Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-11
MAN WAS Fec ON ANGELS FOOD
REV. On. rALMAGD DiscOtrsEs
ON HEAVENLY MAMMA.
Earthly Nourisi,mcnt Not Needed in
states of Spiritual IsNnitntion.
Forms IA Large Part of the sernphic
Menu-Into the Ninedom.

NEw YoRg, March 1o.-Among the
thousands VINO greeted Rev, DIR. Tnlmagc
Ia tho Academy OF Music this afternoon
were largo Of strangers from dis
tant parts OF tho Union. At tho close OF
the services tho preacher, on leaving the
| platform, found himself confronted 10y
enough pooplo 10 I'll nn ordinary sized
church, nll intcnt on sinking hands with
him. Tho subject of discourse for the aft
ernoon was "a Sernphic Dict, 4" the text
selected being Psalms lxxviii, 90, Man
did eHt angels food.'
Somewhat RISKY would be the undertake
Ing 10 toll just what was tho mama that
fell 20 tho Isrnelites In the wilderness, Of
what II WINS made and who made It, Tho
mama was called angels food, but why
so cAllodf Was 1t because it chmo from
the place where angels live, or because an
gols compounded It, or because angels did
cat it, or because 1t was good enough for
nngelsi On what crystal platter was it
carried to the door Of heaven and then
thrown outi How did 1t tastoY Wo are
told there was In 1t something like honey,
but II tho snooharino taste in 1t had been
too strong mnny would not have liked 1t,
and so 1t mny have had a commingling Of
AAtNAlh-hAiAh hNAAAtAAf VI Wv ohAN7s ANiAlhHN
have been nutritious, for nation lived OH
It for 40 years. It must have been health
full, for 1t IS so insplringly Applaudod. 1.
must have been abundant, because it dis
missed the necessity OF a sutler for great
army. Each person had ration Of thre1
quarts u day allowed TO him, and so 49,
600 600 pounds were necessary every week.
Those woru tho times OF which my text
speaks, when imam did eat angels food.
II the good Lord, who has helped INC so
often, will help mo now, will first tell
you what is angels food and thon how we
may get some Of it for ourselves, In our
mortal state we must have for mastication
and digestion and assimilation the prod
ucts Of tho earth. COrporeity as we'll as
mortality and spirituality oharnctorlses us
Tho style Of diut has much to do with our
we'll holng. Light and frothy food taken
exclusively results in weak muscles and
scm.inyIlidlsm. The taking of too much
animal food produces son8uAlity Ncgetn-
rinns are cHnss. Reasonable selection Of
tho farinacoous and tho solid ordinarily
produces physical stamina
Above Earthly Food.
But we hUyu all occasionally been In an
ccstatio state whero we forgot tho ncccs.
sity Of earthly food. Wo wora fed by joys,
by anticlpauons, by discoveries, by com
partnerships that dwindlod tho dining
hour into insignilcanco and made the
pleasures Of the table stupid and uninyit-
ing There hayo boon cases whore from
seemingly invisible sources tho human
body has been maintained, as in the re-
mnrknblo cuso OF our invalid and Christian
nclghhor Mullle Fancher known through
out the medical and Christian world for
thut al ,a rynglru wit bpt,f b1,.
food, fed and sustained on heavenly Vi
sions Our beloved DIR. IrenUus Prime,
editor and theolognn, recorded the won
dcrs concerning this girl. Professor West,
tho great scientist, maryeled over 1t, and
Willard Parker, of worldwide fame I'm sur
CORY, threw up his hands In amnzemcnt ut
IT, There arc times in all our lives when
the soul asserts itself and says to tho body
''Hush Stand buckl Stand DOWN.
l am nc n banquet where no chalices
CLEAN, mud no viAnds smoke, and no Gull
nary implements clntter. am feeding on
that which no human hand has mixed and
no earthly oven baked. am eating AN
gels food" II you havo never been in
such an exalted state, / commisernto your
loRden temperament, and l dismiss you
from this soryico AZ incompetent to under
stand tho thrilling and glorious suyges-
tiyonoss Of my text when 1t says, MAN
did cat angels food.
Feast of Soul.
Now, what do tho supcrnaturals live on'
They experience mono Of the demands OF
corporoity and hHvo no hindraucu or en-
vironmcnt In tho shape of bono and muscle
and flesh, and hence that which may do.
lcotnto our palate or invigorato our poor,
dying frames would be OF no uso To thom.
llVtN 81. t.. Il a..
text says so. There may DO othur courses
! OF food in tho heavenly menu that am
not aware OF, but l know of five or six
styles OF food always on celestial tables
whom oherubim and seraphin and arch.
angel gather for heavenly repast-tho mys.
terry OF redemption, oelestinized music,
tho heavenly picturesque, sublime col.
loquy, otornnl enterprises sanity associn.
ton, divine companionship, celebrativo
/ 1ubilancO. There is one subject that OK
| ctos tho curiosity and inquisitlyoness Of
/ all those angels. St Peter says, (which
thing tho angels desire to look into"-that
is, why did Christ exchange palace for q
| barnl Why did no drop sceptor from his
| right hand to tako spear into his left
slider Why quit tho anthem of the wor-
Shipping heavens to hear the grooming OF a
weary mothers voiceH Was straw better
than n gnrandi Gould Ii not have been
done in como other way" says angel tho
first, Was tho human race worth such a
saorlllceH" says angel tho second. How
could heaven get along without him for
81 yoarsf' snys angel tho third. "Thruugh
that assassination may sinful man riso into
otornal companionshlpl" says angel the
fourth. And then they all bond toward
each other and talk about It and guess
about it and try to fathom it and prophecy
concerning 1t But tho subject is too big,
and they only nibble at it. They only
break of piece of It, They only taste 1t.
| They Just dip into 1t, And then one angel
cries, Worthy is tho Lamb that was
slninl" And another snys "Unsearch.
able" And another says, Past finding
outp' And another says, "Alleluial"
And thon .thoy all nj their cups Of gold
with tho NOW vino Of tho Kingdom"
Heavenly Wine.
Unlike the beakers of earth, which poi.
son, these glow with immortal health, tho
wine pressed from tho grapes OF the heav-
emily Fshcol, and they all drink to tho
memory OF manager and cross, shattered
sopuloher and Olivotio ascension. oh, that
rnpturous, inspiring, transporting themo
OF tho worlds ransoml That makes nm
gels food. Tho taking OF that food gives
EtrOngCr nulRo 10 THAR nlndnnsa ndia soy.