The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-11


EF8sE4 as..1A mama was called
&~s@ angels food. but
49, why so called? Was
SitfSI II because it came
from the place where angels live; or be-
cause angels compounded it; or because
angels did eat it; or because it was good
enough for angels? On what crystal
| platter was it carried to the door OF
heaven. and then thrown out? How did
it taste. We are told there was in it
something like honey, but if the saccha-
rlne taste in it had been too strong,
many would not have liked it, and so it
may have had commingling of f1avors
this delicacy OF the skies 1t must
have been nutritious, for nation lived
on 1t forty years. 1t must have Deen
healthful, for it has been so inspiringly
applauded. 1t must have been abundant,
| because it dismissed the necessity of a
sutler for a great army. Each person
! had ration of three quarts day allowed
to him, and so fifteen million pounds
were necessary every week Those
were the times of which my text speaks,
when man did eat angels food" If
the good Lord, who has helped me so
often, will help me now, I will first tell
you what is angels food, and then how
we may get some of it for ourselves. In
our mortal state we must have for mas
tication, and digestion. and assimila-
ton, the products of the earth. Cor
| poreity, as well as mentality, and spirit
uaHty, characteriZes US. The style OF
| diet has much to do with our wel1-being-
Light and frothy food taken exclusively
results in weak muscle and semi-invalid-
| ism. The taking Of too much animal
| food produces sensuality. Vegetarians
/ are cranks. Reasonable selection of the
! farinaceous and the solid ordinarily
! produces physical stamina
Tr7+ Ill IL. IN
an ecstatic state where we forgot the
necessity Of earthly food. We were fed
| by joys, by antfcipations, by discover
| les, by companionships that dwindled
| the dining hour into insignifcance, and
made the pleasures OF the ia BILE stupid
| and uninviting. There have been cases
where from seemingly invisible sources
| the human body has been maintained,
! as in the remarkable case Of our invalid
and Christian neighbor, Mollie Fancher,
! known throughout the medical and
| Christian world for that she was seven
! weeks without earthly food, fed and
! sustained on heavenly visions. Our be-
| loved DR.. Ireaaeus Prime, editor and
! theologian, recorded the wonders con-
corning this girl. Prof. West. the great
scientist, marveled over it, and Willard
Parker, of worldwide fame in surgery,
| threw up his hands in amazement at it.
| There are times in all our lives when the
| soul asserts itself, and says to the body.
Hush. Stand back! Stand down.
am at banquet where no chalices
! CLEAN, and no viands smoke, and no
culinary implements clatter. I am feed
| ing on that which no human hand has
mixed, and no earthly oven has baked.
| am eating angels food" If you have
never been in such an exalted state,
! comniserate your 1eaden temperament,
! and dismiss you from this service as
incompetent to understand the thrilling
and glorious suggestiveness of my text
when it says: Man did eat angels
| food"
Now, what do the Supernaturals live
on? They experience none of the de-
! mands of corporeity, and have no him
| drauce or environment in the shape of
! bone and muscle, and flesh, and hence
| that which may de1ectate our palate. or
| invigorate our poor. dying frames would
| be of no use to them. But they have
| food of their own. My text says so.
| There may be other courses Of food in
the heavenly menu that am not aware
! Of but know of five. or six styles Of
! food always on celestial tables when
| cherubin, and seraphim, and archangel
| gather for heavenly repast; the mystery
| of redemption; ce1estialized music; the
! heavenly picturesque; sublime and col
| loquy; eternal enterprises; sanity asso-
!
tive jubilance. There is one subject that
excites the curiosity and inquisitiveness
] of all those angels. St. Peter says
| (which thing the angels desire to look
into:' That Is why Christ exchanged
! palace for barn? Why did he drop
! scepter from his right hand to take a
| spear into his left side? Why quit the
| anthem of the worshiping heavens to
hear the grooming of a weary mothers
voice? Was straw better than a gar
| land? Gould it not have been done in
some other way?" says angel the first.
WAS the human race worth such a
sacrifice?" says angel the second How
could heaven get along without him for
! thirty-three years?" says angel the
| third. Through that assassination may
| sinful man rise into our eternal COM
| panionshipP' says angel the fourth. And
then they all bend toward each other
| and talk about it, and guess about it,
| and try to fathom it, and prophesy con-
corning it. But the subject is too big,
and they only nibble at it. They only
break OF a piece of it They only taste
| it. They just dip into it. And then one
| angel cries: Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain!'' And anothey says, I'm
! searchabler- And another says, Past
/ finding outr' And another says, ALE
Iuiaw And then they all I'LL their cups
/ of gold with the new wine of the king
DOM Unlike the beakers of earth,
which poison. these glow with immortal
health, the wine pressed from the grapes
| Of the heavenly Eshcol and they all
/ drink to the memory of manager and
cross, shattered sepu1chre and Olivetic
/ ascension. Oh, that rapturous, inspfr-
/ ing, transporting theme of the worlds
ransomI That makes angels food This
taking of that food gives stronger pulse
| to their gladness; adds several mornings
Of radiance to their forsheads; gives
vaster circle to the sweep Of their wings
| on mission MISREPRESENTATION Some of
/ the crumbs Of that angels food fall all
around our wilderness camp to-day, and
We feel like crying with Paul, ''Oh, this
depth of the riches, both OF the wisdom
and knowledge OF GodP' or with expir-
/ ing Stephen, Lord Jesus, receive my
spiritF' or with many an enraptured
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