The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-20
ANGELS FOOD
~. DR.. TkLMAGE." DlSCOURsES ON
=, rs. HEAVENLY MAMMA.


Part of the Seraphic Menu.
Now York, Iarch 1o:-Among the
housands who greeted Rev. DR.. Tai
baoe in the Academy of Music this
Eternoon were large number Of
Rangers from distant parts Of the I'm
bn. At the close Of the services the
ceachsr, sens leaving the PLATFORM
bund bimseH eoafronteH BY enough
eople 70 Eli an ordinary sized church
/ intent on shaking hands with him.
he subject of discourse for the after
oon was "a Seraphic Diet, the text
Electeds being Psalms lxxviii, 25,
Man did eat angels food"
Somewhat risky wou1d be the un-
ertaking to tell just what was the
hanna hat fellstothe Isealites in the
Tilderness. of what it was made and
tho made It,. The mamma was called
ngels' food, but why so called? Was
because it came from the place
there angels live, or because angels
ompounded it, or because angels dld
at it, or because it was good enough
Or angels2 On what crystal platter
Eas it carried to the door OF heaven
nd then thrown out? How did 1t
aste2 We are told there was IN 1t
omething like honey, but # the sac
harine taste in it had been too strong
many would not have liked.it, and so
may have had a commlngllng OF ma
ocs.this delicacy of the skies. 1t
hust have been nutritious, for q ma
lon lived on it for 40 years. It must
ave been healthful, for it isso inspir-
hely applauded. It must have been
bundant, because it dismissed the ne
essity of a sutler for a great army.
,ach person had a ration of three
uarts day allowed to him, and so
IS, ,OOO, 900 pounds We're necessary ev.
ry week. Those were the times OF
Fhich my text speaks, when man dld
at angels food.
If the GOOD Lord, who has helped
he so often. will help me now, | will
rst tell you what is angels food and
hen how we may get some OF It tor
ourselves. In our mortal state we
must have for mastication and d1ges.
ion and assimilation the products OF
be earth. Corporeity as well as men
ality and spirituality characterlzes US.
.he style ofdiet has much to do wlthour
veil being. Light and frothy food tax
n exclusively results in weak muscles
md semi-invaGdism- The taking OF
DO much animal food produces sensu,
lity. Vegetarians are cranks. Rea,
enable selection of thefarinaceous and
he solid ordinarily produces physical
tamina.
But we have all occasionally been
b an eestatc state where we forgot
he necessity of earthly food, We
gece. fed by joys, by antlclpa-
ions, by discoveries, cy companion
hips that dwmdled the dining hour
nto insignifcance and made the
leasures Of the table stupid and unln-
iting. There have been cases where
rom seemingly invisible sources the
Gumans body has been maintained, as
the remarkable case of our lnyahd
nd Christian neighbor, Molhe Fan.
her, known throughout the medical
nd Christian world for that she was
even weeks without earthly food, fed
nd sustained on heavenly visions.
Dur beloved DR.. ranaus Prime, edl-
or and theologian, recorded the Won
Eers concerning this girl. Professor
West. the great scientist, marveleo
bverit, and Willard Parker, OF world
vide fame in surgery, threw up his
Eands IN amazement at it. There are
INES in all our lives when the sool
&sserts itself and says to the body:
Hush! Stand back! Stand down!
7 am at a banquet where no ehalces
tleam, and no viands smoke, and nc
culinary implements clatter. | am
eedine on that which no human hand
has mixed and no earthly oven baked.
am eating angels food. Ii you
ave never been IN such an exalted
tate, I comniserate your leaden tenn
berament, and I dismiss you from thus
ervice as incompetent to understand
he thrilling and glorious suggestive
less of my text when it says, Man
hid eat angels food. !"
Now, what do the supernaturais 1--we
bn9 They experience none OF the de'
hands of corporeity and have no an.
rance or environment In the shape OF
bone and muscle and flesh, and hence
hat whichsmay delectate our palate or
n.vioor,ate our poor, dying frames
would be of no use to them. But they
have a food of their own. Ny text
avs so. There may be other courses
f foodin the heavenly menu that l
;nn not aware of, but I know of i've or
ix STYLES of food always on celestial
ables when cherubim and seraphlm
nd archangel gather for heavenly
epast-the mystery of redemption,
elestialned music, the heavenly PIC
1resoue, sublime colloquy, eternal en-
erprises, sanity association, divine
ompanionship, celebrative Jubllance.
There is one subject that exclteS the
uriosity and inquistiveness OF all
hose angels. St. Peter says, Which
hing the angels desire to look into
hat is, why did Christ exchange a pal
Ice for a barn? Why did he drop a
cepter from his right hand to take q
pear In his left side2 Why quit the
nthem of the worshiping heavens to
lear the grooming Of a weary mothers
Foicee Was straw better than a gar
ande s'Could it not have been done
b some other way2" says angel the
Erst. ''Was the human race worth
uch a sacri6ce2" says angel the second.
How could heaven get along without
i'm for 33 years." says angel the third.
Through that assassination may sin,
ul man rise into eternal companion:
hip.n says angel the fourth. And
hen they all bend toward each other
nd talk about, it and guess about 1t,
nd try to follow it and
Prophesy concerning it. But the
ubiect IS too big, and they only nible
tit. They only break off piece OF
t. They only taste it. The just dip
nto it. And then one angel cries,
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.
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