Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-03-27
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
38D 8000KEYH D1VMOD -0R;
DAY A1R10XS
Subject: ga Scraphic Diet"


Psalms xviii, Is.
Somewhat risky wonld be the undertaking
to tell just what was the mamma that fell 20
the 1sraelites IN the wilderness, Of what II
was made and who made it. Tho mamma
was called angels food, but why 30 called?
Was 1t because it came from the place where
els live, or because angels compounded
i, or because angels did eat 1t, or because
| it was good enough for angels? On what
crystal platter was It carried to the door Of
taste2 We are told there was in 1t something
like honey, but il the saccharine taste In 1t
had been too strong many would not have
liked It. and so It may have had q commtn-
Cling Of favors. this delicacy OF the skies. II
must have been nutritious, for a Nation lived
on 1t for forty years. 1t must have been
healthful, for it Is 80 inspiringly applauded.
1t must have been abundant. because It dis
missed the necessity Of sutler for great
army.
Each person had a ration of three quarts
day allowed to him. and 50 IL, 900 pounds
were necessary every week. Those were the
times of which my text speaks, when "man
did eat angels food" II the good Lord,
now, I will first tell you what Is angels
food, and then how We may get some OF 1t
for ourselves. In our moral state We must
have for mastication and digestion and
assimilation the products Of the earth.
Corporeity, as well as mentality and
diet has much to do with our well being.
Light and frothy food taken exclusively re-
! suits in weak muscle and dsemi-individualism
The taking OF too much animal food produces
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
anticipations, by discoveries. by companion
,I,; hat Irr-ir laI <hn f1fn sv,f,
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 main
tanned, as in the remarkable case Of our in.
valid and Christian neighbor, Mollie Fanch-
or, known throughout the medical and
Christian world for that she was seven
weeks without earthly food, fed and suS-
I tanned on heavenly visions. Our beloved
DR.. 1reneus Prime, editor and theologian,
Professor West. the great scientist, 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 its Elf and says to
the body: "Hush. stand backi Stand down."
and no yiands smoke and no culinary i'm
plements clatter. I feeding on that
which no human hand has mixed and no
| earthly oven baked. I am eating "angelS
exalted state, I 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"
Now, what do the supernaturals live on7
They experience none Of the demands Of cor.
poriety aud have no hindrance or environ
ment in the shape Of bone and muscle and
flesh, and hence that which may delectats
our palate or invigorate our poor, dying
frames would be Of no use to them. But
they have food of their own. My text says
50. There may be other courses Of food in
the heavenly menu that I am not aware
OF, but I 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,
celestialized music, the heavenly picturesque,
sublime colloquy, eternal enterprises, sanity
association. divine companionship, celebra-
tive jubilance- There is one subject tina: eI;
cites 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 q palace for a
barn? Why did He drop a scepter from
His right hand to take q spear
anthem of the worshiping heavens to hear
the grooming of weary mothers voice? Was
a straw better than a garland? "Could 1t not
have been done in some other way?" says
angel the nrSt. was the human fbco Woftu
such sacriflce?" says angel the second.
''How could heaven get along without Him
for thirty-three years?" says angel the third.
Through that assassination may sinful man
rise into our eternal companionship," says
angel the fourth.
Sculpture will halt this side the grave be-
cause it chiefly commentaries the forms OF
those who in heaven will be reconstructed.
and what would we want Of the sculptured
imitation when We stand in the presence OF the
resurrected original? Painting will halt this
side the grave because the colors OF earth
would be too tame for heaven, and what use
to have pictured on canvas the scenes which
shall be described to US by those who were
the participants? One Of the disciples will
tell US about the ''Last Supper" better than
The plsinest saint by tongue will describe the
''Last Judgment better than Michael Angelo
with his pencil put 1t upon the ceiling OF the
Vatican. Architecture will halt this side the
grave. for what use would there be for archie
tect's compass and design In that city which
Is already built and garnished until nothing
can be added? All the Tuileries and Windsor
Castles and st. Clouds Of the earth piled up
| not eaualing its humblest residences; all the
ST. Pauls and st. Peters and st. Izaaks and
ST. Sophias of the earth built into one
cathedral not equaling the heavenly temple.
But music will pass right on, right up and
right in, and millions In heaven will &c
knowledge that, under God, she was the
ch1c1 cause OF tnelr S8tVdtlOus vi, i WOulu
like to be present when all the great Chris
tian singers and the great Christian players
of all the ages shall congregate in heaven.
OF course they must, like all the rest OF US,
be cleansed and ransomed by the blood OF
the slain Lamb. Alas, that some of the
| great artists OF sweet sound have been as
! distinguished for pronigacy - for tho way
| they warbled or sang or fingered the key
| board or trod the organ pedal Some
| who have been distinguished bassos and so-
| pr,poc and prima dOnnaa 00ffh. i fool Will
| never sing the song Of Moses and tho Lamb,
or put the lips to the trumpet with sounds OF
victory before the throng. Bnt many OF the
masters who charmed Us on earth will moro
music hall Of eternityl May you and
be there some day to acclaim when the
'Halleluiah Chorus" 70 awakened As
on earth there have been harmonies
made up Of other harmonies, . strain Of
music from this cantata, and . strain Of
and bar from that, but ono great tune or
theme. into which all the others were poured
Is rivers into q sea, 80 1t may be given to the
mightiest soul in the heavenly world to
gather something from all the sacred songs
1e hsTa snng On earth. or which have been
eternal symphony, but tho ono great theme
and the one overmastering tone that
shall carry all before It and uplift all heaven
from central throne to farthest gate Of pearl
and to highest capstone OF amethyst Will Dc,
"UntO Him who loved US and washed US
from our sins in His own blood, and made
us kings and priests unto God and the Lamb,
to Him be glory!" That will be mamma
enough for all heaven to feed on. That will
be Q banqnet for immortalA That will Be
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 aneeis' food, which =
laying out Of mighty enterprise. Tho Bible
lets us know positively that the angels have
our worlds affairs on their hearts. They At.
ford the rapid transit from world to world.
| ing spirits, guardian spirits-yea, they have
all worlds on their thought. We arc told
they sang together at the creation, and that inn
Piled not only the creation Of our world, bnt