Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-30
WHAT ISM A DREAM Z
DIR. TALMAGE DEDUCES AN lMPOR-
TAN7' LESSON FROM VISIONS.

sionnIIv Does speak In Dreams.
BRooKlYN. March ga remarkable ser
mon was preached by Rev. Dr. Talmage in
the Tabernacle today, the subject being
psvchological and religious study of the
phenomena Of the mind during sleep and
the significance of dreams as evidence OF
immortality The text chosen was Genesis
xviii, II, He took of the stones of that
place and put them for his pillows and lay
down in chat place to sleep, and he
dreamed
Asleep on n pillowcase filled with hens
feathers it is not strange one should have
pleasant dreams. But here is pillow of
rock and Jacob with his head on it, and,
10! dream of angels, two professions,
thOse coming down the stairs met by those
going up the stairs. 1t is the first dream
ut Bible record. You may say of a dream
that it is nocturnal fantasia, or that
It is the absurd combination of waking
thoughts, and with n slur of intonation you
may say, 1T is only dream" but God
has honorcd the dream by making it the
avenue through which again and again he
has marched upon the human soul. decided
the fate of nations and changed the course
Of the world $ history.
God appeared in a dream TO Abimelech,
warning him against an unlawful mar
'iagc, in dream to Joseph foretellng his
coming power under the figure of all the
shcaves of the harvest bowling down to his
sheaf; to the chief butler foretclling his
disimprisonmeut; to the chief baker, an
nouncing his dccapitation; to Pharaoh,
showing him first the seven plenty years
and then the seven famine struck years,
under the figure of the seven fat cows de
NOurin0 the seven lean cows; to solomon,
giving him the choice between wisdom and
riches and honor; to the warrior under the
figure of n barley cake shifting down a
tent, encouraging Gideon in his battle
against the Amalekites; to Nebuchadnez-
gar, under the figure of a broken image and
hewn down tree foretelling his overthrow
of power; to Joseph Of the New Testament,
announcing the birth of Christ in his own
household; to Mary, bidding her to fly
from Herodic prosecutions; to Pilates wife
warning him not to become complicated
with the judicial overthrow of Christ.
AN ABUNDANT REVELATION.
We all admit that God in ancient times
and under Bible dispensaton addressed
the people through dreams. The question
now is, Does God appear in our day and re-
veal himself through dreams? That is the
question everybody asks, and that question
this morning shall try to answer. You
ask me if believe in dreams. My answer
Is, do believe in dreams, but all have to
say will be under five heads.
Remark the First-1hc Scriptures are so
full of revelation from God that if we get
no communication from him in dreams we
ought nevertheless to be satisfied.
With 20 guidebooks to tell you how to
get to Boston or pittsburg or London or
Glasgow or Manchester, do you want a
night vision to tell you how to make the
journey? We have in this Scripture full
direction in regard to the journey of this
life and how to get to the celestial city, and
with this grand guidebook, this magnif
icent directory, we ought to be satisfied
have more faith in a decision to which
come when am wide awake than when
l am sound asleep. | have noticed that
those who give great deal of their time to
studying dreams get their brains added.
They are very anxious to remember what
they dreamed about the first night they
slept in Il new house.
If in their dream they take the hand of q
corpse, they are going to die. If they dream
Di "A garden, it means a sepulcher. If some
thing turns out according to a night vision,
they say. well, | am not surprised. |
dreamed it," If it turns out different from
the night vision, they say, well, dreams
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