Connecticut western news., 1895-03-14
THE SERAPHTC DIET.
REV. DR TAtMAGs eREAchEs ELo-
 oUENTlY ON ANGELS FOOD.

Eks hk~AAa That Esii .s ths Israslitss In tns WfkaSrssss-Fsod Fer supernaturals. sspsearsr.-Th. Emerald P>laes-H~av- ssfs Tsat>ss.
 NKw YORK, March l0.-Among the taassantas who greeted Rev. Dr. Tal- naes in ths Academy et Music this aft, srReon were large number of strangers tfsm distant parts of the Union. At the Sloss of the services the preacher on isaving the platform found himself con- fented by enough people to fill an ordi- nary sized church, all intent on shaking hands with him. The subject of dis ssprss for the afternoon was "A Se. rsphic Diet, the text selected being Psalms lxxviii, 25, Man did eat angels fooa ?
 Somewhat risky would be the under taking to tell lnss what was the mamma that te.! to ths Israeiites in the wilder AsSs, of what it was made and who made it. The mama was called angels feed but why so called? Was 1t because It came from tue place where angels Eve, or because angels compounded It, sr because angels did eat is. or because ix was good enough for angels? On what crystal platter was it carried to shs door of heaven and then thrown cut? How did it taste? We arc told taers was in it something like honey, Eat ii tAs sacoharine taste in ii had been sUo strong many wonld not have liked is, aud se is may have had commin- Isina of Havors, this delic,cy of the skies. HS haav fp;s fa r,.k- tion lived on 1t for 40 years It must have heeR hsalthfni, for is Is so inspir- insly applacdsd. It must havo been Hhsndant, becanse it dismissed the ne. sssSity of sutler fer great army.
 Fash person had ration of three enaxs h 2 day allowed to him, and sn B. ee9, coo pounds were necessary every wssk Those were the times of which ny tSxt speaks, when "man did eat an- xsAs' food " If ths good Lord, who has helped me co often, will help me now, twill first tell you what is angels food, and thsn how We isay get some of 1t for ourselves. la cur mortal stasa we must have for mas6c cation and digestion and assimilation the products of the earth. GSrDarsity, as well ss mentality and spiEifu&hty eharacterizes us, The style If diet has much to do with our well bsing. Lighs and frothy food taken ex- slssivsly results in weak muscle and ssni- -invalidism. The taking of 600 much xsin,al food produces sensuality Vege- tarisns arc cranks. Reasonable selection Sf the faxinacecus and tho solid ordina- Efg produces physical stamina.
 Angels Food.
 
 Bat we have all occasionally been in aa ssstatie state where we forgot the necessity 0! earthly food. We were fed hy joys, by apticipatioIs, by discoveries, Y eonpanionships that dwin6ied tho dining hear iDto jnsiSnifcance and nude the pleasures of tue table stupid xsd uninyiting Tbeye have been cases whefs from seemingly invisible sources tAe human body has been maintained, - in tbs rem arkable case of our invalid aHa Chfistian nsighb Mollie Faooher, kRewn throughout the medical and GhEiseian world for that she was seven wssks without earthly food, fed and sus- tainsa on heavenly visions. Our beloved Dn Irsnseus Prime, editor and theolo- xiAa, recorded the wonders concerning shia xiri Professor West, the great soi- sHsist, caafveled over it, and Willard Parker of worldwide fame in surgery threw up hie hands in amasement at if. There arc times in all our lives when the soul asserts itself and says to the ksdy: Hush, stand back Stand down"
 ] am at banquet where no chalioes alaam and no viands smoke and no cul- mary implements chatter. am feeding sn that which no human hand has mix sd and no earthly oven baked. I am eating ''ansels' food" If you have ssvsx been in such m exalted stste semrniscrate your leaden temperament ana aismiss yoa from this service AS snoc,npesens to understand the thrilling and glorious suggestiveness of my toxt when it says, Man did eat angela feod -
 what the Text Says.
 New. what do the supernaturals live sW2 They experience none of the de- Assads of eoYporiety and have no hin- aFnnes or environment in the shape of ha.s and muscle and flesh, and hence thas which may delectate our palate or iavigogats our poor. dying frames would hs ed no use to them. But they have a Sssd of their own. My text says SO. There may be other courses of food in aAs heavenly menu that am not aware sss, but know of five or six styles of food always OH celestial tables when Ss.srubim and seraphim and archangel Easiscr for heavenly repast-the mystery s4 redemption, celestialized music, the hsavsniy picturesque, sublime colloquy, sbsrnal enterprises, saintly association, divine eOmpanionship, celebrative jubi- fxnoa. There ia one subject that excites Ehs curiosity and inQuisitiveness of all Saose angels. St. Peter says (Which tAiug the angela desire to look into''- tAsf is. why did Christ exchange pal Ass for harng Why did he drsp sesptsr from his right hand to take spesr into his left side? Why quit the AAti,sm of rhe worshiping heavens to hsaR the erooning of a weary mothers $ vsicer Was straw better than gar lGHds ''Could it not have been done in ssms ether wayf' says angel the first. 'tWsu shs human race worth such sac MAos% xays angel the second. How Aeald heaven get along without him for n yearsr' says angel the third. Through that assassination may sinful 1an rise into our eternal companion SbiH. ssys angel the fourth.
 And then they ali bend tow ward each ssAer and talk about it and guess about it snd try to fathom 1t and prophecy esnccrnins it But the subject is too big. and They oaly nibble at it. They sHty hrcnk on piece of 1t. Tney only tssts it. They just dip into it. And then ens angel cries, Worthy is the Lamb thst was slaiH!'' And another says, 'srnsearohabler' And another says. "Fast finding ontv' And another says, "Allaiuir' And then they all fill their saps of gold with the new wine of the kBxdem Unlike tie breakers of earth, which poison, these glow with immortal health, the wins pressed from the sropes ct the hesSenly Eshcol, and