Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29


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Bat reference e Peter reuiuds tns that
Ne mast - 60 ths house top Ia SoppA
where As wAs t4ugkt ths dsmacrAry II re-
hgioa. Thai - about The 9uoeEesl tkinE
that ever heps,ssea. On ear wsy l. that
Ao1ss toP We passed an old well Nher tAs
great stones were worn deep with the ropes
Of the suckst<. and II mHst b~ . vel many
centuries CID. and gbink Peter drank oet
Of IL Four "a ave seat OF es6 skins niiea
With water lay aoout the yAnd We coon
got up ths steps and On the house top Il
wzs IN such place IN Joppa that Prter,
enc noon while he WA waiting for dlnner.
had hUngsr nt and tainted away. and had
visioa or dream OF francs. ] said te ny
friends on that house top. listen white
read about what happened bere !" aud
opsning tAe Bible we had the whole story.
II seems that Peter on the house top
dreamed that great blanket WAS leg dewn
out OF heaven, and ia u were sheep aud
goEts and cattle AID mules and pixaons
and buEIarts and snakes and al manner
Of creatures that ny tie air or walk the
fields OF crawl the earth. and IN the dream
voice tod him a. he was hungry L. eat,
snd he said. "a cannot cal things unclean."
Three times he dreamed H. There was
then heard knocking al the gate q the
house On the top OF which Peter lay IA
trance. and three men asked. is Peter
here" Peter. while yet wondering what
his dream meant, descends the stairs aud
meets these strangers al the gate aad they
tell him that good man by The name "
Cornelius in tie city of Csesarea. has also
bad dream, and las sent them for Peter,
and 10 ask him 20 come and preach. AT
tia; call Peter lett Joppa for Csesarez. Tie
dream he had just had prepared him 70
preach, for Peter learned by il 20 reject no
people as unclean, and whereas he pre-
viously Thought he mus. preach only 70
the Jews, now he goes TO preach 70 the
Gentiies, who were considered unclsan.
Notice how the two dreams meot--Pe-
ters dream on the house top, Cornelius
dream at Csesares. So have noticed prov
licences meet, distant events meet. dreams
meet. Every dream Is hunting up some
other dream. and every event is searching
for some other event. In the fifteenth CEN
tury GsQ2) the great event was the dis
covery Of America. The art Of printing.
born in the same century, gees out 70 meet
thst discovery and make the new world
an intelligent world. The Declaration OF
Independence announcing equal rights
meets Robert Burns
a mans man for q that
GODS OPPORTUNITY.
The United States was getting teo large
70 be managed by one government, aud
telegraphy was invented 20 compress with
in an hour the whole continent Armies
in the civil war were 20 be fitted out with
clothing and the sewing machine inren-
tion came out 70 make It possible. I'M
mense farming acreage is presented In this
country, enough 10 support millions OF our
native born and millions OF Foreigners, but
the old style OF plow and scythe and reaper
aud threskcr cannot do the work and there
come steam plows, steam harrows, steam
reapers, stsam rakes. steam threshers, and
the work is accomplished. The forests OF
the earth fail TO afford sufficient fuel, and so
the coal mines surrender a suf1lcieney. The
cotton crops were luxurisnt, but o; com
paratively lit:le value, FOR they could not
be managed. and So az just the right time,
Hargreaves came with his invention of the
spinning jenny. aud Arkwrisbt With his
roller and Whitney with his cotton gin.
The world, after pottering along with tai
low candles and whale oil, was crying FOR
better light and more OF II, and the hills Of
Pennsylvania poured out rivers Of oil sDd
kerosene illumined the nations But the
oil wells began to fail, and then the elec-
trio light comes forth TO turn night into
day.
So all events are woven together. and the
world is magnifloently governed. because
II is divinely governed. We critic.se things.
and think the divine machinery is going
wrong, and put our fingers amid the wheels
only 10 get them crushed. But ] say. hands
off, Things are coming out Gioriously.
Cornelius may be in Cassres. and Peter in
.Joppa, but their dreams meet. II Is one
hand that is managing the world. and that
is Gods hand; and one mind that is plan
ming all things for good, and that Is Gods
mind: and one heart that IS filed with
love and pardon and sympathy. and that
l. Gods heart. Have faith in him. Fret
about nothing Things are not ~ loose
ends. There are no accidents. AL will
come out right in your history and in the
world. As you are waking from one
dream mp stairs an explanatory dream
will DC knocking az the gate down stairs.
Standing here 10 Joppa ] remember that
where we this morning diseTnbarked the
prophet Jonah embarked. For the frst
time IN my life fally understand that
story. God told Jonah 70 60 to Ninsveh,
but the prophet declined that call and
came here q Joppa- ! was for weeks.
while in the Holy Land. consulting with
tourist companies as % how ] could take
Nineveh IN my journey. They did not
encourage the undertaking IL IS mos.
tedious ride TO Sine~eh and desert.
WY JONAH FEARED.
Now ! see an additional reason why
Jonah did not want 20 go 20 NiDevsh. Es
rot only rsvoited because of the disagree
able message he was called 70 deliver 81
Niucvsh, but because Il was q long way
and tough ard bandit infested. 50 bs
came here 70 JoTpa and took ship. But
alas for the disastrous voyage ITe paid
bis fuil fare fer The whole voyage. bat tbs
ship company did not eli their part of ths
contract To this dsy they have not pad
hack that passage money. WHY people
should doubt TIE story q Jonah and tbs
whale s. more - = mystery than the Bible
event iteslf q not need tbs fat fhst
Piiny. fhe historian, records that the sfsl-
eton n whale forty feet long and With
bids foot ard a hall thick. vas bTonght
from Joppa - Rome
The e-ert recorded in fhe book ~ Jo,ah
hrs occurred q thousand timss TIE lord
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