comestiu C.
tut III. ciean, aud tue en- In OF them would
b. spiritual death. The Strength OF their
beak. the length OF thor win Is. tho black
ness Of heir color. their LOUD. har il crutk,
crucki' prove them TO tie raven. They
whlrr around aboIt tho FRO ,hct's head. nm {
then they cone on flu .tering wing and pause
on the level ~ hi lips ard o q Of the ravens
brings bread a I'd another iaveI lring, m -at.
anu after they have de- charged their tiny
cargo they wheel past. and others come.
until aft,r n wn. 10 the prophet has enough.
enl these black servHn 3 OF tho vii fern 81,
table nre gone. For six months. and some
say y who Q year. mornms aud evening. til,
breakfast and supper bell sound d rs thes
ravens rang out ON tine air tue r ''cruckl
cruckI Guess where they got ths loo
from. The old rnbbins say they & i 1t fronl
The Xxi chen OF KING Ahah Others say that
The ravens got their TOOL IRON the pioui
Obad iah. who was In The nabit OF ceiling
IN per>ccutel Som, say that the raven,
brought the food to their young in the tree
and ina L ijah ha / on y to climb up nnI
set it Som, say that the whole story l.
improb be; for these were catnivorou
. hHd nv " tIcJ chTTltu was TUE
torn flesh OF living beast, and that core
nonialy o.ean: or it was carri,n ard il
wolf not have been III for tae DR. ,phot
Some say they were not ravens at all, bu
that the word translated ravens in mn
text ought o have been translated ARABS
70 1t woulli have read:
THE A abs brought bread and flesh IL
the mornin :, and bread aud Il 81 In tn
evening. Anything but admit tn. Biol
to be true Hew away at this mlracl
until all the miracle is gone q, on witt
The depicting process, Tut know, m.
brother, that you are ~robbing only one maj
and that IL yourself-tf one oil tho mos
comfort ng. beautiful, pathetic ana tri
umphant lessons In ali tho nges 4 can tel
you who thee purveyors were: they wcr
ravens l can tell you who freighteI then
with provisions: Col. can tell vol wn
, launched them; God. ] can tel you VIII
I u ht them which way to ~; God ! ca
TIL y'u who told them at what cave t
swoo GpL cal tell you who ntroduc d
raven TO prophet and prophet to raven
G"t. There Is one pass ,ge l wi
whisper In your ear, for | would not want ,
utter 1t nlJu !, lie I some one should dro
down under its rover, III any man sha
take away from the words OF the propnec
OF this book, God shall take away his par
out OF the book Of life and out OF the ho.
City While, then. this morning we walc
the rr' ms fe ding L Jan. let the swift dov
, OF God's spirit sweep down the sky wit
divine God, and on outsp cad wing pause d
the lip OF every soul hun ycring for comfori
On III banks Of what rivers have bee
the gre { b,ttles OF the wor d 7 Wlile 70
nrs locking over the map OF the word /
: answer that. ! will tell you that the greG
Gu CT To-day il on the Thames o
tho Hudson. on e Mississippi, ON III
X melee. on he Savannah. on tn Rhin'
on the Me, o 1.-THE GANGS, on The Hoanl
Ho 1t is a battle that nas been going o