Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
SUNDAYS SERMON IN THE NEW
YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Subject: "A seraphic Diet"

the Israetite- Ia the wilderness, 81 what II
was made and who made L.. The manna
was called angels food. but why 50 called.
Was il because II came from the place where
angels live, OF because angels compounded
it, or because angels did eat il, or because
il was good enough for angelsf On what
crystal platter was Il carried 10 the door ui
heaven aud then thrown outg How did il
tasteg We are told Their, was In il something
like honey, but il the saceharine taste in il
had been too strong many would not have
liked It, and 50 il may have had commin-
Cling OF iayors, this drlicacy Of the skies. 1t
must nave hcen nutritious. for Nation lived
on il for forty YEAR. IL must have been
healthful. for il j. So inspiringly applauded.
Ii must have been abundant because IL dis
missed the necessity Of a sutler for IA great
army.
Each person had ration OF three quarts
a day allowed to him. and so $4,000 pounds
were necessary every week. Those We're the
times of which my text speaks. when imam
did eat angels food II the good Lord,
who has helped me- 50 often. will help me
now. | will first tell YOU what Is angels
food. and then how we may get some OF II
for ourselves. In our moral state we must
have for mastication and digestion and
assimilation the products OF the earth.
Corporeity rs well a. mentality and
spirituality, characterizeS H.. The style Of
Light and frothy food taken exclusively re-
suits in weak muscle and Observation-Disclosures
The taking of too much animal food produces
sensuality. Negetarans are cranks. Reason
able selection Of the tarnaceOus 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, 10y companion
ships that dwindled the dining hour into
insignihcance and made the pleasures Of the
table stupid and uniuviting. There have
been cases where from seemingly invisible
sources the human body has been main
tanned, as In the remarkable case of our in
valid and Christian nelghbor, Mollie Fanch-
err, known throughout the medical and
Christian world for that she was seven
weeks without earthly food. fed aud sus-
tanned on heavenly visions. Our beloved
DR.. lrenRus Prime, editor and theologian,
recorded the wonders concerning this girl.
Professor West. the great scientist, marveed
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 vands smoke and no culinary i'm
PIGMENTS clatter. | am feeding on that
which no human hand has mixed and no
earthly oven baked. | am eating angels
food" II you have never been in such an
exalted state, / commserate your leaden
temperament and dismiss you from this
service as incompetent to understand the
thrilling and glorious suggestiyeness of my
text when it says, Man did eat angels
food"
Now, what do the supcrnaturals live on?
/ They experience none Of the demands of cor
poriety and have no hindrance or environ
mpnt in the shape Of bone and muscle AMI
, flesh. and hence that which may delectate
our palate or inyigorate our poor, dying
( frames would be Of no use TO them. But
they have q food Of their own. My text says
I so. There may be other courses Ot food In
/ the heavenly menu that | am not aware
/ Of but | know of five or SIX styles Of
/ food always on celestial tables when cheru-
! bin and seraphim and archangel gather for
! heavenly repast--the mystery OF redemption,
I celestialized music, the heavenly picturesque,
/ sublime colloquy, eternal enterprises, sanity
/ association, divine mpanionshtp, celebra.
! tive iubilance There is one subject that eX-
cites the curiosity and inquisitiyeneSs OF all
those angels. st. Peter says, (which
thing the angels desire to look into that
/ n. why did Christ exchange palace for Il
barn. Why did He drop scepter from
His right hand to take a spear
! into His left sidels Why quit the
| anthem of the worshiping heavens to hear
/ the grooming OF a weary mothers vOicei Was
, straw better than Il garland? Gould 1t not
have been done in some other way!' says
/ angel the first. WAS the human race worth
! such a sacridce?' says angel the second.
"How could heaven get along without Him
| for thrty-three years?' says angel the third.
Through that assassination may sinful man
/ rise into our eternal companionship,' says
/ angel the fourth.
And then they all bend toward each other
and talk about it and guess about 1t and try
/ TO fathom it and prophesy concerning 1t.
| But the subject is too big, and they only nib
/ BILE at it. They only break off a piece of il.
They only taste it. They just dip into it.
Lamb that was slain And another says,
''Unsearchable!' And another says,
"Past finding OUT And another says,
"Alleluiw And then they all fill their
cups Of gold with the 'new wine of the
kingdom" 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 manger and cross. shattered
! sepulcher and Olivetic ascension. Oh, that
| rapturous, inspiring, transporting theme of
the worlds ransom! That makes angels
| food. The taking of that food gives stronger
! pulse to their gladness, adds several morn
| ings of radiance to their foreheads,
| gives yaster circle to the sweep
of their wings on mission intercon-
stelation. Some of the crumbs OF
that angels food fall all around our wilder
ness camp to-day and we feel like crying
with Paul: "Oh, the depth OF the riches, both
of the wisdom and knowledge of Godi' or
| with expiring Stephen: Lord Jesus, receive
| my spirit" or with many an enraptured soul:
"None but Christ! None but Christi Pass
| around this angels food Garry it through
| all these aisles. Climb with it through all
these galleries. Take 1t among all the novels
as well as among all the palaces of the great
town. Give all Nations a taste OF this angels
food.
Now in the emerald palace of heaven let
the cupbearers and servants of the King re-
move this course from the banquet and bring
on another course of angels food. which is
celestial music. You and | have seen al
some concert or oratOrio whole assembage
to whom the music was a feast. Never any
thing that they took in at the lips of the
mouth was so delightful to their taste
as that which they took in at the lips OF
the ear. l have seen and you have seen
people actually intoxicated with sweet
sounds. 0ratoriOs which are always too pro-
tracted for those of us who have not had our
faculties cultivated in that direction were
never long enough for them As at ii O'Clock
at night the leader of the orchestra gave the
three taps of his baton to again start the
music they were as fresh and alert as when
three hours before and at clock, the cur
tain first lifted Music to them is food
for body, food for mind and food
for soul. From what l read in my
Bible I think celestialized music will
make up a large part of angels food
Why do I say "ceestalized music?" Be.
cause though music may have been born in
heaven it had not all its charms until 1t came
to earth and took II baptism of tears. Since
then it has had a pathos and tenderness
that it could not otherwise have possessed.
1t had to pass under the shadows and over
stormy seas and weep at sepulchers and tc
be hummed as lullaby over the cradle OF
sick children before it could mount to
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