The Forrest City times., 1890-08-16
pusecutivc dsvs of fallinr manna---sundays

onions. Now the fare is changed. Those | people in that army under forty years of age had never seen corn-field, and now, when they hear the leaves rustling and see
 the tassels waving and the pillows of green flowing over the plain as the wind touched them, it must have been new and lively
 sensation. 'Corn l'' cried the old man, as he opened an ear. ssCorn,n cried the
 children. as they counted the shining grains. 'Cornr' shouted tho vanguard of the host,
 as they burst open the granarics that had
 been left in the possession Of tho victorious
 Israclitcs. Then the fire was kindled, and the ears of corn were thrust into it, and,
 fresh and crisp and tender were devourcd
 of the hungry victors; and bread was pre-
 pared, and many things that can be made
 out of flour regaled the appetites that had
 been sharpened by the long march. And
 the mama ceased on tho morrow after they
 had eaten of the old corn of the land" Blessed be God, we stand in just such field today. the luxuriant grain coming above the girdle, the air full of the odors of the ripe old corn of the Gospel Canaan. "Ohlr you say, 'the fare is too plain' Then remember you will soon get tired of fanciful diet. While l was in Paris. I | liked for while tho rare and exquisite cookery; but soon wished I was home again, and had the plain fare of my native land. So it is fact that we soon weary of the sirups and the custards and the whip ped foam of fanciful rcligionists, and we
 cry, Give us plain bread madc out of the | old corn of the Gospel Canaan" This is tho only food that can qucll the souls hunger.
 There arc men here who hardly know what is the matter with them They have tried to get together a fortune and larger l account at the bank, and get investments yielding larger percentages. They are try ing to satisfy their soul with diet of mort
 gages and stocks. There are others who arc trying to get famous, and have succeeded to greater or less extent; and they have been trying to satisfy their soul with the chop ped feed of magazines and new spapors. All these men are no moro happy now than
 before they made tue first thousand dollars; no more happy now than when for the first
 time they saw their names favorabIy men
 toned They cannot analyze or define their feelings; but will tell them what k
 the matter--they are hungry for the old
 corn of the gospel That you must have, or be pinched, and wan, and wasted, and hol- low-cyed, and shriveled up with an eter- nity of famine.
 The infidel scientists of this day are offer ing us different kind of soul food; but they arc. of all men, the most miserable. I
 have known many of them; but l never
 knew ono of them who came within a thous- and miles of being happy The Great John Stuart Mill provided for himself new kind of porridge but yet, when he comes to die, he acknowledges that his philosophy never gave him any comfort in days of bcreave- 1 ment, and in a roundabout way he admits l that his life was failure So it is with all 1 infidel scientists They arc trying te live on telescopes and cruebles aud protoplasms l and they charge us with cant, not realizing 1 that there Is no such iutolcrahle cant in all tho world as this perpetual talk we are hearing about positive philosophy and the absolute Y and ''the great to be- and ''the everlasting nc" ana the higher unity, and ''the latent poteutialities, ' and l the cathedral of the immeusitiesN have | been translating what these men have been I writing, and have been traaslatiuy what
 they have been doing, aud I will tell yoa what it all means-it means tAat they want
 to kill God And my only wonder is that 1 God has not killed tAeni. l have, in other days, tasted of their con;ectionS and | come back and tell you today that there is no nutriment or life or health in anything | | the Gospel What do mean by thati mean that Christ k the bread of life, and l taking Him, you live and livo forever, l But, you say, corn Is If but little practi- | cal use unless il is thrcshed and ground and
 baked. I answer, this Gocpel corn has 1 gune through that process, When on Cal- vary all the hoofs Of human scorn came
 down on tho heart of Christ. and all the | fails of Satanic fury beat him long and ! fast, was not the corn threShcd When tho l mills of Gods indignation against sin | caught Christ between the upper and ! neither rollers, was not tue corn groundt | When Jesus descended into hell. and the | flames of tho lost world wrapped him all | about, was not the corn baked Oh, ycs | Christ Is ready. His pardon all ready, l His peace all ready; everything ready in 1 Christ. Are you ready for Himl
 You say, That k such q simple Gospel v
 l know 1t is. You say you thought religion was strange miNturN of elaborate com pounds No; 1t is SO plain that any abcec-
 darian may understand it. in its simplicity
 is its power If you could this morning,
 realize that Christ died to save from sin
 and death and hell not only your minister
 and your ncighbor and your father and
 your child, but you il would make this
 hour lilso the iudgneut-day fer asitatlons,
 and no longer able to keep yoar seat, you 1 would leap up crying, For me, FOR ME !H'
 God grant that you, my brother, may see
 this Gospel with your own eyes, and hear it with your own ears, and feel with your l own heart tha, you arc < lost soul. but that I Christ comes for yoar cxtricatiou. Can you not take that truth and digest it, and
 make Il part of your immortal ffoi It Is only bread
 You have noticed that invalds cannot l take all kinds of food Tho food that will do for one will not do for another. There arc kinds of food which will produce, In cases 1 of invalidism. very speedy death. But you
 have noticed that all persons, however weak they may be, can take bread Oh, 1 soul sick with sin. invalid iu your trans gressions think this Gospel will agree with you think II you cannot take any thing else, you can take this Lost found . Sunson raised Condemned; -pardoped Cast ort--mvited in. That Is the old corn of tho Gospel.
 I notice, in regard ,o this article of food you take it three times day. II Is on your
 table morning, noon and night; and if 1t Is
 forgotten you say, ''Where k the bread ,'i
 Just So certainly you need Jesus three times
 a day. Oh, do not start cut without Him;
 do not dare to go out of the front door; de
 not dare to 70 of the front steps without
 having first conmuned with Him, Before noon there may be perils that will destroy
 body, mind and soul forever You gan not i afford so do without him. You win. during
 the day, be amidst sharp hools and swift
 wheels and dangerous scaffoldings threat
 ening the body, and traps for the soul that
 have taken some who are morc willy than you. When they launch a ship they break against the side of It n bottle of wine. 1 That is sort of superstition among sailors, But oh, on tho launching of every day,
 that we might strike against il at least one
 earnest prayer for divine protcctIon That
 would not be superstition; that would be ! Christian.
 l Thcn at the apex of tho day, at the tiptop