Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-27


Glutoay
BROOKLYN, March sG.-A remarkable
sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. Tai
mage I'm the Tabernacle to-day, the sub
ject being psychological and religious
study of the mind during sleep, aud the
Significance Of dreams as evidence OF
immortality. The text chosen was
Genesis xxvii:1I: "He took of the
stones of that place and put them Tor
his pillows. AID lay down 10 that place
20 sleep and be dreamed"
Asleep on a ptllow-caSe filled Win
hens feathers, 10 is not strange one
should have pleasant dreams. But here
is apillow OF rock, and jacob with his
head on 10, and To-. dream OF angels,
two professions, those coming down the
stairs met by those gCiug up the stairs.
To is the first dream Ot Bible record.
You may saw of dream that 10 Is noe
turnal fantasia. or that &c is the absurd
combination of waking thoughts, ana
with tia Slur OF intouatiOn you may
say: 1T is only q dream, but God has
honOred the dream by making 10 the
avenue through which again aud again
be has marched upon the human soul,
decided the fate OF nations, and
changed the course of the worlds
history. God appeared ia dream
10 Abme.ech, warning him against
an unlawful marriage; in dream
20 Joseph, f0reteuing his com
ing power under the figure OF all the
sheaves OF the harvest bOwiDg down TO
his sneaf: 20 the chief butler, fOretei-
ing his Gisimprisonment; 90 the chief
baker, announcing his decaptation; %
Pharaoh. showing him first the seven
plenty years, and then the seven famine
struck years, under the figure OF the
seven Tat cows deyOuring the seven lean
COWS; 20 Solomon, giving him the choice
between wisdom aad riches and honor;
70 the warrior, under the figure or
barley cake shifting down tent, en-
couragiug Gideon i'm his battle against
the Amalekites; 20 NebuChadnezzas,
under the figure of broken image and
a hewndown tree, i0reteling his over
throw Of power; 90 Joseph, Of the New
Testament, announcing tho birth OF
Christ I'm his own household; 90 Mary
bidding her fy from Herodic proSecu-
tiOns; 10 Pilates wife, warning him not
TO become complicated with the
JUDICIAL OVERTHROW OBJ CHRIST.
We all admit that God in ancient
times and under Bible dispensation adj
dressed the people through dreams.
The question now is, does God appear
I'm our day and reveal himself through
dreams? That is the question every
body asks, and that question this morn
ing I shall try 90 answer. You ask me
II believe in dreams. Ny answer IS,
i do believe Iu dreams, but all / have
70 say Will be under separate heads.
Remark tbe first: the Scriptures are
so fun Of revelation from God that II
We get no communication from him IN
dreams, we ought, nevertheless, 10 be
satisfied.
."'i.h twenty guide-bOoks to tell YOU
now 10 get 90 Boston or Pittsburg, or
London or Glasgow, or Manchester, do
YOU want night vision % tell you how
tomake the journey? We have In this
Scripture full direction in regard 20 the
Journey OF this life, and how 90 get 20
the celestial city, and with this grand
guide book, this magnificent directory,
we ought 90 be satisfied. j have more
faith in a decision 90 which come when
am wide-awake than when I am sound
asleep. / have noticed that those who
give great deal OF their time 20 study
ing dreams get their brain added.
They are very anxious 20 remember
what they dreamed about the first night
they slept Ia new house. IL In their
dream they take the hand OF o corpse,
they are going 90 die. IL they dream of
a garden, 20 means a Sepulchre. III
something turns out according TO a
night vision. they say, "Well, 1 am not
surprised. Idreamed it, III iU turns
out different from the night vision, they
say, "Well, dreams go by cOnUaries." In
their efforts Oh put their dreams into
rhythm, they put their waking thoughts
into disc0rd. Now, the Bible Is so full
of revelation that we ought 90 be salts
fed il We get no further revelation.
SOUND SLEEP RECEIVED GREAT HONOR
when Adam slept so extraordinarily
that che surgical iucisl0u which gave
him Eve did not wake him; but there is
no such need for extraordinary slumber
now, and be who catches an Eve must
needs be wide awake. No need of such
a dream as jacob had with % ladder
against the sky. when ten Thousand
times it bad been demonstrated that
earth and heaven are in communication.
No such dream needed as that which
was given 10 Ab.meieCh, warning him
against an unlawful marriage, when
we have The records of the county
clerks office. No need OF such q dream
as was given to Pharaoh about the sew
en- years OF famine, for now the seasons
march 10 regular procession, aud steam
er and rail-train carry breadstufs 20
every famiue-StriC6en nation. No need
OF o dream like that which encouraged
Gideon, for an through Christendom il
is announced and acknowledged and de-
monSTated that righteousness, sooner
or later, viii get the victory.
II there should come about a crisis IN
your life upon which the Bible does not
seem 10 be sufficiently specific, 20 20
God IN prayer and you viii get especial
direction. l have more faith, ninety
nine times out of q hundred, In drec-
tiOns given you with the Bible Ia your
lap and your thoughts upli1ted in pray
er TO God, than in all the information
YOU will get unconscious on your pill
low. can very easily understand why
the BabylOuians and the Egyptians,
with no Bible, should put so much
stress on dreams; and the Chinese, in
their holy book, Chow King, should
think their emperor gets his directions
through dreams from God; and that
Homer should think that all dreams
came from J0ve, aud that ia ancient