The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-15
REV. DIR.
wHE BRooKLYN DrvTNE's sum
DAY SERMON.
subject; ga seraphic Diet"

o tell lust what was the mamma tnat rem " .
Israelites in the wilderness, OF n IL
vas called angels food, but why so calledE ,,
il because it came from the place where !
rels live, or because angels Compounded
Z. or because angels did eat it, or because
{ was good enough for angelsS On whai
platter was it carried to the door OF
heaven and then thrown out! HOW az II
.aste? We are told there was in it something
ike honey, but if the saecharine taste IN IL
been too strong many would not nave
IL. and so It may have had q conInln-
rlinr OF Hayors, this delicacy OF the skies. 1t
must have been nutritious, for Nation nVeu
on it for forty years. 1t must have been
healthful, for it is so inspiringly applauded.
n must have been abundant. because it dis
missed the necessity Of a sutler for a great
n day allowed to him, and 80 15,0OO pounus
were necessary every week. Those were the
OF which my text speaks, when man
did eat angels food." II the g1oa noru ~
who has helped me so often, will heip me
now. 1 will first tell you what is Angels
food. and then how we may get some OF IL
for ourselves. In u moral state we must
have for mastication and digestion ana
assimilation the products OF the earth;
Corporeity, as well as mentality ana
s%nirituality. characterizes US. The style OF
diet has much to do with our we'll being.
light and frothy food taken exclusively re-
suits in weak muscle and semi-individualism.
The taking of too much animal foodprouuces
%sensuality. Vegetarians are cranks. reason
able selection of the farinaceous and the
solid ordinarily produces physical stamina.
But we have all occasionally been In an
~ecstatic state where we forgot the Necessity
OF earthly food. We were fed by Joys, by
authorizations, by discoveries, by companions
ships that dwindled the dining hour into
insigniicance and made the pleasures OF the
table stupid and uninviting. There nave
been cases where from seemingly 1hYlslpre
sources the human body has been main
| tanned. as in the remarkable case OF our IN
| valid and Christian %neighbor, Moilie Eancn,
or 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
| DIR, Irenaus Prime, editor and tneoioglai
recorded the wonders concerning TINS girl;
Professor West, the great scientist, maryeied
over it, and Willard Parker OF worldwide
fame in surgery threw up his handS III
nmazement at it. There are times in all our
lives when the soul asserts itself and says " Y
the body: "Hush, stand back! Stand down.
/ am at a banquet where no chaIces giean
and no yiands smoke and no culinary I'm,
nlements clatter. / am feeding on tina
which no human hand has mixed and M
earthly oven baked. / am eating "angels
foodH II YOU have never been in such al
exalted state, I commiserate your leadet
Temperament and dismiss you from I'M
service as incompetent to understand III
thrilling and glorious suggestiveness oil m.
text when it says, "Man did eat angeis
food"
Now. what do the supernaturals live on
They experience none of the demands OF col
norjetv and have no hindrance or environ
/ ment in the shape of bone and muscle an
flesh. and hence that which may deiectat
our palate or ~invigorate our poor, dyln
frames would be of no use to them. Bu
they have a food Of their own My text say
, 80. There may be other courses OF food 1
1 the heavenly menu that 1 am not ava
: of. but 1 know of five or SIX styles {
food always on celestial tables when cher'
bin and seraphim and ~archangei gather Il
heavenly repast-the mystery of redemption
9 celestialized music, the heavenly pieturesqu
d sublime colloquy, eternal enterprises, saint
association. divine companionshtp, celeor'
: five iubilance, There is one subject that e.
cites the curiosity and inquisitiveness Of q
those angels. st. Peter says, "'.Whit
a thing the angels desire to iooK INTO In
is. why did Christ exchange a palace 1or
barn? Why did He drop a seepter fro
His right hand to take q 'spe
into His left side2 Why quit t
E. anthem OF theSworshiping heavens TO ne
the grooming OF a weary mothers voice? W
a straw better than a garland! could II u
il have been done in some other wayT sa
At angel the first. ''Was the human race wor
sueh a sacrifce?" says angel the see0n
nHow could heaven get along without IL
I'D for thirty-three years?" says angel tine thir
IL UThrough that assassination may sinful m
' rise into our eternal companionship, sa
angel the fourth.
a Se~ulptnre will halt this side the grave |
7. cause il chiefly commentaries the forms
y those who in heaven will be reconstruct
and what would we want of the sculptui
,p Imitation when we stand in the presence OF
e rasurrected original? Painting will halt Il
- side the grave because the colors OF ca
D would be too tame for heaven, and what
he to have pictured on canvas the scenes wn
shall be described to US by those VINO W
the particlpants2 One of the disciples Y
lie tell us about the stLast Supper" better til
Titan with mighty touch set up In art gale
The plainest saint by tongue will describe
lie 'Last Judgment" better than Michael Ang
tic with his pencil put 1t upon the ceiling OF
Vatican. Architecture will halt TINS sue
grave. for what use would there be Tor arc
81 / fect's compass and design in that city VIII
ia already built and g~arnished until moth.
'oi can he added? AlltheT uileries and Wind
cir Castles and st. Clouds of the earth piled
not euualing its humblest residences; all
81. Pauls and st. Peters n st. lzaaKs {
OF st. Sophias Of the earth built mo
eet cathedral not ~equaling the heavenly temp
But music will pass right on, right up I
right In. and millions in heaven VIII
| knowledge that, under God, she was
led chief cause of their salvation. Oh, ! wo
ali 1 like to be present when all the great On
ahi tian singers and the great Christian pia,
of all the ages shall c~ongregate in hea'
TO-, or course they must, like all the rest OF
m be ~cleansed and ransomed by the blood
the slain Lamb. Alas, that some OF
great artists of sweet sound have bee
distinguished for proiiigacy as for the
yer they warbled or sang or fingered the !
an board or trod the organ pedal. B
who nave been distinguished bassos ano
pranos and prima donnaso on earth, feel
gh- never sing the song of Moses and the La
IN or put the lips to the trumpet with sount
~ victory before the throng. Bnt many Of
q masters who charmed US on earth Will !
nightly charm us In heaven. u
music hall of eternityl May you an
be there some day to acclaim when
HHalleluiah Chorus" Is awakened
on earth there have been harmc
the made up Of other harmonies, a strai
ing music from this ~cantata, and a strai
laee music from that overture and a bar from
and a bar from that, but one great tun
theme, into which all the others were pc
3 as rivers into a sea, so 1t may be given e
gather something from all the sacred 8
we have u on earth, or which have
the sung in ali the ages, n roll them
- eternal symphony, but the one great Il
Az and the one overmastering tone
oral. shall carry all before it and upift all he
from central throne to farthest gate OF
81. and to highest capstone Of amethyst viii
WUnto Him who loved us and wasne
from our sins in His own blood, and
- us kings and priests unto God and the Ia
oi to Him be gloryl' That will be m
enough for all heaven to feed on. Tina
r;no be q banquet for immortals. That W
angels food.
'ugn Now, in the emerald palace OF heaye
thec upboarers and servants OF the Kin
abr move this course from the banquet and
on another course OF angeis' food, viii
hnu laying out OF mighty enterprise. Inc
4 lets US know positively that the angels
our worlds affairs on their hearts. Tn
very ford the rapid transit from world to v
MinIstering spirits, escorting spirits, de
Ing spirits, guardian spirits-yea, they
into all worlds on their thought. We are
they sang together at the creation, andth
for Piled not only the creation OF our worl
W. Of other worlds. Shall they plan en-
our little planet and DO ~unconcerned
went planet 800 times larger2 No, They ha
s,ad the galaxies under their observation. y