Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-05

/ piety fills all Christendom. while a prof
ligate sailor on shipboard, in his dream,
tho lght that a being approached him
and gave him a very beautiful ring. and
put it upon his finger. and said to him.
sAs long as you wear that ring you
will be prospered; if you lose that ring
you will be ruined" In the anne dream
another parsonage appeared, and by a
strange infatuation persuaded John
Newton TO throw that ring overheard,
and it sank into the sea- Then the
mountains in sight were full of fire and
the air was lurid with consuming
wrath While John Newton was
~repenting of his folly in having
thrown overheard the treasure, an
other parsonage came through the
dream, and told John Newton he would
plunge into the sea and bring the ring
up if he desired it. He plunged into
the sea and brought it up, and said to
John Newton, Here is that gem, but l
think l will keep it for you. lest you
lose 1t again. and John Newton o n
scented, and all the fire went out from
the mountains, and all the signs of
lurid wrath disappeared from the air,
and John Newton said that he saw in
his dream that the valuable gem was
his soul, and that the being who per-
suaded him TO throw it overheard was
Satan, and that the one who plunged
in and restored the gem, keeping 1t for
him, WAS Christ And that dream makes
one of the most wonderful chapters in
the life of hat most wonderful man.
A German was crossing the Atlantic
ocean, and in his dream he saw a man
with a handful Of white flowers, and he
was told to follow the man who had
that handful Of white flowers. The
German. arriving in New York, van
dered into the Fulton street prayer
meeting. and Mr.. Lamphier-whom
many Of you know-the great apostle
Of prayer meetings, that day had given
to him a bunch of tuberoses. They
stood on his desk, and at the close of
the religious services he took the tube
roses and started homeward, and the
German followed him, and through an
interpreter told Mr.. Lamphier hat on
the sea he had dreamed of a man with
a handful of white flowers and was
told to follow him. Suffice it to say,
through hat interview and following
interviews, he became a Christian, and
is a city missionary preaching the gos-
pei to his own countrymen. God in a
dream.
John Hardock, while on shipboard,
dreamed one night that the day OF
Judgment had come, and that the roll
of the ships crew was called, except
his own name, and that these people,
this crew, were all banished; and in
his dream he asked the reader why his
own name was omitted, and he was
told it was to give him more oppor-
tunity for repentance. He woke up a
different man. lie became illustrious
for Christian attainment. II you do
not believe these things then you must
discard all testimony and refuse to ac-
cept any kind of authoritative witness
God in a dreaml
Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted
to God through a dream Of the last
Judgment; and | doubt if there is a man
or woman in this house to-day thai has
not had some dream of that great day
of judgment which shall be the winding
up of the worlds history. If you have
not dreamed of it perhaps tonight you
may dream of that day. There are
enough materials to make a dream.
Enough voices, for there shall be the
roaring of the elements, and the great
earthquake. Enough lightfor the dream,
for the world shall blaze. Enough
excitement, for the mountains shall
fall. Enough water, for the ocean shall
roar. Enough astronomical phenomena,
for the stars shall go out Enough pop
ulations, for all the races of all the ages
will fall into line of one of two process
sions, the one ascending and the other
descending. the one led on by the rider
on the white horse of eternal victory,
the other led on by Apollyon ON the
black charger of eternal defeat The
dream comes on me now, and ] see the
lightnings from above answering the
volcanic disturbances from beneath, and
] hear the long reverberating thunders
that shall wake up the dead. and on n
side l see the opening of a gate into
scenes golden and amethystine, and on
the other side hear the changing back of
a gate into bastiles of eternal bondage,
and all the seas lifting up their crystal
voices cry: Come to Judgment" and
all the voices OF the heaven cry: Come
to judgmentl' and crumbling maui
solemn, and Westminster Abbeys, and
pyramids of the de with marble
voices. cry: Come to Judgment And
the archangel seizes an instrument of
music which has neve yet been
sounded. an instrument of music that
was made only for one sound, and
thrusting that mighty trumpet through
the clouds, and turning it this way, He
shall put it 70 His lip and blow the
long, loud blast that shall make the
solid earth culver, crying, Come to
Judgement
Then from this earthly grossness quit
Attired in stars, we shall forever sit"