Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE RRUukLyn ItyINE's II \ DAY
SkKMUS.
Subject: The Foodtn Gods Gospel

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Of the land Joshua ", Il.
Only those who have had something % 10
with the Cornmissiariat Of an army know
what a Job It ls to feed and clsthe five or six
hundred thousand men. Well, there Is such
anost as That marching across the desert
lheY are cut of from all army s%upu!icS
ihereFare nc rail trains brin ing down
1000 or blankets. Shall they perish
NO. Ihe Lord comes from hea ven to III,
rescue, and He touches the shoes and In,
coats winch IN q year or two would hav-
been worn " rags and tatters. and they be
come stormproof and tineprocf. 20 that
after forty years Of wearing the coat. and
Tue Shoes are MS good as new. Besides TIA
every morning there is a shower OF bread
not sour or s0Cgy, for the rising Of ina
Drea1 Is made IN heaven, and celestial fin
gers nave mixed 1t and rolled it into balls
hight, fiaky ADD sweet, as THOUGH they wer,.
the crumbs thrown out from a hea vepl,
banquet. Two patches OF bread made eyerI
nay IN the upper manson one for th0s. VIII
tit at the table with the King, and the otha,
Tor the marching Israelites in the wider
ness.
10 not very much pity the Israelites fo.
the fact that they hal only mama TO en-
II was suppose, the best food ever pr
Vid@i. | know that the ravens brory.
1000 20 hungry Elijah, but / should not
wei nave liked those black waiter, RatLe;
Wonli J have the fare that came do.never,
morning IN buckets Of dew clean, SWEEP
bod provided cdibles. But now The Isra4
lua nave taken the last bit Of 1t in thel
myers, and Put the last delicate mor,.i of ~
70 'helf lps. They look out, and there IS m,
mamma. Why this cessation Of heavenly
supply; Ii was because the Israeiite, In
arrived III Canaan, and they smelled tn
the crowded barns Of the countr,
"ere thrown open To them. All tn,
inhabitants had fled, and in the name OF tha
LORD or Hosts, the lsiaclites took possession
OF everything. Well, the threshino floor
cleared, the corn ls scattered over it, theoxen
are brought around III lazy and per.,etuai
circuit until the corn is tranpled loose. then
IL IS wlnnowed with a fan, and it is grouni
ami tt Is baked, and, 10. there Is enough
bread Tor 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 Eyvpt and
amman nave been brought grains of corn.
eSactiy Ike our Indian corn, and recently
Ilahte1, they have produced the. same kind
OF corn with which we are familiar. SO 7
am not sure which kind of grain nv text re.
iers TO, but all the same is the meaning.
inc Dissection OF this subject leads me.
irst, tospeak of especial relief for especial
emergency; and, secondly, of the old corn OF
the tOspel Tor ordinary circumstances
III these lsraelites crossing the wilderness
hhd not received bread from the heavenly
bakeries there would first nave been q long
line OF dead Children half buried III the sand.
Ihcn there would have been a long line of
ncau women waiting for the jackals. Then
there would have been q long line of dead
men unburied, because there would have
been no one to bury them 1t would have
reh 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 as 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 ia Egypt,
What they wanted was something to eat
right there, where there was not Sc much as
u grass blade-in other words an especial
supply Tor an especial emergency. That is
what some OF you want. The ordinary com
Tort, the ordinary direction, the ordinary
counsel do not seem TO meet YOUR case
1 hero are those who feel that they must
have an omnipotent and immediate supply
and you shall have it.
Is 1t pain and physical distress through
which you must go2 Does not Jesus know
all about pain? Did He not suffer it in the
nlost sensitive part of head and hand and
footl lie has Il mixture of comfort, Que drp
OF which shall cure the worst paroxysm. t.
Is the same grace that soothed Robert Hall
when. after writing on the carpet in phys
lea fortunes, he cried out, 80! / suffered
terribly, but | didn't cry out willie | was
suffering, lid II Did | cry OUT There is
no such nurse as Jesus-liis hand the g~entlest,
His foot the lightest, His arm the strongest.
For especial pang especial help.
Is 1t approaching SORROW Ii it long,
shadowing bereavement that you know is
coming, because the breath is short, and
the voice Is faint, AMI the cheek is pale,
iiave you been calculating your capacity or
1ncapacity to endure wldowhood or hid
lessness or a disbanded home and cried: Il
cannot endure it, Oh, worried soul. Won
VIII wake up amidst all yoVr troubles and
nnd around about YOU the sweet consolation
OF the Gospel rs thicklv strewed us was the
mamma around about the Israeiitish encamp-
ment! Especial solace for especial distress.
Or Is 1t a trouble past, vet present. 4
silent nursery: A vacant char opposite you
ut the table, \ mustng upon a broken fam
ny circle never again 10 be united% A chok-
ing sense OF loneliness \ blot Of grief 50
large that 1t extlngui>hes the light of sun,
and puts out hl,on-of flower, ami makes YOU
reckless as 70 whether you live or die Is
pecial comfort that especial trial. Your APP
petite has fai.et for everything else. Oh.
Try a little of this wilderness mama. .1 u;,,
never leave thee, will never forsake tha.
LIN As q lather rltleta his chill iren :, tba
i'of rlteth them that fear Him. ..r,p ,
Woman forge. her 81 ck.iuC child .that sba
80, nave compassion on the son of her
Womb, yea, they may forget, vet viii not
form thee ~
Or lsit the grief Of q dissipated eo,n,,,
ION There are those here who hava II 60
am not speaking IN the abstract but I, tho
penn. lou have not whispered it, perhans
- your most intimate friend. but Won soc
yeuf nome gong away gradually from Won
ana unless things change soon it will be en-
tlre!y destroyed. Your grief was wal1 =.
picted by d woman. presiding AZ 8 wnman's
,heetihs IN Ono, when her intoxicatei hnso
oahd staggered up 70 the platform to her
overwhelming modification and thu disturb.
ance Of the audience, and She nuIla4a -
truding bottle from her hushands nnftst
ana ned itup before the audience and cr,sj
out There Is the cause of nv woe Ths-a
are the tears and the life blood of a drnnk
Naras WIFE! And then looking up Ia besva,
we SAID: How long, o Lord how long,
Y then looking down to the audience crls3
70 You wonder feel strongly on this s,h
7 Sisters, will You help mes And ~
or voices responded Yes ves wa
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toNstand, some Of you. in such a ,ragaiv
urn You cannot even ask him to sion
sooS 1t makes him cross AMI he tellss
any rNnd your own business Is thera
,ouhd IN such a cases Not slch as i
siNeha Flainarole OF comfort ordinari-
mat QrJNlCh caSaS Rpr -br