The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-22
THE LORD: PROVIDES.
TDR. rkLMAoE plscoURsEs ON TINE
6ENEFicENcE OF PROVIDENCE.

On. IklMAoE Disc ouRSEs ON the
s 5ENEFlcENcE OF PROVIDENCE. s
The Eiosasnt Divins.rsxSs His Text rroin
! the Eail OF Mamma In the wilderness ana
Interssts His Hsarcrs.
At Long Branch, N. j., on Sunday,
the great Brooklyn preacher, dis
coursed on the gospel provision for
ordinary and extraordinary needs.
His text was Joshua ', 1S. .And the.
mamma ceased on the morrow aftef
they had eaten Of the old ocrn Of The
land M
Only those who have had some.
thing to do with the commissariat Of
an army known what Job It is to
feed and clothe five or six hundred
thousand men. Well, there is such a
host as that marching across the des-
ert. They are cut off from all army
supplies. There are no rail trains
bringing down food or blankets. Shall
they all perishf No. The Lord comes
from heaven to rescue, and he touches
the shoes and the coats which in a
year or two would have been worn to
rags and tatters, and they become
storm-proof and time-proof, 80 that,
after forty years of wearing, the coats
and shoes are as good as new. Be
sides that, evely morning there is a
shower OF bread, not sour and soggy,
for the rising-of that bread is made
uinIhoaFsa, and celestial fingers have
lnlXvuit, and rolled into balls, light,
Aaky, and sweet, as though they were
crumbs thrown out from heavenly
bouquet. Two patches of bread made
every day in the upper mansion-one
for those why sit at the table with
the king, and the other for the march
ing Israelites in the wilderness.
do not very much pity the Israe-
ites for the fact that they had only
mamma to eat. It was, Isuppose, the
best food ever provided. I know that
the ravens brought food to hungry
Elijah; but I should not so we'll have
liked those black walters. Rather
would [ have the face that came down
every morning in the buckets of dew
clean, sweet, God-provided edible.
But now the Israelites have taken the
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
mamma. Why this cessation of heav-
ly SUPPLY 1t was because the Israe-
ites had arrived in Canaan, and they
smeled the breath of The harvest
fields, and the crowded barns of the
country were thrown open to them.
All the inhabitants had fed, and in
the name of the Lord of Hosts the
lsraelites took possession of every
thing. Well, the threshing-foor 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
with fan, and it is ground and it is
baked, and, 10! there is 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
landD
n I'D Capaan haye been bgeaght
- - noli ~ lilss-A,.ss>f Indian
sool9, Etea they have
which sa ssn! oAuq oM 7 fSo i am not not
sure which kind OF gram my text re-
fers to, but all the same isthe mean
ing.
The dissection Of. this subject leads
me, first, to speak Of esbecialIrxli6f
tor especial emergency; and, seconds,
Of the old corn OF the gospel for or
dinary circumstances. ~h n
Il these Israelites crossing The
wilderness had not receivedS bread
from the heavenly bakeries. Ghere
would, first, have been long Inc II
dead children half buried in the Mud,
then, there would have been Tong
line of dead women waiting for the
iackals; then, there would have been
long line of dead men uiburied,
because there would have been no
one bury them. / would have been
told In the history of the woad that q
great company of good people started
out from Egypt for Canaan, aad were
never heard of, as thoroughlylos in
the wilderness of sand as the City of
Boston and the President wefoc lost
in the wilderness of waters. What
use was it to them, 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 80 much as grass-blade. In
other words, an especial supply for an
especial emergency. That is what
some of you want. The ordinary
comfort, the ordinary 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,
It - q pain and physical distress
through which you must got Does
not Jesus know all about paint Did
he not suffer it in the most sensitive
part Of head and hand and footf He
has a mixture of comfort, one drop
of which shall cure the worst
paroxysm. 1t is the same grace that
soothed Robert Hall when, after
writhing on the carpet in physical
tor lures, ne cried out: "Oh! / suffer