Sharp County record., 1890-08-21
BREAD OF THE GOSPEL.
Sermon by Rev, It. Dewitt Talmage
at Long Branch, N. j.
The Mamma of the Israelltes and the Bre id
of the Gospel Compared-DiVpe hei"
In Emergencies-Susten enance
That Never Pals.

Branch, n. j., from the text
And the mamma ceased on the morrow
after they had eaten OF the old corn oi the
land.-Joshua ", H.
Only those who have had som ething
to do with the commissariat OF an army
know wha5a job it is to feed and clothe
five or six hundred thousand mon.
Well, there is such host as tb at
marching across the desert They are
cut off from all army supplies. There
are no rail trains bringing down food
or blankets. Shall they all perish? No.
The Lord comes from Heaven to tho
rescue, and lie touches the shoes and
the coats which in year or two would
have been worn to rags and tatters, and
they become storm-proof and. time
proof, so that, after forty years OF
wearing, the coats and the shoes arc
as good as new BeSid es that
every morning there is a shower Of
bread-not sour and soggy, for the ris-
ing of that bread is made "a Heaven,
and celestial fingers have mixed it and
rolled it into balls, light 1laliy and
sweet as though they were t,he crumbs
thrown out from Heavenly banquet
Two batchss of bread made every day
in the upper mansion, one for those who
sit at the table with the Kin g, and tho
other for the marching lsrae litcs in the
wilderness.
do not ve ry much pity tlie lsraelites
for the fact that they had only mama
to eat. 1t was, al suppose, Ghe best food
over provided. | know that the ravens
brought food to Elijah; 1ut | should
not so well have liked those black wait.
ers. Rather would | have the fare that
came down every morning in buckets Of
dew--clean, sweet, God-prpvided edi-
bles. But now the Israelites have taken
their last bit of it in their fingers, and
put tho astdelicate morsel Of it to their
lips They look out, and there is no
mamma. Why this cessation of heaven
ly supply? 1t was because the Israelites
had arrived in Canaan, and they
smelled the breath Of tho harvest
fields and the crowded barns of the
country we're thrown open to them. All
tho inhabitants had fled, and in tho
name of the Lord of Hosts the Israelites
took possession of every thing. Well,
tho threshing floor is cleared, the corn
is scattered over it, the oxen are
brought around in lazy and perpetual
circuit until the corn is trampled loose;
then it is winnowed wi th a fan, and it
is ground and 1T is baked, and 10! thero
is enough bread for all the worn out
host. "And the mama ceased on the
morrow after they had eaten of the old
corn of the land"
( 'om among hefmuynmios of Egypt
ondSCanaab-aove ,AeeS, brought grains
of corn exactly like our Indian corn,
and, recs ntly planted, they have pro-
duced the same kind of corn with
which we a"c familiar. SO | am not
sure which kind of grain my text re-
fcrs to, but all the same in the meaning.
Tho dissection Of this subject leads
mo, first, to speak of especial relief for
especial emergency; and, secondly, of
the old corn of the Gospel for ordinary
circumstances,
If these Israelites crossing the wilder
ness had not received bread from the
heavenly bakeries, there would, first,
haze been u long line of dead children
halr buried in the sand; then, there
would have been long line of dead
women waiting for the jackals; then,
thoro world have been long line OF
deod mon uu,burricd, 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 pcople startG out from Egypt for
Canaan, and were never heard Of, as
thoroughly lost in the wilderness of
sand as tho City Of Boston and !ho
President weru lost il the wilderness of
waters. What use wa it to them that
therC was plenty OF CO.. IN IN Canaan or
plenty ofcorn in Egypt?
What thcy wanted was something to
eat right ihero, whore there was not so
much as erass-bladc. In other words,
an especial supply for an especial emer-
goncy. That " what some OF you want,
The ordinary comfort tho ordinary di-
rectior, the ordinary counsel do not
seem to meet ycpr case There %o
those whoTocI that they must have an
omnipotcnt and immediate supply, and
you shall have IT,
Is 1t pain and physical distress
through which you mus go? Does not
Jesus know all about paipP Did lio not
suircr It in tho most sens 1.-Two part of
head and hand and foot? llo has n
mixture of comfort ono drop OF which
shall euro tho worst paraXysm 1t is
the Same grace that soothe Il Robert
Hall when, after writhing on the car
pet is physical tortures, he crtcd out:
"Oh, ! suffered terribly, but ! didn't
cry out while was suffering did II
Did | cry out?' There is no such
nurse as Jesus-Ilis hand the gontlost,
His foot tho lightcSt His arm tho
strongest, For especial pong especial
hclp
Is It approaching sorrow Is 10 long
shadowing bereavement that you know
IS coming, because tho breath is short,
and tho voico is faint and tho check is
palc9 Have you bcon circulating your