The times., 1897-05-10
MAN DID EAT ANGELS FOOD
DIR. I. Dewitt Talmage Talks
About Seraphic Diet.
HOW WE CAN GET SOME OF 1T
A Banquet at Which No Chalices
CLEAN, No Viands Smoke and No
Culinary Implements Chatter; One
Which No Human Hand Mixed, No
Earthly Oven Baked.

Rev. DR.. I. Dewitt Talmage preached at
the First Presbyterian Church, Four-and-a-
half street, yesterday morning, after an
absence from the pulpit OF two weeks. His
| subject was Angels Food, or seraphic
Diet and the text, Psalms 1873: Man
did eat angels food" The preacher said
..Some what risky would be the undertak-
ing TO tell just what was the mamma that
fell TO the Israelites in the wilderness, of
what it was made, how it was made, and
who made it. On what crystal platter
was it carried to the door of heaven, aud
then thrown out? How did it taste? We
are told there was in IL something like
| honey, but If the saccharine taste in it had
been too strong, many would not have
liked it, and so it may have had com
Iningling of flavors s-this delicacy Of the
skies It must have been nutritious, for
nation lived on it for forty years. IL
must have been healthful, for 1t is SO in-
Spiringly applauded 1t must have been
abundant, becauseit dismissed the necessity
of sutler for great army.
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 1t for ourselves.
1--WE have all occasionally been in an
ecstatic state where we forgot the ne
cessity Of earthly food. There are times
in all our lives when the soul asserts itself,
and says to the body:
a. Hush! Stand back. Stand down!
am at q banquet where no chalices gleam,
and no viands smoke, and nc culinary
implements clatter. ! am feeding on that
which no human hand has mixed, and no
earthly oven baked. l am eating angels
food
Now, what do the supernaturals live
on? They experience none of the demands
of corporeity, and have no hindrance or
environment in the shape of bone and
muscle and flesh, and hence that which
may deicctate our palate or invigorate our
poor, dying frames, would be OF NO use
to them But they have a food Of their
own Ny text says so. There may he
other courses of food in the heavenly nienu
that / am not aware of, but know OF five
or six styles of food always OH celestial
tables when cherubim and seraphim and
archangel gather for heavenly repast; the
mystery of redemption; celestialized music;
the heavenly picturesque; sublime coloquy;
eternal enterprises; sanity association, di-
Z vine companionsbIp; celebrative 1ubnance.
There is one subj ject that excltes the
curiosity and inquisitiyeness Of all those
angels; st. Peter says, Which thing the
angels desire to look into'-that is, why
did Christ exchange a palace for barn?
But the subject is too big They Just dip
into it. a nd then one angel cries: Worthy
is the lamb that was SLANT And another
SAYS: Unsearchahle!' And another says;
Past finding out!' A nd another says:
'Alleluia!' And then they all fill their
cups of gold with the new wine of the
kingdom Unlike the beakers OF earth,
which poison. these glow with Immortal
health, the wine pressed from the grapes
of the heavenly Eshcol, and they all drink
TO the memory OF manger and cross, shat
tered sepuchre, and Olivetic ascension.
Now, in the emerald palace of heaven,
let the cup-bearers and servants of the
King remove this course from the ban
quet, and bring on another course OF
angels food, which is CelestialiZed music.
Why do | say celestialized music?' Be
cause, though music may have been born
in heaven, it had not all its charms until
it came to earth and took a baptism of
tears Since then ii has had pathos and
a tenderness that it could not otherwise
have possessed. No music of heaven would
be complete without the 'tremolo' of
earthly sorrow comforted and the 'yox
humana' OF earthly sympathies glorified.
Great Music Hall of Eternity May you
aud / he there some day to acclaim when
the 'Hallelujah Chorus is wakened. As
on earth there have been harmonies made
up Of other harmonies-a strain OF music
froD n mr.. .i,a
from that overture, and bar from this,
and bar from that, but one great tune,
or theme, into which all the Others were
poured, as rivers into a Sea-sO ii may be
given to the mightiest soul in the heavenly
world to gather something from all the
sacred songs we have sung ON earth. er
which have been sung in all the ages, aad
roll them on in eternal synp hony; but the
enc great theme, and the one orernlastcr-
ing tone that shall carry all before it.
and uplift all heaven from central throne
to furthest gate of pearl, and TO highest
capstone of amethyst, viii be, 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 i.e
a DanQlIeb lOf 1iilllOEtdis. 1Hdb W III ut
angels food
NOW, in the emerald palace OF heaven,
let the cupbearers and servants OF the
King remove this course from the banquet
and bring ON another course of angels
food, which is, Laying Out of Mighty En-
terprise The Bible lets us know positively
that the angels have our worlds affairs
on their hearts. They afford the rapid
ira nsit from world to world Ministe ring
spirits, escortng spirits, defending spirits,
guardian spirits. Yea, they have all
worlds OH their thought We care told they
sang together a the creation, and tha tim
piled not only the creation of our world,
but of other worlds. Shall they plan only
for our little world nd be unConcerned fDr
a planet three hundred times larger? No.
They have all the galaxies under the OBJ
servation: mighty schemes of helpfulneSs
to be laid out and executed: shipwrecked
worlds TO be towed in: planetary fires to
be put out; demonac hosts riding up to be
hurled back and down. No undertaking
is SO difficult, no post of duty is so distant,
no mission is so stupendous, but at Gods
command they are gladly obedient.
''Now, in the emerald palace of heaven,
les the cup-bearers and servants OF the
King remove this course from the banquet,
and bring on anothercourse ofangels' food
the last course, and the best; the dessert;
the cullninatio of the feast, which is,
celebrative jubilance.
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