Year: 1874

Sermon by the Rev. Il. DE Witt Tain &C..


The Rev. Mr.. Talmage preached TO large con-
gregation yesterday morning. After the singing
and prayers he took for his text the folowing:-
"And the mamma ceased on the morrow after
they mad eaten of the old corn Of the lapdn-
Joshua, w. II. His discourse related to the passage
OF the lsraelitsh army across the wilderness at
the time mamma fell from heaven and thereby
saved them from perishing In the sands. Only
those who have had something TO do with the
cominissary department Of an army know what a
lob 1t is to feed and clothe five or six hundred
thousand men. Well, there Is such an
army as that marching across the des-
ert. They are out Of army supplies
and there are no railroad trains to bring them.
down food or blankets The tcod comes from
heaven to the rescue. He touches the shoes and
clothes and they become storm proof. The bisec-
ton OF this subject leads me 1rst 20 talk about
the TACT that there Is especial emergency, and,
second, to talk about the fact that


THE OLD CORN OF THE GOSPEL


is for ordinary circumstances. II these Israelites
crossing the wilderness mad not received bread
from the heavenly bakeries there would first have:
been q long line OF dead children, women and men
buried in the sand, and 1t would have been told In
history that great company started out from
Egypt for Canaan and were never heard or What
use was it CO. TO them tnat there was plenty
OF corn In Canaan or plenty vi meat IN Egypt P,
What they wanted was something to eat right
there, where there was not so much as grass
blade. In other words, an especial supply for an
especial emergency, and that Is what some vi you
want. The ordinary comfort the ordinary direc'
ton, the ordinary counsel do not seem to meet
your case. There those in this house this
morning who ieei that they must have an omnipo-
tent ana immediate supply, and you shall have it.
is IL


PAIN AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS


through which you must g0y Dld not Jesus know
all about pain Did He not suffer III the most sem
sitive parts-the mead, the hands and ieet? Oh,
there Is no such nurse as Jesus. Worried SOUL
you will wake up amid all your troubles and hnd
around about you the sweet consolation CT Jne
Gospel as thickly strewn as was the mama
around about .he lsraeitlsh army, Especial
soace Tor especial Distress especial comfort lOc
especial trial Is wha; ! preach this morning.
Your appetite mas Jailed lor everything else, OH,
try little OF this wilderness mamma. ''As a
father pitieth his children the Lord pitIetb
YOU" "Can mother forget her sucking chld,
son Of her womb. Yea, she may forget, yet will
not T."


Alter speaking further upon the necessity OF
those atiictlOu looking to Jesus for comfort. he
said, there are men here this morning who
hardly know what Is the matter with them They
large amount OF money and geta large account
at the bank, and get investments yielding large
percentages. Iney are trying


TO SATISFY THEIR sOCLs WITH A DIET OF GREEN.


BACKS


and government securities. There are others who
have been trying TO get famous and have sue
ceeded TO a greater or less extent, ana they have
been trying to satisfy their souls with chopped
lceu VI iudkuLlucS auu AcWSPapCiss uuu al tuSSo
men no more happy now than before they
made the first thousand dollars; no more happy
now than when they first saw their names favOra-
bly, mentioned. Tney cannot analyze or define
their feelings; but l Will tell them what Is the
matter-they are hungry for the Old corn OF the
Gospel. That they must nave or be pinched, wan
and wasted, hOOw-eyed and shrlveed up
with an eternity OF famine. | know
that the in1de scientists or this day are Offering
different kind OF soul food but they are OF ali
men the most miserable. L have seen great
many OF them, but never knew q man who came
within a thousand miles or being happy who was
provided for himself new KIND OF porridge, but yet
when he comes 10 die lie acknowledges that his
philosophy never gave him any comfort in the
days OF bereavement, and IN Il roundabout way he
admits that his lie was failure. SO It is with all
in1uel scientists. They are trying to live on
telescopes and cruclbles and protoplasIs, and
they charge Us with cant, not recognizing,
however, that there Is no such intoerabie cant m
all the world as this perpetual talk we hearing
about positive philosophy and the absolute and
the great ''to be-" and the everlasting ''no,r and
the higher unity and the latent poten tiantles and
the cathedral Ui the llIllelSitleS.


1T Is ALI CANT.


have been translating what these men have
been writing, and have been transiatIng what
they have been doing, and Will tell you what 1t
all means. 1t means that they want to kill God.
My only wonder Is that God has not killed them.
have IN other days tasted all their cnnfections.
and come back and tell you to-day that there 10
no nutrlment or lie or health in anything but the
bread made out OF the old OF the Gospel.
What do mean by that? mean that Christ is
the bread or II and taking Hin you live, and live
forever. Are you ready ior Himr