The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-27
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DlVlNE's SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Food in Gods Gospel.

Subject: "The Food in Gods Gospel.
TEXT: "And the mamma ceased on the
No,1'otC after Meyhad eaten of the old corr
oJ the Gnd."-Joshua v, IL.
Only those who have had something to do
Nith the commissiariat of an army know
Wnat q JOB 1t Is to feed and elathe five or six
hundred thousand men. Well, there is such
anost as that marching across the desert.
IneY are cut off from all army supplies.
ihefe are no rail trains bringing down
1904 or blankets. Shall they perish?
NO. The Lord comes from heaven to the
rescue, He touches the shoes and the
soats winch In a year or two would have
oeen worn TO rags and t~atters, and they be-
come stormproof and timeproof, SO that
aitef fofty years of wearing the coats and
tue SHOES are as good as new. Besides that
every morning there is q shower of bread,
nor sour or soggy, for the rising of that
bread is made in heaven. and celestial fin
gers have mixed it and rolled it into balls.
light, faky and sweet, as though they were
.he crumbs thrown out from a hea yenly
banquet. Two patches Of bread made every
DAY IN the upper mansion-one for those who
mt at the table with the King, and the other
Tor the marching Israelites in the wilder
mesa.
do not very much pity the 1sraelites for
lhe Iact that they had only manna to eat.
lt was. ! suppose, the best fsod ever pro-
vidod. l know that thu ravens brought
1000 to hungry Elijah, but I should not SO
well ave liked those black walters, Rather
would l have the fare that came down every
morning in buckets Of dew-clean, sweet,
God provided edibles. But now the Israel
ties have taken the last bit of it In their
fupnrg ap1 mt tho lost dnI;aok "a p,o,.saJ ae ~
to their lips, They look out, and there is no
mamma. Why this cessation of heavenly
supply 1t was because the Israelites LAT
arrived in Canaan, and they smelled the
breath of the harvest fields, and
the crowded barns of the country
were thrown open to them. All the
inhabitants had He'd, and in the a of the
Lord Of Hosts, the Israelites took possession
of everything. Well, the threshing floor is
cleared, the corn is scattered oyerit theoxen
arc brought around in lazy and perpetual
circuit until the corn is trampled loose; then
it is winnowed with a fan, and it is ground
and it is baked, and, loi there is enough
bread for all the worn out host. "And the
ann ceased on the morrow after they had
eaten of the old corn of the land.n
From among the mummies of Egypt and
Canaan have been brought grains Of corn,
exactly like our Indian corn, and recently
planted, they have produced the same kind
OF corn with which we are familiar. 80 1
am not sure which Kind OF grain my text re-
ters TO- put al the same is the meaning.
1ne dissection OF this subject leads me.
emergency ;band, secondly, Of the old corn Of
the Gospel 4 II ordinary circumstances.
IL these is aelites crossing the wilderness
naa not received bread from the heaveni!
nakefaes tnere would nrst nave Deen o LONG
zine OF dead children half buried N the n
g tnere would nave peen q long hne Oh
aead women waiting Ior me JaeKais. liner
tnere Wouid ave Oeen q long me OF aeaa
men unDurleu, because bhers Wou,i nafe
been no n TO bury them. IL would ave
been told In the history OF the world tnat q
great company OF sooo people started out
from EgypbIof canaan ana were never neara
of-as thoroughly lost III Inc wilderness OF
SAND as tne Clty OF boston ana tne rreSnoenG
were lost IN the wilderness OF waters: w nas
use YES ~ 70 sneln 1nas mere was piensy =,
corn IN canaan OF pienty OF corn III Egypsf
what they wanted was sofnetning 10 eas
right there, where there was not SO much as
Q grass olade-in otner Words an especiai
supply Tor an especial emergency 1hat Is
what some or you want. Inc Ordinary COM
Iorh tne ORDINARY dlFectiohs bhe ordinary
counsel 40 not seem 70 meeb your case:
There are those who feel chat they must
have an omnipotent n Immediate supply,
and you shall have 1t.
Is il pain and physical distress through
which you must gof Does not Jesus know
all about paina Did He not suffer it In the
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incapacity to endure widowhood or child
lessness or q disbanded home and cried: -
cannot endure itg' Oh, worried soul, VI
win wakel alp amidst all your troubles ant
find around about you the sweet consolation
of the Gospel as thickly strewed as Gyas TIL
mann around about the Israeiitish oneamp
mentt Especial solace for especial distress.
Or is it q trouble past, yet present? 4
silent nursery? Avacant chair opposite yos
at the table2 Amusing upon a broken lam
ily circle never again to be united? A chok
ing sense of loneliness? A blot OF grief s.
large that ii extinguislies the light OF sun
and puts out bloom of flower, and makes 20
reckless as to whether you live or die? Es
pecial comfort that especial triai. Your ap
| petite has failed for everything else. VI
t,v 4 litt1a re th;e w;Iaerrass manns. ~ ,r;l
narsr isaya tbaa | will ,,svar far.abo thaa
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