Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-01-20
do;' but all / have to say on this sub
ject is under four heads.

ject is under four heads.
THE BIBLE THE BEST GUIDE.
The Scriptures arc so full a revelation
that if we get no direct communication
through dreams we ought to be satisfied.
The bible Is such complete guide book
and such magnificent directory that
you ought to be satisfied. We have in
it full directions for the journey Of this
life and for the best way of getting to
the celestial city. have more faith in di-
rections when | am wide awake than
when | am sound asleep. | have notic-
ed that those who are given to a close
watching of their night visions are apt
to get their brain added. If something
turns ont as they saw it i'll night visions
they say, 81 am not surprised, for
drcamt it," If it turns out lust oppo-
site they say, "Dreams go by contra
ries." Laughter.) In trying to put
their dreams into rhythm they get
their waking thoughts into u discord.-
Sound sleep was much honored when
Adam slept so extraordinarily that the
surgical incision which gave him Eve
did not awake him. But there Is no
more need of such extraordinary sleep
as that, and to catch an Eve now one
must be wide awake. Naughter.) If
YOU come to crisis in life upon which
the Bible does not seem to be very spcci-
fic, 90 to God in prayer, and you will
get special direction. All dreams have
an important meaning-thcy prove the
souls compartivc independence of the
body and that we have two natures.-
As the eyes close and the senses duh and
the entire body goes into lcthargy
which in all languages as used rs typical
of death the soul takes wing and never
sleeps. II can leap the Atlantic Ocean
and mingle in scenes three thousand
miles away, 1t crosses great reaches of
time and in an instant travels back eigh-
ty years, aud the octogenarian is n child
again in his fathers house. If it can
do this before it has entirely broken the
chain of flesh, how far will it leap and
how high will 1t soar and what circles it
will cut when It is ctcrnallv liberated, !,
DIGESTION AND CHRISTIANITY.
The most of your dreams are n result
of physical disturbance and not super
natural address. Sometimes your dream
is merely narcotic disturbance, Any
thing that you' see under the influence
Of rhloral or laudanum or brandy or
hashcrsh Is not a revelation from the
Lord. (Laughtcr.) The vast majority
of dreams, Instead Of being n divine
communication, are the penalty Of out
ragged digestive organs, and you ought
not 10 mistake nightmare for Il heavenly
revelation. CMughicr) Late suppcrs
are II wariMnlcc deed for bud drcHms.--
Highly spiccd salads at eleven o'clock ut
night, Instead Of opening commUnira-
tion with the heavenly world will open
to your mind the Internal and diaboll-
cal. Offend natural lawsaud you offend
the God who matc those laws. II takes
food from three TO five hours to digest,
aud you have no right to keep your d-
gcsliye organs in struggle while the rest
of your body Is in asomuolence. As u
rule eat nothing after six o'clock Mt
night, 80 TO your pillow at ten O'Clock,
sleep on your right side, have the win
dow open five inches for ventilation and
other worlds will not disturb you much,
Naughler) The most Of your dreams
are midnight dyspepsia Many dreams
are merely the echo Of waking thoughts.
| could give you recipe for pleasant
dreams. Fill up your days with cleyiit-
ed thought ANA uusellish action and
your dreams viii be- sci to music.
1t Is capable Of proof thar. God does
occasionally speak IN modern times
through dreams, Any dream that
makes YOU better II from God, the
s on &C. ol nll good. The fact Is psflb-
lishCd that sometimes God ndu ess
men uy dreams ~ warning, In COlnurt
and for the eternal salvation, ThrOugh
dreams ten thousand times God hB
brought comfort to the troubled. They
have gone to sleep In berc ycmonts In
COnsOlablC and have awakened In COM
plrtc resignation because OF what they
saw IN sumbcr. have no doubt there
are those in this house whose COnNrr..
tion to God was the result OF some
dream. Is there IN Hll this audience Uur
Nlo has not dreamed of that cay VIII h
shall clO.r up the words hlsury7 IT
you have not dreamed Of " You will
dream of II TO night. The Q no lnrb
Of material for such dream No lack
Of light, for the mountains shall fall
No lack Of water, for orcnns shall rcai,
No lack Of astronomical phenomena, for
Hll The rnccs of all ages shall he mar
slHllCd into one of two lines Of process
sions, the one ascending, the other dc-
seen ding; the one led up hy The rider Of
the white horse Of eternal victory, and
the other led down by Apollyon seated
on the blnck ulHrgcr Of eternal defeat
"coME 10 JrD0EAtINrl"
The dream comes on me now, aud !
see the lightnlngs from above rpapond-
ing 10 the volcanic disturbances from be-
meath, nnd hear The long, rcycrbcrnling
ihundcfs that break mp the sleep Of The
dead nations, and sce Oh ono side the
gntes flash open into scenes golden aud
nmcthysllnc nnd on the other side the
gltcs clankng back into bnsllcs of clcr-
nal bondage aud the arns lifI ~ their
crystal voices and cry, Come ~ judy
ment " aud the shlyering hcaycna, with
voices of tempest, cry, "Come 10 iudg-
nehtV' and nl the crumbllng maiiso.
lciima aud pyramids and nbbeya of tie
dead with tnufble voices cry, "Comc 10