Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-16
THE SERAPHIC DIET.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches ELo-
oceNTLY ON ANGELS FOOD.

The Mamma That Fell to the IsraeiItes In
the wiiderness-Food For Supernaturais.
Cupbearers-The Emerald Palace Heay-
emily Tidings.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Among the
thousands who greeted Rev. DR.. Tai
mage in the Academy of Music this aft
ernoon were large number of strangers
from distant parts of the Union. At the
close of the services the preacher on
leaving the platform found himself con-
fronted by enough people to fill an ordi-
nary sized church. all intent on shaking
hands with him. The subject of dis
course for the afternoon was "A Sc
raphic Diet, the text selected being
Psalms xviii. 25, Man did eat angels
food -
Somewhat risky would be the under
taking to tell just what was the mamma
that fell to the Israelites in the wilder
ness, of what it was made and who
made it The mamma was called angels
food, but why so called? Was it because
it came from the place where angels
live, or because 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 faster We are told
there was in it something like honey,
but if the saccharine taste in it had been
hau
it, and so it may have had a commin-
Cling of favors, this delioacy of the skies.
1t must have been nutritious, for ma
tion lived ON it for 40 years. 1t must
have been healthful, for it is so inspir-
ingly applauded. 1t must have been
abundant, because it dismissed the me-
cessity of a sutler for great army.
Each person had ration of three
quarts day allowed to him, and so l5,
GEO, 900 pounds were necessary every
week Those We're the times Of which
my text speaks, when imam did eat am
gels food If the good Lord, who has
helped me so often, will help me now,
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 mastication and digestion and
assimilation the products of the earth.
Corporeity, as well as mentality and
spirituality, characterizes us. The style
of diet has much to do with our well
being, Light and frothy food taken ex-
clusively results i'll 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 ecstatic 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.. Iren8us Prime, editor and theolo-
gian, recorded the wonders concerning
this girl. Professor West, the great sci
enlist, 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 backl Stand DOWN.
am at banquet where no chalices
CLEAN and no yiands smoke and no cul-
mary implements chatter. am feeding
OH that which no human hand has mix
ed and no earthly oven baked. am
eating ''angels' food" If 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 hin
drance or environment in the shape Of
bone and muscle and flesh, and hence
that which may delectate our palate or
invigorate our poor, dying frames would
be of no use to them. But they have a
food of their own. My text says 20
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
cherubim and seraphim and archangel
gather for heavenly repast-the mystery
of redemption, celestialized 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 barnf 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 weary mothers
voice? Was straw better than gar
| land? Gould it not have been done in
some other way?" says angel the first
WAS the human race worth such a sac
rifice?' says angel the second. How
could heaven get along without him for
33 years." says angel the third.
Through that assassination may sinful