Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-05
HOLP ON DREAMS.
The PinkcrtOn Detective
Employed To Ferret Out
Numerous Crimes.
An Angel of Mercy Carrying
Kindness to the Children
of Men.
Many Dreams Can Easily BE
Accounted For---Out in
Il Blizzard.

God has honorcd the dream by
making it the avenue through which
again aud again lie has marched upon
the human soul, decided the fate of
nations, and changed the cause of
the worlds history. God sometimes
IN our day appears to people in
dreams. All dreams that make yol,
better are from Gud.-Talmagc.
Lord Erongtcm gave his entire
life TO a learned and scientific study
OF dreams. What his LordshiD
devoted 50 many years To we can
hardly 90 amis> in dcvoting our
brief hour to, Moreover. the dream
has in times past been the faithful
sentinel Of the Lord of hosts. which
in the silence of the night has
captured rebel souls and taken them
bound to Christ. the captain Of
salvation.
The dream has been the pinkcrton
detective that the Mighty God has
amI loyed TO discover and return to
the scenes OF their crimes those who
were fleeing from justice. Tic
dream has been the physician
which the Heavenly Father has
secured to wait upon to heal broken
hearts The dream has been Gods
angel of mercy which has time and
again carried his lo1ing-kindncss to
the children Of men. What God has
made so important we dare not make
unimportant. The whole family Of
God are agreed that me no longer
uses the first three OF these to make
known his purposes and will to the
human family: does he still continue
to speak through dreams? To make
intelligent. answer To this question is
our pleasant task tonight.
Men no longer use the bow and
arrow, the iavclin. the ba1tering- ram,
on their fields Of battle. One
weapon only then used is now used.
the sword. Ii is my firm belief that
God has discarded visions.
angels visits. all lis weapons
formerly used fa~ m2Eing warfare
on souls, save oH!r the dream.
Martin Lnther Said II have
covcnaEled with my Lord that he
should not send me visions. or
dreams. ui' even angels. | am con-
tent with this one gift of the
scriptures which abundantly teaches
and supplies All that is necessary.
both for this life and tina, which is
to come Luther therein went
further than God himself would have
gone. for if the Bible had been all
sufficient he never would nave used
the dream 80 constantly in these
latter ages Ia warn. convert. comfort.
and save his people. Many of our
dreams are easily accounted for. Our
surroundings have much To do with
them. II YOU go to bed tonight with
the band %! your night-rube httin.
YOU tightly around The neck you will
probably dream OF being hanged. Ii
your feet become uncovered these
frosty nights YOU will probably
dream of being on, in !; blizzard. and
wading in deep SNOW, Mr.. Stewart
tells us OF Il man WHO slept with
bottles Of hot water ut his feet. and
dreamed that he was walking along
the burning crater of Mount Aetna.
What we cat. when We eat, has much
to do with the production Of wild.
weird dreams. A military officer
after having parlaken protnsely Of
an i!l-timcd and indigcstiblc supper,
dreamed that his santanic majesty
sat crosS-lcggcd on his stomach, with
Bunker Hill monument in his lap.
DO YOU wonder? Our lifetime
habits and previous thought, have
much To do with giving shape TO our
dreams. Condoyccr. the French
mathematician. in his dreams
found help which worked out
correctly problems. his waking
moments had failed upon. BENJAMIN
Franklin found some of his best
schemes for forca>ting the political
needs Of our republican form of
government in his dreams. Colcridge
dreamed his famed poem "Kubla
Khan into existence and awaking
wrote down some 900 remembered
lines. Tartinia. the violinst. COM
posed one of his most wonderful
sonranas in dream. These and
other means account for many Of our
dreams. but still Il legion is left
unaccountcd for. Tile dream is an
Africa, whose unknown interior has
not been, can not be. explored by
human discoveries.
All good is from God: all love is
from the Lord: all justice is from
Jehovah: all mercy from the Messiah.
God tells us in his word that for
purposes of love, justice, good, mercy,
lie did use the pliable, efficient
servant, the dream. If we can