Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-12-30
-rip.ur. Doer,se ulI...r..ea ,, a Dream.

lowing dream in a secular paper,
which strikingly illustrates many
passages Of scripture. We hope
every Christian mother will show
this article to her thoughtless daugh-
ter and christless son, and sinner
friend and goddess neighbor, that
they may be led to consider the pos
sible and-Scriptxres. "Be not de-
ceived, God is not Knocked, for tOhat-
soeUer a man sOsDeth, that shall he
also reap" And they shall eat the
fruit of their Oscn ,caus, and be filed
IOith their o,On dcpices.
"Ever so have seen, they that
Plow iniquity reap also the same"
A Singular Dream.-Some ninety
years ago, there fiourished in Glas-
gov, club Of young men which,
from the extreme profligacy of its
members, and the licentiousneSs OF
their orgies, was commonly called
He'll Club. Besides their nightly, or
weekly meetings, they held one
grand annual saturnalia, in which
each one tried to excel the other in
drunkenness and blasphemyl and on
these occasions there was no star
among them whose lurid light was
more conspicuous than that oi
young Archibald B., who,
endowed with brilliant talents and
handsome person, had held out great
promises in his boyhooG, and raised
hopes which had been completely
frustrated by his subsequent dissipa-
lion. One morning. alter returning
from the annual festival, he retired,
and dreamed the following dream:
He fancied that be himself was
mounted on a favorite black horse
that he rode, and he was proceeding
toward his own house-then a
country seat embowered with trees,
and situated upon hill, now entirely
built over, and part Of the city
when a stranger, whom the darkness
OF the night prevented his distinctly
discerning, suddenly seized his
horses rein, saying-"yOu must
come with me!'
Sand who are you?" exclaimed
the young man with volley OF
oaths, while he struggled TO free
himself.
"That you will see, by and by,"
replied the other in tone that ex-
cited unaccountable terror in the
youth, who, plunging his spurs into
his horse, attempted TO fly, but in
vain. However fast the animal
flew, the stranger was still beside
him, till al length in desperate efforts
to escape, the rider was thrown, but
instead Of being dashed TO the earth
as he expected, he found himself
falling, falling-falling still, as il
into the bowels of the earth.
At length a period being put to
his mysterious descent, he found
breath TO inquire Of his companion,
WHO was still beside him, whittier
they were going.
"Where am l!-where are you
taking me!'' he exclaimed.
"To hellI'' replied the stranger;
and Immediately interminable echoes
repeated the fearful sound-"to hell
to hell-to hellF'
AT length light appeared. which
soon increased to a blaze, but, in
stead OF the cries, the groans and
lamentations which the terrified
traveller expected. nothing met his
ears but sounds OF music, mir,h, and
jolity; and he found himself at the
entrance OF superb building, far
exceeding any that he had ever seen
constructed by human hands.
Within too, what a scenel No
amusement, employment, or pursuit
Of man on earth, but was there
being carried on with vehemence
that excited his unutterable amaze
ment. r
There the young and lovely still
swan through the mazes OF the
giddy dance.
There the painting steed still bore
his brutal rider through the excite
ment of the goaded racel There,
ever the Incorporate still drawled
out the wanton song or maudlin
plnsphemyl The gambler piled for
ever his endless game, and the slaves
OF mammon toiled through eternity
at their bitter task; while all the
magnifcence OF earth paled before
that which now met his view.
He soon perceived that he was
among old acquaintences whom he
knew 10 be dead; each, he observed,
was pursuing the object, whatever it
was, that had formerly engrossed
him; when finding himself relieved
of the presence Of his unwelcome
conductor, he ventured TO address
his former friend Mrs. D-7,
whom he saw sitting, as he had seen
her on earth, absorbed at loo-re-
ouested her to rest from the game,
and introduce him to the pleasures Of
olaca which aDpeared 10 him TO /