Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-03-27
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DIR. TALMAGE ON BIBLICAL AND MOE
ERN VARIATIONS OF DREAMS.


For Common Life. Iaus. Very Rarely
Speaks to Man To-day Never, heiess
.Occasion the Dreanasi Employed.
BROOKLYN. M;.rch126-A remarkable
sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. Tai
mage in the Tabernacle to,.ay, tne sub
ject being psychological ;,Ud religious
study of the phenomena % the mind
during sleep and the si.5nliicsnce Of
dreams as evidenceof immort4lii-. The
text chosen was C;cnezis xviii. l. He
took OF the stones of that place IN E71t
them for his pillows and " do \ II
that place to sleep. and ne '!re;s,nel-
Asleep on pillowcase filled vi :c-:S'
feathers it is not strange one .';--,
have pleasant drea7ng- but here Is 81
low, of rock. and Jacob a his hr o..
it. and. 10! a dream of angels. two pc
cessions, those coming down the sta;
met by those going up the stairs. L. Is
the first dream OF Bible record. You
NAV say of a dream that it is nocturn@l
fantasia or that it is the absurd com 2iI.:5-
ton of waking thoughts. ard with Il
slur of information you may say. Il Is
only a. dream" but God has honOre,l t.
dreamlby making it the avenue throJ
which again and again he he's m3rc2f
upon the human soul, decided the i;lto &.
nations and changed theacourse Of th .
worlds history.
God appeared in Il dream to Ahli.so-
lech. warning him against IN uni :,.rl.i
marriage: in dream to Joseph. fore1ell
ing his coming power under the f.lT,re
of all the sheaves of the harvest bowic,s
70 che fn hn1 oh Init
foretelling his disimprisonment: to =.
chief baker, announcing his decapitatiol:
to Pharaoh, showing him first the seval
plenty years and then the seven fannie
struck years. under the figure Of tx
seven fat cows devOuring the seven lean
COWS: to Solomon, giving him the choice
between wisdom and riches and honor:
to the warrior under the figure OF (. bar
ley cake shifting down tent, encourGt,yr-
ing Gideon in his battle against t4c
Amelekites; to Nebuchadnezzar. under
the figure of broken image and hewu
down tree, foretelling his overthrow OF
power; to Joseph Of the New Testament,
announcing the birth of Christ in h ov.-n
household; to Mary. bidding her fly from
Herodic prosecutions; to Pilates wilC,
warming him not to become complicated
with the judicial overthrow OfNnrist.
SUFFICIENT Is GIVEN TO ALL.
We all admit that God in ancic---
times and under Bible dispensation O.
dressed the people through dreams. The
question now is Does God appear in Or
day and reveal himself through dream:
That is the question everybody asks. al2,}
that question this morning SHAH try T.
,cly 1 laHlin ~,
dreams. My answer is. / do bsIievo il.
dreams. but all have to say viii .bc I'll
der five heads.
Remark the First-The Scriptures ~
SO full of revelation from God That J.:
we get no communication from hin y
dreams we ought nevertheless to be H..5-
listed.
With 20 guidebooks to tell yol ho~--
to get. to Boston or Pittsburg or Lo.e.o-:
or Glasgow or Manchester. DO yoa >..,-.
nightavision to tell you how to l.l..--o.
the journey? We have in this SjcTl 49,, go
full direction in regard to the jourEcJr q.
this life and how to get to the c,le
city, and with this grand ::~l!l
this magnificent directory. we o ,
be satisfied. have mere fsi9h ~ ~
cision to which | co@ae v.i9n ;,"1 -. +
awake thap4wheE | am. sound :; -. !
have noticed that those who give :: ~.
deal Of their time to studying de "
get their brains added. Ihcy as,' -:
anxious to remember what they C,-e- !
about the first night they slept in :; u:
house.
If in E,heir dream they take tie hc-l,.
of a corpse. they are going 30 die. Il
a. 4 e
ulcher If something turns out acco- :
ing to might vision, they say ~ ~.
am not surprised | dreamed it.. -
it turns out different from the night vi
sion, they say. well. dreams go b.
contraries.'' In their efforts to pu
their dreams into rhythm they put tie. !.
waking thoughts into lliscerd.
the Bible is SO full Of revelation that ".
ought to be satisfied If we set no fur
ther revelation.
THE DEEP. SLEEP CT ADAM
Sound sleep 11eoeived great hopor v-ily-l
Adam slept SO extraordinarily thft TT
surgical incision which gave lli.n Eve
did not wake him. but there is ns such
need for extraordinary slumber noav, a73t!
he who catches an Eve must needs L
wide awake! No need Of such (ise;,.4l
as Jacob had witha ladder against the
sky, when 10, 000 times it had been dem
onstrated that earth and heaven are l.
communication. Nosuch dream needed
as that which was given to Abimeleea
warning him againstan unlawful mag
rage. when we have the records OF the
county clerks Office. \ need of such {:
dream as was given to Pharaoh about
the seven years of famine, for now the
seasons march in regular procession, an!
steamer and rail train carry breadstufs
to every famine struck nation. No need
of dream like that which encouraged
Gideon, for all through ChristendOm il
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