The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-08-06
MANAGES SERMON.


nnvens o. Gods Provtaeaeo-The N.
10y q Divine Resouross-Ths Great
uens Question Not Home Rale
But Home Maintenance.
rev..T. Dewitt Talmage, In q recent
80 ct the Brooklyn Tabernacle, took
- 81 subject 'sThs battle for bread" The
>rxt vs.:
A. ne ravens brought him bread and
- d Ne NOR ,ing, and bread and Aesh In
s1o evsning-Kings, xvii..4
n. Talmags said:
QArs q an incident to my text that bat
- al the archaeological wonders Of the
A. The grain crop had been cut OF.
Yhnips was In the land. In the cave BY
- o1pok Cherith sat . minister Of God,
Y1iiah, waiting for something to eat.
NV did he not 60 to the neighborsi
~ ware NO neighbors; it was : wilder
-. why did he not pick some OF the
tisi There were none. II there had
- they would have been dried up.
0ntpd one morning 1t the mouth Of his
- The prophet looks into the dry
- pittilees heavens. and sees flock Of
1iras approaching. Oh, il they were only
snrki1ess, or If he only had IN arrow
- which to hiring them down. But -
- come nearer he finds they are not
lssEibls, but unclean, and the eating Of
80 would Be spiritual death. The
ohsnStA ce their beak, the length Of their
wines, the blackness Of their color, their
Nd, harsh acruck cruckt p prove them to
hysvsns. They whirr around about the
popAst's head, and then they come on
ln1eering wing and pause on the level OF
- Ms, and one Of the ravens brings
Nod, and another raven brings meat.
- aftsr they have discharged their tiny
o1rgo they wheel past, and others como
I'll aftSr while the prophet has enough,
~ tAsss black servants Of the wilderness
1nA1e are gone. For six months, and for .
uAe1s year. morning and evening, the
1Esakfast and supper bell sounded ~
49, ravens rang out ON the air their
uuok! cFuckl" Guess whers thew got
- bod ffom. The old rabbins say they
- e from the kitchen Of King Ahab.
0Asn ny that the ravens got their food
- pious Obadiah, who was In the habit
- 1bsding the persecutsd. Some cay that
0eravens brought the food 70 their young
49, rees, and that Elijah had only to
III Up and get it. Some say the whole
10y = Improbable, for these were carniv.
49, birds, and the food they carried
- re torn flesh Of living beasts,
- that ceremonialIy unclean, or il vas
uEFion, and it would mot have been llt for
rDprephet. Some say that they were no
lQy1as, bat that the word translated
'5evsas" in my text ought 70 have been
l11aaed ~Arabs, 20 It would have read:
~ Arabs broaght bread and nesh In the
uning, aud bread and Aesh in the even
-. Anything, but admit the Bible 20 b
Nsw away It this miracle until AL the
lFac1e b gone. Go on with the depicting
eoess. but know, my brother, that you
- rooeing only one man-anA that 10
voa1f-of one sot the mest confortins.
logQfk pathetic AID triumpAant lessons
1ezl98o ages. / can ten yoa who these
Eysyors were: they were ravens. can
yoa Who frefghted them With pro-
-: God. can tsll you Who launched
- God ! can tell you who taught
- which way to N.Y.: God. lean tell
vho told them atwhat cave 70 swoop:
Ican tell you who introduced raven
pphet and prophet to raven: God.
- & one passage / win whisper in
-, for / would not want to uttsr e
0 1aGe some ono should drop down