The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-13
MAMMA AND CORN.
Sod Always Ready to Furnish Especial
Relief in EspsSial Emsresneiss4 Y
An Eioqdsnts sermon by RsN ~
T. Dewitt Talmage, ID. d.

The great Brooklyn divine preached
recently at Long Branch, N. j., on tho
gospel provision for ordinary and extra
ordinary needs. His text was Joshua
v, ~; "And the mama ceased on the
morrow after they had eaten of the old
corn of the land" DR.. Talmage spoke
~ follows: .HfiN8tl Gi4t
Only those who have had something
70 do with the commissariat OF an army
know what q job II Is TO feed and clothe
Eve or six hundred thousand men. Well,
there is such host as that marching
across the desert. They are cut of from
all army supplies. There are no rail
trains bringing down food or blankets.
Shall they all perish9 No. The Lord
comes from heaven to the rescue, and he
touches the shoes and the coats which
Ina year or two would have been worn
TO rags and tatters, and they become,
Btorm-proof and time-proof, SO that,
after forty years OF wearing, the coats
and shoes are as good as new. Besides
that, every morning there is shower
Of bread, not sour and soggy, for the
rising Of that bread is made In heaven.
and celestial fingers have mixed H. and
rolled 1t into balls, light, faky and
sweet, as though they we're the crumbs
thrown out from q heavenly bsnqust
Two patches Of bread made every day in
the upper mansion-one for those who
sit at the table with the king, and the
other for the marching Israelites in the
wilderness.
1 do not very much pity the Israelites
for the fact that they had only mama
TO eat 1t was, I suppose the best food
ever provided. know that the ravens
brought food TO hungry Elijah; but I
Bhosld not SO we'll have liked those
black walters Rather would have tho
fare that came down every morning in
buckets Of dew-clean, sweet God-pro-
vided edibles. But now the Israelites
have taken their last bit OF It in their
fingers, and put the last delicate morsel
Of It TO their lips. They look out, and
there is no mama. Why this cessation
Of heavenly supply9 II was because the
1sraelites had arrived In Canaan, and
they smellsd the breath oj the harvest
nelds. and the crowded barns Of the
country were thrown open to them. All
The inhabitants had fed, and In tho
name Of the Lord Of hosts the Israelites
took possession Of every thing. Well,
the threshing floor is cleared, the corn
is scattered over II, the oxen are brought
around In lazy and perpetual circuit un-
I'll the corn Is trampled loose; then 1t is
winnowed with fan, and 1t Is ground
and 1t Is baked, and. 10! there is enough
bread for all Che worn-out host And
the mamma CEASED on the morrow after
they had eaten Of the old corn Of the
lapd."
From among the mummies OF Egypt
and Canaan have been brought grains OF
corn, exactly hke our indian corn, and
recently planted they have produced
tne same KIND OF corn with which we
are familiar, 30 am not sure which
KIND OF grain my text refers TO, but all
the same Is the meaning.
Inc pisection OF TINS suolectleads me-
nrst 70 speak OF especial RELIEF Tor es-
peeiai emergency; and secondly OF the
cid corn oil the gospel Tor ordinary cir
cumstances.
II these lsraelites crossing the wilder
pess bad not received bread from heav-
only bakeries, there would, tirst' have
been long line OF dead children, half
buried In the sand; then there would
nave been long line OF dead women
waiting for the tackals; them there
would have been long line OF dead men
40 one to bury them. It would have
been told In the history OF the world
that Ueat company OF good people
started out from Egypt and Canaan, and
we're 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 watera What use was
Il 70 them that there was plenty Of corn
In Egypt
What they wanted was something to
much as grass blade. In other words
IN especial supply for an especial emer-
geacy. That u what some Of you want
The ordinary comfort, the ordinary a.
rection, the ordinary counsel, does mot
seem TO meet your case. There are
those who feel that they must have IN
0mnipotent and immediate supply, and
you shall have Il
II II pain and phi sical distress through