Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-12
q. M. ID.
A Medley, a Mystery, a Marvel and a
Miracle.
THE STORY OF A DREAM.

money honestly II you can, but &c
| TO his son. Get money, II you can honestly
makes but slight alteration in the order of tn,
words, but varies the sentiment considerably
| There Is no harm In making money. IL answer
eth all things. Used rightly 1t Is a power tol
good, aud there Ia money enouv h In the worlf
| to form lever by which the mass of humanity
could be lifted, TO a certain extent, out of its
depths of sorrow and despair. Money We must
| have, for money makes the mare CO. Some car
make money who have no faculty for saving
Would you save you must know how to deny
| those who would borrow and never repay, az
| well as those who beg simply because they are
TOO lazy TO work. There are men who never
want to see you except to ask the favor of a
loan. They will ask for just one word with
you, ana that one word Is sure to be- DaOieu.
An impecunious fellow met rich acquaintance,
and not liking IN ask directly for loan, said,
Friend Smith, II you had ten dollars I'm YOUR
pocket and was 10 ask you for loan OF five,
now many would remain In your pucket!'
Ten dollars 10 be sure" replied the rich man,
without moments hesitation He had gunIp.
ton, and knew too much TO part with his mon
ey 10y any such rule of subtraction.
4 j see, said the impecunious man thus re
- buffed He was able 10 owe. He was one
OF the Micawber sort-aways waiting for some
thing to turn up. How like some people who
are sick. They think TO get well by letting
disease take care of itself. But diseases do
not heal themselves, and too late their victims
full often lind this out to their sorrow, as death
seizes upon them. Had they been wise in time
they might have added many years to their
lease of life. The cure was nigh To them, as
II Is nigh TO all who read this medley. These
paragraphs tell the story, as a patient perusal
VIII prove. Those who have keen insight
ana can read between the lines may solve the
conundrum the sooner for II, but upon all,
ight VIII dawn ere they read the final word OF
our story.
light will dawn, we said, and so It will.
~ light OF hope and help. Light is what a
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones we will
call him. lie was very sick, consumption had
fastened Its faDgs upon him. He had long
neglected catarrh, and laughed at the idea OF
taking anything for IL when advised 10 do SO,
and SO went from bad to worse. His lungs be-
came diseased, hacking, churchyard cough
racked him almost 10 pieces, and he was fast
wasting away. mere shadow of his former
self, he scarcely slept at all at night or silent
only TO dream horrible dreams. Talk of night.
mare! whole circus troupe, horses and all
seemed To make his b. the area of their will
performances. In this case, money did not
make the mare go, for he spent a deal of money
on doctors and physics and was noihlng better
cd. tie ate little and was fast going down Ia
an untimely grave, leaving his wife a willow
and his four bright children orphans, when, 10,
on one eventful night he dreamed for once a
orient ana happy Dream which our next para
graph will relate.
| 1eath, the black visaged monster, had until
- then stared him in the face, but IN,
dream brought him hope. He saw bright,
~hite-rohed angel IN HIS dream, who said. ii
come To bring you good news. Here Is your
cure-sure, safe, harmless, prompt and relia-
BILE. Get well and seek to take health thereb,
TO Others. b, hold the cure!" With these
words the angel was gone, but ere the trail ot
iUlt TN AZ follnuaI him haH va "A. hoI,
.r saw gllttering In The light three golden l.t.
ters-G. VI. ID. "What can il meaulr ne said
10 himself, as he awokc from his sumber II
have had Good Many Dreams before, but
never such as this" Startled aud surprised he
aroused his wife and to her r, lated his vision.
Alas, she could not solve the problem Re-
all the medical advice, and the |
ply sic and the expense involved since her hus- |
land became sick, she expressed the hope that |
he letters were not intended To suggest that a |
food Many Doctors must yet be consulted In |
addition 10 all that had been interviewed. He |
yroaned In reply aud remarked that II he had |
o consult any more there would have 10 be a |
iold Mine Discovered in order TO pay them.
Il 'very day for a week he and his faithful |
~ spouse searched diligently for kew 10 |
he problem. In the dictionary, in such news
,apers as they happened to have, In books, on
he walls--evtrywheret they sought-hoping 10
nd clue. Letters stand for words and they
oped to light upon the words that should sug-
est the cure. They Grieved Many DAYS over
heir lack of good luck, as they said, and the
food Man Dreamed again and again, but saw
10 more angels. Hope deferred maketh the
cart sick "Oh, that the angels had Guided
lie Definitely and Given More Directions, he
reclaimed, again and again.
y early two weeks had elapsed since the
. night OF the Great Mysterious Dream when
here came To the house pamphlet. Tired
18th his exhausting office work, which he still
ursued determining II possible TO die In the
arness, Jones was alb 'ut to throw the pampli-
u IN the lire when something prompted him
D examine 1t. Surely, thought he, here can
G nothing that viii ierce this Gloom Most
Distressing or Give Me, Disheartened any re-
ef. Poor man, he had worked letters over In
IS mind, and made SO many combinations with
hem, that they occurred In almost every SEN
nee he uttered. They entered even iuto his
rayers. Heaven Grant Me Drlivcrance. he
ouid say, nor let disease Grind Me Down. and
forth, dd bJinilum, and a mile or two be-
Oud.
\ entaly tortured and suffering In every
VI hbre OF his body, what wonder that he
FAD page after page OF the pamphlet IL was
work ON diseases, and in the morbid state Of
is mind its contents seemed to suit him. IL
poke OF almost every disease that flesh is heir |
), but oh, joy! az he read, Glimpse Most
rltghtiul oil light stole In upon him. ''Eure-
Ns III /
ave it!'
4 'verybody in the house heard him CRY eureka, |
- and brushed TO the room to hear wi hat he hal
'und. All expected to see some Great Miracle
one, and then came the explanation. simple
course, but why had he not thought of IL be- |
'ref On, what a revelation! Here was hope
n him, and for all consumptives Here hope
n suffering friends and neighbors. That night +,
scarce could sleep, but when he did, he |
rain bright viainp .,f O, lb.n LAT L., |
ct, Glittering MONOGRAM Deciphered read
Y, and reading q. NJ. ID. aud again p Z. p
nj yet again +. r., aud one huge p, around {
hieh these Others were enta ined, and then
:. ID. NJ. A. All the letters blended, yet each a
as Distinct. All he had seen In the book, all 8
again saw In his vision. a
lream Most Glorious. d. NJ &C. NJ. n.
y Again he rang the change; backward,
rward, evcrvway. Golden Medal Deserved | :
. q. D.-Misery's Great Deliverer,-till time :
Duld fail to tell them all. p. r. p, stood for |
.rfect Peace Promised for sufferers, and sweet u
lease from Frustrating Purgatorial Pains. z
nd again f. p. was Freedom Promised, and il
edward, =. f., II became Pain Flees. Now n
could get WELL he would be a nIissionarv a :.
ad Missionary Devoted 10 the work OF telling
hers how they might get deliverance. He V
mt through the list OF disease among those of
5 own acquaintance, from John Robinson,
nose torpid liver gave him constant headache, n
u oeNcic biiipus htthCht, Ou through the list
those suffering from ulcers, coughs. weak
d diseased lungs, to his FREUD, General il
=, who was as near the grave as he. Aud
r all these, as well as for himself, the Grave
ny Disappear from present vision, and each q
~ be Given More Decades Of life than they
d hoped to have Years. Against the milder
ses he marked p. p. p. Against the serious n
ses he marked g. M. d, not the Grizzly 7
DDsier Death, which he so long had dreaded, !,
& somethipg-oh, 80 much better, az we shall {
esently see
n short while our hero was well, and went ,