The Penn's Grove record., 1893-03-31

OF earthly a~nodynssf Was that the phan-
tasmagoria of a diseased braiuf No.. 1t was
al all sympathetic God addressing a poor
woman through a dream.
Furthermore, | nave to say that there are
people In this house who were. converted to
God through a dream. The Rev. John
Newton, the fame OF whose piety His all
Christeudoin, while a profigate sailor on
shipboarJ, in his dream, thou ght that a be-
ing approached him and rave him a very
beautiful ring and put it upon his finger and
said to him, "As long as you wear that ring
you will be prospere1; IL you lose that ring.
you will be ruined"
In the same dream another parsonage APP
peared, and by a strange nfatuatton per-
shaded John Newton To throw that ring
overheard, and it ank into the sea. Then
the mountains in sight We're full OF nre,
and the air wts lurid with consuming
wrath. While John Newton was repentlng
Of his folly in having thrown the
tire Isure, another parsonage came through
the dream and told John Newton he would
plunge into the sea and bring the ring up IL
he desired il.
He plunged into the sea and brought 1t up
and said to John Newton. Here is that
gem, but | think | will keep it for you. lest
you lose it 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 il his dream that that valu-
able gem was his soul, and that the being
who persuaded him to throw it overheard
was Satan, and that the one VINO plunged In
and restored that gem, keeping 1t Tor him.
was Christ. And that dream makes one OF
the most wonderful chapters in the life or
that most wonderful man.
a German was crossing the Atlantic
ocean, and in his dream he saw a man with
o handful OF white flowers. and he was told
to follow the man who had that handful or
white flowers. The German, arriving in
New York, wandered into the Fulton street
prayer meeting, and Mr.. Lampbier-whom
many OF you know-the great apostle OF
prayer meetings, that day had given TO MIN
3 bunch of tuberoses.
They stool on his desk, and at the close
OF the religious services he took the tube
roses and stsrtsd homewari, n the Ger
man followed him., and through an inter-
prefer told Mr.. Lainphier that on the sea he
had rsaned OF q man with q handtui OF
white flowers aud was told to follow him.
Suffice it to say, throu III that interview 6nd
following interviews he became a Christian
and is a city missionary preaching the Gospel
to his wi countrymsn. God in a dreaml
John Hardoc1, while on shipboard,
dreamed one night that the day OF judg-
ment had come, and that the roll OF the
ships crew was called, except his own name.
and that thess 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 10 give him more oppor-
tunity for repentance. De woke Up a dif-
ferent man. He became illustrious for
Christian attainment. IL you do not believe
these things, then you must discard all tes-
timony and refuse to accept any kind OF au-
thoritative witness. Colin a dreani
Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted to
God through a dream OF the last Judgment,
and doubt il there is a mau or woman In
this house to-day that has not had sone
1ream of that great day Of jul sment which
stall be the winding up of the worlds his
tory. Ii You have not dreamed OF 1t, per-
haps tonight You may dream OF that lay.
There are enough materials to make q
dream. Enough voices, for there shall Do
the roaring o: the elements and the great
earthquake. Enough light for the dream.
Tor the world shall blazs. Enough excite
ment. for tue mountains shall tall. Enough
water. Ior the ocean shall roar Enough
astronomical phenomena, tor the stars snail
20 out. Enough populations, Tor all the
races of all the ages will fail into line OF one
Of two professions, and the one ascending
md the othar descending. The ons Led On b.
me rlder' on Inc wuius mn 90 vr o~~n.-
victory, the other led on by Apollyon on
tue black charger of eternal defeat
The dream comes on me now, and ! see
the Ii ,htnings from above answering the
golcan O disturbances from beneath, and !
hear tine long reverberating hunders that
shall wake up the dead, AMI on one side !
see the opening OF a gate into scsnes golden
and amethystine, and on the other side l
hear the Changing back OF a gate into bas-
tiles OF eternal bon tage, q all tne seas.
lifting up their crystal voices, cry, COINS
to judgmenti" aud all the voices OF the
heaven cry, Coma TO judgment" aud
crumoiing mausoieum anu Westminster
aboeys aud pyramids of the deaf with mar
bic voices cry, come TO judgmentp
And the archangel seizss ap instrument OF
music which has never yet been sounded, an
instrument Of music that was made only for
one sound, and tnrusting that mighty
trumpet throu sh the ciou is and turning it
this way he shall put IL t. his lip and blow
the long. loud blast that shall make the
solid eartn culver, crying, Come to 5udg-
'uent."
Then from this earthly gfossness quit.
Attlrsd in STARE we shall forever sL