The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-20
A DISCOURSE ON DREAMS.
Rev. T. Dewitt Telmage on Wis
ions OF the Night.
This Scriptures Full OF Revelations from
God I'm tho Form of Dreams-
All Dreams Have An I'm
portant Mission.

The following discourse on the sub
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage in the Brook
lynn tabernacle, from the text:
He took Of the stones Of that place and put
them for his pillows, and lay down in that place
TO sleep and he acknowledgements xviii, H.
Asleep on a pillow-case filled with
hens feathers. It is not strange one
should have pleasant dreams But here I
is pillow of rock, and Jacob with his
head on it, and 10! a dream OF angels, |
two professions, those coming down the |
stairs met by those going up the stairs. |
1t is the first dream of Bible record. |
You may say of dream that it is noe
turnal fantasia, or that it is the absurd
combination of waking thoughts, and
with q slur of information you may say:
cit is only dream" but God has hon.
ored the dream by making it the avenue
through which again and again lie has
marched upon the human soul, decided
the fate of nations and changed the
course OF the worlds history. God APP
peared in dream to Abimelech. warn
ing him against an unlawful
marriage; in a dream to Joseph.
foretelling his coming power under
the figure of all the sheaves
OF the harvest bowling down to his
sheaf; to the chief butler, foretelling
his acknowledgements; to the chief
baker, announcing his decapitation; to
Pharaoh, showing him first the seven
plenty years, and then the seven fam
ine-strucls years, under the figure OF
the seven fat cows devouring the
seven lean cows; to Solomon, giving
him the choice between wisdom ana
riches and honor; to the warrior, I'M
der the figure of a barley cake smit-
ing down a tent, encouraging Gideon
in his battle against the Amalekites;
to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, under the figure
of a broken image and hewn-down
tree, foretelling his overthrow OF
power; to Joseph, of the New Iesta-
ment, announcing the birth OF Christ
in his own households; to Mary, bidding
her fly from Herodic prosecutions; te
Pilates wife, warning him not to be.
come complicated with the judicia
overthrow of Christ.
We all admit that God in ancient
times and under Bible dispensation al
dressed the people through dreams Th'
question now is, does God appear in ou
dav and reveal himself through dreams
This is the question everybody asks
nud that question this morning shal
try to answer You ask me ii believ
in dreams. My answer is, do believ
In dreams, but all have to say will b
under five heads.
Remark the first: The Scriptures ar
SO full of revelation from God, that
we get no communication from him
dreams we ought, new ertheless, to
satisfied.
With twenty guide books to tell yo
how to get to Boston or Pittsburgh
London or Glasgow, or Manchester
YOU want night vision to tell ye
how to make the journey? We have
this Scripture full direction in regal
to the Journey Of this life, and how
ret to the celestial city, and with tn
grand guide book, this magnificent
rectory. we ought to be satisfied.
have more faith in decision to whi'
come when I am wide-awake th'
when am sound asleep l have Il
ticed that those who give great de
NJ their time to studying dreams
their brains added. They are very an
Ious to remember what they dream
about the first night they slept IN
new house. If in their dream Tn
take the hand of a corpse. they are
ing to die. If they dream of a gardt
II means sepulcher. If somethi
turns out according to night visi'
they say: "Well, am not surprfs
7 dreamed it." If it turns out differt
from the night vision, they say: 1--WE
dreams 60 by contraries." In their
forts to put their dreams into rhytf
they put their waking thoughts II
d;scord. Now. the Bible is so full
revelation that we ought to be sa
fed If we get no further revelation.
Sound sleep received great no
when Adam slept so extraordinal
that the surgical incision which 9
him Eve did not wake him: but IN
Is no such need for extraordinary 81,
her now, and he who catches an
must needs be wide awake! NO
Of such a dream as Jacob mad VIII
ladder against the sky, when ten u
sand times it had been demonstra
that earth and Heaven are in comm
cation. No such dream needed as
which was given to..Abimelech' war;
him against an unlawful marri
4. when we have the records OF the cor
clerlx,s Office. No need OF such a Or
as was given to Pharaoh about
sevep wears of famine, for now
seasons march in regular process
and steamer and rail train carry or
stuffs to every famine. stricken ma,
No need of a dream like that which
couraged Gideon, for all thrt
Cbri.tendom it is announced ant
lnowledged and demonstrated
righteousness sooner or later WI
the victory.
II there should come about
IN vour life upon which the Bible
not seem to be sufficiently SPECIFIC
TO God in prayer and you VIII get
c;al direction. have more
ninety-nine times out OF hundre
directions given you with the BIZ
vour lap and your thoughts upiiit
PRAYER to God. than in all the infe
ton You viii get unconscious on
n;llow. l can very easily UNDER
whv the Babylonians and the
t;ans. with no Bible, should p
tr..s an dreams; and the