Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-14

MZsza ~ angels food. but
go why so called? Was
4lllHIr---~t it because it came
from the place where angels live; or be-
cause angels compounded it; or because
angels did eat IT; or because it was good
enough for angels? on what crystal
platter was it carried 10 the door OF
heaven, and then thrown out? How did
it taste. We are told there was in il
something like honey. but if the saccha-
rine taste in it had been too strong,
many would not have liked It. and SO it
may have had commingling Of tlaVors
this delicacy Of the skies. II must
have been nutritious. for a nation lived
on it forty years 1t must have been
heaithful, for il has been so inspiringiy
applauded. 1t must have been abundant.
because Ii dismissed the necessity OF q
sutler for great army. Each person
had a ration OF three quarts day allowed
to him, and so fifteen million pounds
were necessary every week. These
were the times Of which my text speaks.
when man did eat angels food. If
the good Lord, who has helped me so
often, win help me now, | viii first tell
you what is angels food. and then how
we may get some of II for ourselves In
our mortal state we must have for mas
tication. and digestion. and assimila-
ton tine products of the earth. Cor
Doreity, as we'll as mentality, and spirit
uality, characterizes US. The style OF
diet has much to do with our weil-being.
Light and frothy food taken exclusively
results in weak muscle and semi-invalid-
ism. The taking OF too much animal
food produces sensuality. Negetarians
are cranks. Reasonable selection of the
fariraceous 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 We're fed
by joys, by anticipations. by discover
les. by comprehensive that dwindled
the dining hour into insignifcance, 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. Molie Fancher.
known throughout the medical and
Christian world for that she was seven
weeks without earthly food fed and
sustained on heavenly visions. Our be-
loved DR.. Irenaeus Prime, editor and
theologian. recorded the wonders con-
corning this girl. Prof 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 itself, and says to the body,
HUSH Stand back Stand down.
l am al a banquet where no chalices
CLEAN. and no viands smoke, and no
culinary implements CHATTER. / am feed
ing on that which no human hand has
mixed. and no earthly oven has baked.
l 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"
Now. what do the supernaturals live
on? They experience none Of the de
mands of cerporeity. and have NO him
dranee or environment in the shape Of
Bone and muscle, and tiesh and hcnca
that which may deleetate our palate, or
invigorate our poor. dying frames would
be Of no use 10 them. But they have a
food of their own. My text says So
There may be other courses of food in
the heavenly menu that | ann not aware
Of. but l know of five or six styles 81
food always On celestial tables when
cherubim, and seraphim, and arehangel
gather for heavenly repast the mystery
% redemption. celestialtzed music; the
heavenly picturesque. sublime and col
loqAy. eternal enterprises. sanity asso-
citation. Divine compauionship. celebra-
tive jubnance. There is one subject chat
excites the curiosity and inquisttiveness
OF all those angels. 81. Peter says.
Which thing the angels desire to look
into." That Is why Christ exchanged a
palace for d barn? Why did ne drop 4
scepter from his right hand 10 take "A
spear INTO his left side? Why quit thu.
anthem Of the worshiping heavens TO
hear the grooming OF weary mother
voice. Was straw better than a gar
land2 Gould II not have been done in
some other way says angel the first
Was the human race worth such a
Sacribce2' says angel the second. How
could heaven get along without him FOR
thirty-three years. says angel III,
third. Through that assassination may
sinful man rise into our eternal com.
partnership says angel the fourth. And
then they al bend toward each other
and talk about il. and guess about IT,
and try to fathom 1t. and praphesy CON
corning it, But the subject Is too big
and they only nibble AT IL They only
break off a niece OF IT, They only taste
it. They jus, dip into it. And then one
angel cries Worthy is the Lamb that
was SLANT" And anothey SAYS tim
searchahle'" And another SAYS Past
finding QUIT And another SAYS. "Ano.
lula" And then they all ill their cups
OF gold with the new wine OF the king
dom" Unlike the bcakers of earth
which poison. these glow with immorta
health. the wine pressed from tho grape,
-. Al. FsT..N..
drink 70 the memory OF manager an,
cross. shattered sepulehre and Ollvetu
ascension. oh, thar rapturaus. inSpfr
ing. transporting theme of The world
ransom, That makes angels food IN,
taking Of that food gives stronger pulls,
to their gladness. adds several mornings
Of radiance to their foreheads give
vaster circle 10 the sweep of their wins
On mission MISREPRESENTATION some q
the crumbs Of that angels food fan al
around our wilderness camp to-day. AM,
we feel like CRYING with panl st1h th