Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-10

would wreck His own throne, and the founda-
tions of HIS palace would give way, and the
oank OF heaven would suspend payment, and
the dark word ''repudia&op,' WOULD be written
across the sky, and the eternal government
would be disbanded, and God Himself would
become an exile.
But we must hurry on. for the muleseers, and
baggage men have been ordered to pitch our
tents for tonight at Bethel. 1t is already get
ting so dark that we have to give up all idea of
guiding the horses, and leave them to their own
sagacity. We ride down amid mud cabins and
into ravines where the horses leap from depth
to depth. rocks below rocks rocks under rocks.
Whoa! Whoa! we dism6unt in this place. mem
orable for many things in Bible history, the
where of old they made ministers. and for ia
cobs dream. The students of this Bethel The
illogical Seminary were called "Sons OF the
Prophets"
TwICE-NoTED BETHEL.
thank God that from these theological sem
inaries there is now coming forth q magnificent
crop of young ministers who are taking the pull
pits in all parts of the land. Many of our pull
pits are dying of humdrum. People do not 90
TO church because they cannot endure the
technicaliries and profound explanations of
nothing, and sermons about the eternal gen.
Grafton of the Son." and the difference between
sublaps3rianism and supra-lapsarianism, and
about who Melchisideck wasn't There ought
to be as much difference between the modes OF
tween lightning express rail train and canal
boat.
But most distinguished was Bethel for that
famous dream which Jacob had, his head on
collection of stones. He had no trouble in this
rocky region in finding rocky pillow. There
is hardly anything else but stone. let the
people of those lands have way OF drawing
their outer garment up over their head and
face, and such a pillow suppose Jacob had
under his head.
Well. that night God built in Jacobs dream a
long, splendid ladder, the feet of it on either
side of the tired pilgrims pillow, and the top OF
it mortised in the sky. And bright immortals
came out from the castles of amber and gold
and put their shining feet on the shining rungs
of the ladder, and kept coming down and going
up, procession both ways
MEMORABLE DREAMS
/ suppose they had wings, for the Bible al
most always reports them as having wings. but
this was ladder on which they used hands and
feet to encourage all those of us, who have no
wings, to climb and encouraging us to believe
that, if we will use what we have, God Will
provide a way ana if we will employ the hand
and the foot He will furnish the ladder.
The greatest dream of all time was that OF
st. John with his head upon the rocks of Pat
mos. and in that vision he heard the seven
trumpets sounded, and saw all the pomp OF
heaven in procession cherubic, seraphic. arch
angelic. The next most memorable and glorl-
Gus dream was that of John Bunyan, his pillow
the cold stone of the floor of Bedford jail, from
which he saw the celestial city, and so many
entering il. He cried out in his dream, 81 wish
myself amoug them" The next most wonder
ful dream was that of Washington sleeping on
the ground at Valley Forge, his head on
white pillow-case of snow, where he saw the
vision of a nation emancipated. Columous
slept on a weaver's pillow. but rose on the lad
der let down until he could see a new hemis-
phere. Demosthenes slept on a cutters pillow,
but on tho ladder let down arose tn see the
migk ty assemblages that were to be swayed by
his oratory. ArkwrIght slept on BARRIERS
pillow but went up the ladder till he could see
all England quake with the factories he set
going. Akenside slept on butchers pillow,
but took the ladder up till he saw other gen.
erations helped by his scholarship. John Ash
worth slept on poor mans pillow, but took
and exertious bringing thousands of the desti-
tute in England to salvation and heaven.
CLIMBING LIES LADDER.
Nearly all those who are to-day great in mer-
chandise. in statesmanship, in law, in medicine,
in art, in literature, we're once at the foot of
the ladder. and in their boyhood had a pillow
as hard as Jacobs. They who are born at the
coming down, while those who are at the foot,
ana their head on 4 boulder, if they have the
right kind of dream, are almost sure to rise.
That night at Bethel. stood in front of my
tent and looked up and the heavens were full
of ladders first ladder OF clouds, then lad
der of stars and all up and down the heavens
were angels of beauty. angels of consolation,
angels of God, ascending and descending.
surely God is In this place" said Jacob, ''aud
knew it not" But tonight Goo is in this
place, and know it!