The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-21

because they cannot endure the tecb,;c.,,,;o,
ana profound explanations Of nothing and
thn ,oms Snm , ABOUT the eternal generation OF
iapsariantsm and supra -lapssrisnisn, onJ
about who Melchisedec WASN'T Tbera ,,,'h.
10 De as much differences between m. r,n3as
OF presenting truth nov and in olden time
canal boat " "i"
Years ago went up to the door of fac.
tory IN New England. On the outside door
IN Sam amd 'Se csn'm words No admttance;" went
tho words, mo admittance.n OF course 7
wentin, and came to the third door Inscribed
with the words, mo admittance." Havins
entered this found the people inside nisline
us; P,t r, Tesu'Iui pins useful pins. and nothfs
put pins. 80 over tue outside door of MANI!
OF tue churches has been practically writte1,
the words, ''No admittance." Some havS
cntered and have como to the inside door and
found the words, "No admittance.n But.
Persisting, they have come inside and found
us sounding out our little nicetics of belief
pointing out our little differences of theoiogl-
cal misunderstanding pins,
But most distinguished was Bethel for that
Famous dream which Jacob had, his heal on
collection OF stones. He hal no trouble in
, dh's rocky region I'm finding rocky pillow.
ihere ia iardiy anything else but stone Yet
the people OF those lands have a way Of draw
Ing their outer garment UP over their l"ad
ana face, aud such pillow I suppose jacob
had under his head Tn. plural was ussd i'm
inc Bible story, and you find it was not
pillow OF stone, but of stones ] Suppose SO
that II ono proved to he of uneven sI,rrar. he
would turn over in the night md tax" an
oUner stone, Tor with sIcn a noru bolster he
would often change I'm the night. Well, that
night God built I'm Jacobs dream a long,
splendid ladder. the feet of It on either si'Te
OF the tite!i p'iSTiin's pillow, and tho top of
1t mortised I'm the sky. And bright imnor.
tails came out from the castles of amber and
gold and put their shining feet on the shining
rungs of the ladder. and they kept coming
down and going up, a proce ;son both ways
L suppose they had wings for the Bible
almost always reports them as having
wings, but this was n ladder which they
used hands aud feet to encourage all those
OF us who have no wings to climb, and en-
couragtng us to believe thnt IL we will Use
what we have God will provide way and
u we viii employ tho hnnd aud foot lie will
furnish tho ladder. Young man, do not
wait for wings. Those angels folded theirs
to show You wings arc not necessary Let
a(l the people who have hard pillows-hard
for sickness. or hard for poverty. or hard for
Persistence-know that a hard pillow is the
landing place for angels They seldom
descend to pillows of etierlown They
seldom build dreams i'm the brain of the one
who sleeps easy.
Tho greatest dream of all time was that Of
St John. with his head Oh the rocks of Pat
mos, and in that vision he heard the seven
trumpets sounded, and saw all the pomp OF
heav'n In procession cherubic. scrophic,
arc.iangelic. The next most memorable and
glorious dream was that of John Buuyan,
his pillow the cold stone of the floor Of Bed
ford jail. from which he saw tho celestial
city; and 80 many entering it he cried ouCin
his dream, VI wish myself among them
The next most wonderful dream was that
Washington sleeping OH the grounI at VAL
ley Forge, his head on white pllowcase of
snow, where ne saw the vision of n nation
Qmnpcipatp1 (,nlIp,l,,S slant
pillow, but rose on the ladder let down until
he could see anew hemisphere. Demosthenes
slept on cutters pillow but OH the ladder
let dow" arose to see the mighty assemblages
that were to be swayed by his oratory. Ark
wright slept on BARRIERS pillow, but went
up She ladder till he could SEQ all England
quake with the factories he set going. Akcn-
side slept on butchers pillow, and took the
ladder mp till he saw other generations helped
by his scholarship.
John Ashworth slept on poor mans pill
low, but took the ladder up until he could
see his prayers and exerticns bringing thou
s"H,ds OF the destitute I'm England TO salv alton
and heaven. Nearly all those who are to-
day great in merchandise, in craftsmanship,
in law, in medicine. in art in literature were
once at the foot of the ladder and in their
boyhood had q pillow hard as Jacobs They
who are born at the top of the ladder are apt
TO spend their lives in coming down, while
those who are ut the foot, and their head on
q bowlder, il they have the right kind Of
dream, are almost sure to rise.
notice that those angels, either in conf
ing down OF going up on Jacobs ladtln
took 1t rung by r9ng. They did not lsssfS j
to rise. Faith added to faith, good deed to
good deed. industry to industry, conse-
Grafton to conservation, until you reach
the top, rung by rung. Gradual going up
from block of granite TO pillar OF throne.
That night at Bethel stood in front ofmy
tent and looked up, aud the heavens were
full Of ladders, first ladder of clouds. then
ladder 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, "and / knew it not" But to-
night God is in this rlsce and know it.