Telegram-herald., 1890-08-11
FOOD IN GODS GOSPEL
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LoxG BEAxc4- y =. A9z Eth <rsat
brooxiya ,res1aes who = sLzying acre cis-
courses tA-s wsex ca the gosP<l provision
for ordinary ana sxtr2cEdsE4rg zesds His
teri u JssanA ', - "Aoa The Rama
ese-ed o1 Ehe HaOrr0s zxter E1sy hzs eaten
~ the ed cora 0f ths lad
Only tkoss Vko have had souss<htnz %
DO with The s0a1nnlsssFiat OF an army
know y hat q sob II Is % feed and cletae Eve
or six huR3rel THOUSAND men. Vel, there
- such k0sJ - that marching 4cross the
desert. They are cat % frou all army
supplies. Tiers arr ~ raL txslns briuzIng
down food or sizzksts Shall they perishs
No. Tke Lsnd eoEass fron heaven 20 the
rescue aad he so0eAes tbs shoes and the
coats which n year or two would have
bsen worn 70 rszs and tatters, and they
become stormproof and tiuepreof. SO thar
after forty years II wearing sks ccsts and
the shOes are as good As new. Besides that
every nAeEning there Is 4 shower Of bread,
not sour or soggy, for the rising OF that
bread Is made Ia heaven, and celestial IN
I gers have mixed it and rolled it into balls,
E Lgkt, naky sad sweet. - thoagh they were
I tbs crumbs thrown 0us from = heavenly
bsnquss Two patches OF bread made
every day in the upper mansion-one for
I those who SIT al the table with the King,
and tAs other foF the marching Lsraelites
I n the wilderness.
THs BEST FooD EVER TsvESTED.
l do not very much pity the Israelites for
4 the faet that they had only mama 70 eat.
IL was, suppose. the best food ever pro
vided. know ths. the ravens brought
food 20 hungry Elijah; but should not 50
/ well have liked those biack Walters. Rather
woald have the fare that came down
I every morning in buckets OF dew-cleaa,
sweet, God provided edibles. But now the
Israeiites have taken their last bit OF il in
/ their fingers, and put the last delicate
! morsel Of il 20 their lips They look out
and there Is no mama. Why this cessation
| Of heavenly supply IL was because the
Isreelites had arrived in Canaan. and they
6melled the breath OF the harvest fields,
and the crowded barns of the country were
| thrown open TO them. All the inh2b bitants
had led, and in the name OF the Lord OF
Hosts the Israelites took possession OF
everything Well, the threshing floor is
cleared, the corn is scattered over il. the
oxen are brought around in lazy and per-
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| loose; then IL is winnowed with n fan, and 10
Is ground and il is baked and, lol there is
enough bread for all the worn out host.
And toe mama 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 hko our Indian corn, and recently
/ MA +aI h.w- ~ L. 4
of corn with which we are familiar. So
am not sure which kind of grain my text
refers to, but all the same is the meaning
! The dissection OF this subject leads me,
first, TO speak of especial relief for especial
emergency; and, secondly, Of the old corn
OF the gospel for ordinary circumstances.
SAVED BIZ GODS MAMA.
IL these Israeiites crossing the wilderness
had not received bread from the heavenly
bakeries there would first have been a
long line OF dead children half buried in
the sand. Then there would have been a
long line Of dead women waiting for the
jackals Then there would have been a
long line OF dead men unburied. because
there would have been no one TO bury them.
II would have been told in the history of
the world that 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
CT Boston and the President were los: in
the wilderness OF waters. What use was
il 10 them that there was plenty of corn IN
Canaan or plenty of corn in Egypt,
What they wanted was something TO eat
right there, where there was not so much
as a grass bIade-in other words, an espe-
cisl supply for an especial emergency. That
is what some Of you want. The ordinary
comfort, the ordinary direction, the ordi-
nary counsel do not seem TO meet your
case. There are those who feel that they
must have an omnipOtent and immediate
supply, and you shall have It.
Is Ii pain and physical distress through
which you must go' Does not Jesus know
all about paini Did he not suffer it in the
most sensitive part Of head and hand and
FOOT He has o mixture of comfort, one
drop OF which shall cure the worst parox-
ysm. IL is the same grace that soothed
Robert Hall when, after writhing on the
carpet in physical tortures. he cried out:
oh suffered terribly. but didn't cry
out while was suffering. did II Did cry
out'r There IS no such nurse "a Jesus
his hand the gsntlest his foot the lightest,
his arm the strongest. For especial pang
especial help
TIE SWEET soLACE or TIE GOSPEL
Il it approaching sorrow Il it long
shadowiag bereavement that ron know is
coming. because the breath is short, and
the voice is faint, and the cheek IS palei
Have you been calculating your capacity
or incapacity TO endure widowhood OF
chililessness or e disbsnded home and
cried, Il cannot endure its" Oh, worried
soul. ron viii wake mp mp amidst all your
troubles and ind around about you the
sweet consolation Of the gospel "a thickly
strswed as was the mama around about
the Israshtish encampmeuti Especial sol
ace for especial distress
Or IL it > trouble past. yet present. A
silent nursery A vacant chair opposite
you at the tablet A musinE upon a broken
family citcls never again 70 be reunited A
choking sense of loneliness' blot Of
grief 80 large that II extinguishes the light
~ sun. an puts out bloom II flower. and
makes ron reckless "a 10 whether you live
or die Especial comfort for that e.. ecial
trial Your appetite has failed for every
thing else Oh try a little q this wilder
ness mama. 4 viii never leave thee. vii
never forsake thee " like as 4 father
pitieth his children. 50 the Lord pitieth
them thsf fear him Can = woman for
set her sucking child that she should not
have compassion on the son = her womb
yea, they msy forx-t, yet viii I not forget
shee "
Or is Is The grief = = dissi pated compan
ton' There are those here who have it. -
4 an NOT speaking IA the abstract, bat r
tie point. You have not whispered It.. per
haps. - Tonr most intimate friend. but yor
see Jour home going away gradually from
you. and unless thinf-s change sooa u wil
b entIrsIT destrnreA Your Erief ras vel