Democratic messenger., 1895-03-16
THE SERAPHIC DIET.
REV. Or. TALmA6E breaches ELo-
oueNTLY ON ANGELS FOOD.

GOGN ~ Wv fNNoEGO FOOO.
The Mamma That Fell Ia the IsraeIites In
tbe wilderness Food For supernaturaIs.
cupbcarcr. Emerald Paiace-Heav-
emily Tidings.
NEW YORK. March IO.-Among the
thousands who greeted Rev Dr. Tai
mage in the Academy Of Music this aft.
oTnOon wero q large number Of strangers
from distant parts of the Union. At the
close of tho services the preacher ON
leaving the platform found himself con-
fronted by enough people 10 fill an ordi
nary sized church. all intent on shaking
hands with him Tho subject Of dis
course for the afternoon was "A Se-
raphic Diet. the text selected being
Psalms xviii. -. Man did eat angels
food =
Somewhat risky would be the under.
taking 70 tell Just what was the mama
that fell to the lsraelites in the wilder
ncss. Of what it was made and who
made IT, The mamma was called angels
food. but why 50 calleds Was it because
it came from the place where angels
live. or because angels compounded il.
or because angels did eat IL, or because
Il WAS good enough for angels? On
what crystal platter was it carried 10
the door of heaven and then thrown
ont: How lid il taste: We are told
there was in it something like honey.
but il tho saccharine taste in il had been
\ IL
it, and 30 il may have had a commin-
CLING OF fiavors. this delicacy Of the skies
IL must have been nutritious. for ma
tion lived on IL for 10 years IL must
have been healthful, tor it is so inspir-
ingly applauded. II must have been
abundant. because il dismissed the me-
cossity Of a sutlor fer a great army.
Each person had ration Of three
quarts q day allowed TO him, and so l5.
600. 600 pounds were necessary every
week Those were the times Of which
my text speaks, when imam did eat an
gels food -" II the good Lord, who has
helped me - often. will help mo now,
| Will first tell you what is angels food.
and then how we may get some OF it for
ourselves. I'm our mortal state we must
have for mastication and digestion and
assimilation the products of the earth.
Corporcity, rs well rs mentality and
spirituality. characterizes us The style
O: diet has much TO do with our well
being Light and frOthy food taken ex-
clusively results in weak muscle and
semi-invalidism. The taking Of too much
animal food produces sensuality. Vege-
tarians are cranks. Reasonable selection
Of the farinaceous and the solid ordina-
rily produces physical stamina.
Angels Food.
But we have all occasionally been in
an ccstatic state where we forgot the
necessity Of earthly food. We were fed
by JOYS. by anticipations. by discoveries,
by companionships that dwindled the
dining hour into insignificance and
made the pleasures of the table 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 sus-
tanned on heavenly visions. Our beloved
DR. lrennus Prime. editor and theolo-
gian, recorded the wonders concerning
this girl. Professor West, the great sci
enlist. marveled over il, and Willard |
Parker of worldwide fame in surgery
threw up his hands in amazement at il. |
There are times in all our lives when
the soul asserts itself and says to the
body: Hush. stand back. Stand DOWN.
| am at a banquet where no chalices
gleam and no viands smoke and no cul-
mary implements clatter. / am feeding
on that which no human hand has mix
ed and 10 earthly oven baked. am
eating angels food. - II you have
never been in such an exalted state,
cOmmiserate your leaden 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 .
What the Text says.
Now. what do the supernaturals live
on. They experience none of the de-
mands OF corporiety and have no him
drance or environment in the shape Of
bone and muscle and flesh, and hence
that which may delectate our palate or
invigorato our poor, dying frames would
be Of no use 10 them. But they have q
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 l know Of five or six styles OF
food always on celestial tables when
cherubim and seraphim and archangel
gather for heavenly repast-the mystery
Of redemption, celcstialized music, the
heavenly picturesque, sublime colloquy,
eternal enterprises. sanity association,
divine companionship. celebrative jubi-
lance. 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 did Christ exchange pal
ace for barn: Why did he drop a
scepter from his right hand 10 take q
spear into his left side: Why quit the
anthem Of the worshiping heavens TO
hear the grooming Of n weary mothers
voice: Was straw better than a gar
land: Could il not have been done in
some other way:" says angel tho first
Was the human race worth such a sac
rifice:" says angel the second. How
could heaven get along without him for
g3 years. says angel the third.
Through that assassination may sinful
man rise into our eternal companion
ship. says angel the fourth.
Aud then they all bend toward each
other and talk about il and guess about
II and try 10 iathom il and prophesy
concerning II. But the subject is too
big, and they only nibble at it, They
only break oif piece Of H. They only
tastei H. They just dip into il. And then
one angel cries. Worthy is the Lamb
that was siaint And another says.
"Cnsearchable:" And another says.
Past finding ont" And another says.
"AlleluiI And then they all fill their
cups Of gold with the new wine Of the
kingdom Unlike the breakers Of
earth. which poison. these glow with
immortal health, the wine pressed from
the grapes of the heavenly Eshcol, and
they all drink to tho memory Of maDger
and cross. shattered sepulcher and Oil
yetic ascension. Oh, that rapturous, in
spring. transporting theme OF the
worlds ransom, That makes angels