Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-22
REV"DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN -DIyINE's SUN.
DAY SERMON.
sabjsos. -srhe Food in Gods Gospel.

sahjsots -sThe Food In Gods Gospel
TxxT; "4nd the manna ceased on the
norrop after they had eaten Of the old corn
g the land. Joshua ", 12.
Only those who have had something to do
with the commissiariat Of an army know
what Job 1t Is 70 feed and cloths FIVE or six
hundred thousand men. Well, there is such
most az that marching across the desert
Lhey are cut of from all army supplies.
There are no rail trains bringing down
food or blankets. Shall they perishf
No. The Lord comes from heaven TO the
rescue, and He touches ths shoes and ths
coats which In year or two would have
Deem worn to rags and tatters, and they be-
come stormproof and timeproof, 90 that
attsr forty years Of wearing the coats and
the shoes are as good as new. Besides that
every morning there Is q shower Of bread,
not sour or soggy, for the rising of that
Dread Is made in heaven, and celestial fin
gers have mixed 1t and rolled II into balls,
light naky and sweet as though they were
the crumbs thrown out from a heavenly
banquet. Two patches Of bread made every
DAY In the upper mansiun-one for those who
nt at the table with tho King, and the other
Tor the marching Israelites in the wilder
ness.
do not very much pity the Israelites for
the fact that they had only mamma to eat
Il was suppose, the best food ever pro-
vided. know that ths ravens brought
tood 70 hungry Elijah, but / should not so
well have liked those black walters. Rather
would have the fare that came down every
morning In buckets Of dew--cleau, swest,
aod provided edibles. But now the Israel
ttes have taken tho last bit Of 1t In their
ungers, and put tho last delicate morsel Of IL
70 their Lips They look out, and there is no
mamma. Why this cessation OF heavenly
mppiyi It was because the Israelites bad
arrived In Canaan, and they smelled the
breath Of the harvest fields, and
the crowded barns Of the country
were thrown open to them. Ali the
Inhabitants had fed and in the name Of the
Lord OF Hosts, the Israelites took possession
Of everything. Well, the threshing floor Is
cleared, tho corn is scattered over 1t, the oxen
are brought around in lazy and perpetual
circuit until the corn is trampled loose; then
u Is winnowed with a fan, aud II Is ground
and II is baked, and, 10! there Ia enough
bread for all the worn out host "And the
mamma ceased on the morrow after they had
eaten Of the old corn Of the land"
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. So
am not sure which kind of grain my text re-
eers to, but all the same Is the meaning.
Ths dissection Of this subject leads me-
nrst to speak Of especial relief for especial
emergency; and, secondly, Of the old corn Of
the Gospel for ordinary circumstances.
II these IMaelites crossing the wilderness
had not received bread from the heavenly
bakeries there would first have been q long
line Of dead children half buried In the sand
Then there would have been long line Of
dead women waiting for the jackals Then
there would have been long line OF dead
men unburied, because there would have
been no ono to bury them. Il would have
been told In the history Of the world that a
great company OF good people started out
from Egypt for Canaan and were never heard
of-as thoroughly lost In the Wilderness Of
sand a. the City Of Boston and the President
were lost In the wilderness of waters What
use was it TO them that there was plenty of
corn in Canaan or plenty of corn in ESypti
What they wanted was something TO eat
right there, where there was not 30 much as
grass blade-in other words an especial
supply for an especial emergency. That is
what some Of you want The ordinary com
fort, the ordinary direction, the ordinary
counsel do not seem 10 meet your case.
There are those who feel that they must
Y.
and you shall have it.
Is It pain and physical distress through
which you must goi Does not Jesus know
all about painf Did He not suffer 1t In the
most sensitive part of head and hand aud
foott He has a mixture Of comfort, one drop
OF which shall cure the worst paroxysm. /,
b the same grace that soothed Robert Hall
when after writhing on the carpet In phys
ical tortures, he cried out, ''Ol suffered
tQTYfhIv hn I'M z..k H..
suffering, did II Did cry outp There Is
no such nurse as Jesus-His hand the gentlest,
his foot the lightest His arm the strongest.
For especial pang especial help.
In 1t approaching sorrowg Is It long,
shadowing bereavement that you know Is
coming, because the breath Ia short, aud
the voice Is faint, and the cheek is pale!
Have you been calculating your capacity or
tncapacity to endure widowhood or child.
lesmess or a disbanded home and cried: 81
cannot endure itg' Oh, worried soul, YOU
will wake up amidst all your troubles and
ind around about you the sweet consolation
OF the Gospel as thickly strewed as was the
n,anna around about the Israelitish encamp-
mentl Especial solace for especial distress
Or h 1t trouble past, yet present. A
silent nurseryf Avacant chair opposite you
at the tablet A mus,ng upon broken fam
ny circle never again to be united? A chok-
ing sense Of lonelinessi A blot of grief SO
large that 1t extinguishes the light Of sun,
and puts out bloom of flower, and makes you
reckless as to whether you live or diei Es-
pecial comfort that especial trial. Your ap-
petite has failed for everything else. oh,
try little Of this wilderness mamma; ''I will
mover leave thee, will never forsake thee. y
Like as father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him" "Can a
woman forget her srckling child, that she
should not have compassion on the son of her
womb yea, they may forget, yet viii I not
Or isit the grief of q dissipated compan-
fonf There are those here who have IL. so I
am not speaking in the abstract, but to the
point. You have not whispered It, perhaps,
TO your most intimate friend; but you see
your home going away gradually from you,
ttreiy destroyed Your grief was well de-
picted by woman, presiding at woman's
meeting In Ohio when her intoxicated hus-
band staggered up 10 the platform, to her
overwhelming modification and the disturb
ance Of the audience, and she pulled a pro-
trudiny bottle from her husbands pocket
and heid ftup before the audience and cried
out: There is the cause Of my woei There
arc the tears and the life blood Of a drunk
ards wifsf' And then looking up to heaven
she said; "How long, o LordI how longf'
and then looking down TO the audience cried |.
..Do you wonder | fscl strongly on this sub
Jscts 6istsrA will you help mer' And hun
dreds Of voices responded: "Yes, yes, we
win help you."
You stand, some Of you, In such a tragedy
to-day. You cannot even ask him to stop
drinking IL makes him cross, and he tells
you 10 mind your own business. Is there
any relief In such . casei Not such as is
found In the rigmarole Of comfort ordinari-
" given In such cases. But there is relief
that drops In manna from the throne Of
God Oh, lift up your lacerated soul in
praysr: and you win get omnipotent COM
fortt do not know in what words the
soothing influence may come, but know that
for especial grief there is especial deliver
ance. give you two or three passages; try