The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-03-29

ngate sailor on shipboard, In his dream,
thought that being approached him
and gave him very beautiful ring, and
put 1t upon his finger, and said to him,
l"As long as you wear that ring you
will be prospered; II you lose that ring
you will be ruined" In the same dream
another parsonage appeared, and by
strange infatuation persuaded John
Newton to throw that ring overheard,
and 1t 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 II he desired it. He plunged into
the sea and brought it up, and said to
John Newton, Here is that gem, but
think will keep it for you, lest you
lose 1t again." and John Newton con-
sented, 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 that 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, wan.
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 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 that on
the sea he had dreamed of a man with
handful of white flowers and was
told to follow him Suffice 1t to say,
through that interview and following
interviews he became Christian, and
is a city missionary preaching the gos-
pei to his own countrymen. God in
dreaml
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
different man. He 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 dreaml
Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted
to God through q dream OF the last
Judgment; and doubt If there is a man
or woman in this house to-day that has
not had some dream Of that great day
| OF Judgment which shall be the winding
up Of the worlds history II you have
not dreamed of II perhaps tonight you
may dream Of that day. There are
enough materials to make Il dream.
Enough voices, for there shall be the
roaring Of the elements, and the great
earthquake. Enough light for 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 60 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 thunder'
that shall wake up the dead, and on one
side see the opening Of a gate intc
scenes golden and amethystine, and on
the other side hear the changing back Of
gate into bastiles OF eternal bondage
and all the seas lifting up their crysta
voices, cry: Come 70 judgmentP' ant
all the voices OF the heaven cry: "Comt
TO Judgment" and crumbling mat
soleum, and Westminster Abbeys, ant
pyramids OF the dead with marble
voices, cry: "Come TO judgmen1' AnC
the archangel seizes an instrument o
music which has never yet beer
sounded, an instrument Of music tina
was made only for one sound, an'
thrusting that mighty trumpet through
the clouds, and turning II this way, II,
shall put II TO His lip and blow tn,
long, loud blaSt that shall make tn
solid earth quiver, crying, "Come h
judgmentp
'sThen from this earthly grossness quit
Attired in stars, we shall forever sit"