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Talniage on Dreams.

During a recent discourse at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle on Dreams,
Rev. T. De Witt Talmessa said: Dream:
show that the soul can exist Independent
Of the body. When the physical facul'
ties are benumbed with a lethargy thai
resembles death the soul remains alert
The man OF eighty years goes to sleep
and in dreams is carried back to tht
time when he was child on his mothers
knee. In the vision of the night the
mind of man travels over perhaps
thousands of miles of space, and goes
into the future rs well as the past. Bu
you ask me do dreams come from God
answer, when we have vision thai
teaches US something good. it is from
God; hut bad dreams are inspired by
the devil.
Il have had the nightmare, ex.
claimed DR.. Talmage, his face assuming
IN expression ofterror, I have known
what it is in my sleep to fall from th'
top of q high mountain into a deer
abyss. l have felt my flesh creep with
horror rs / went down, down, and
never touched bottom. That terrible
dream came from the devil, and he sent
it to me through the medium Of hearty
dinner eaten just before l went to bed.
| knew a man who dreamed that h.
was running after railroad train that
he could not catch. Run as hard as hl
would the train would keep just so fal
ahead of him. His legs ached with
WEAKNESS, and still he kept up the fruit.
less chase. Do you know what mau'
that man have such an unplea$aa
dreaml Well, I will tell you. He has
spent the day previous in hard pursuit
alter Dame Fortune. He had been chas.
ing the golden dollars in Wall street
| am going to give you recipe tol
pleasant dreams. Eat your last meal fol
the day at six o'clock in the evening
Go to bed at ten. Have your window
lowered two inches at the top. SleeE
upon your side, and not upon your back
Have clear conscience in the sight OF
your Maker, and, my word for it, you
will not have the nightmare. Poor Job,
the Bible tells US. had wretched dreams
but lie had boils flom the crown Of his
head to the soies of his feet. He had
doubtless violated natures laws or lie
would have had no boils, and conse-
quently no bad Dreams"
DR.. Talmage remarked that many OF
his hearers were anxious to know
whether he believed in dreams. His re
ply was that {" he did and he didn't. u
He would not advise his hearers TO place {
too much reliance on the visions of thu
night as guides for their conduct in
waking hours. We do not need any
such guidance when we have the Scrip
lures before us. The preacher decried
the habit many people-especialll
young persons-have of consulting the
silly dream books that hold such n
prominent place among the cheap litcra-
ture of the day. Persons who think
much about dreams are likely to become
sentimental and impractical and untitled
for the realities of life. Waking thought
are often echoed in dreams. Richard
III. dreamed that all the demons of
hell were staring at him and tearing him
in pieces. What was this vision but
the outgrowth of his waking up.
The captain of q vessel at sea
dreamed that on a certain island a ship
wrecked crew were starving to death.
He steered to the island, and found that
his dream was reality. A party in
Colorado were lost in the mountains.
An old hunter in dream saw the party
ut II certain place in the wilderness. He
went to the place and found the lost
ones. I cannot explain these dreams !;
but I can say that they had very praise
worthy and practical results. On the
subject of drLamS we must use our best
Judgment, and take them for just what
they are worth-nothing less and moth
ing more"