The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-28

men ever met-remarkable Tor benev0-
lence and great philanthropies--at Well
ington, England, showed me house where
the Lord had appeared in a wonderful
dream to poor woman. The woman was
rheumatic, sick. poor to the last point Of
restitution. She was waited on and cared
for by another poor woman, her only at
tendant. Word came to her one day that
this poor woman had died, and the invalid
of whom l am speaking lay helpless upon
the couch, wondering what would become
of her. In that mood she fell asleep. In
her dreams she said the angels of the Lord
appeared, and took her into the open air
and pointed in one direction, and there
We're mountains of bread, and pointed in
another direction, and there were mount
aims of butter, and i'll another direction,
and there were muntains of all kinds of
worldly supply. The angel of the Lord
said to her: Woman. all these noun
tains belong to your father, and do you
think that he will let you, his child, hum
ger and dep DR.. Crannage told me
by some divine impulse he went into that
destitute home, saw the suffering there,
and administered unto it, caring for her
all the way through. DO you tell me
that that dream was woven out OF earthly
anodynes? Was that the phantasmagoria
of a diseased brain! No, it was all
sympathetic God addressing a poor woman
through dream.
Furthermore. have to say that there are
people in this house who We're converted to
God through dream The Rev. John
Newton, the fame of whose piety nils all
christcndom while 4 protiigate sailor on
shpboard. i'll his dream. thought that
being approached him and gave him very
beautiful ring. and put it upon his finger
ana said to him, las long as you wear that
ring you will be prospered If you lose the
ring you will be ruined" In the same
dream another parsonage appeared. and by
strange infatuation persuaded John New
ton to throw that ring overheard. and it
the
sight were full of fire and the air was lurid
with consuming wrath. While John New
ton was repenting of his folly in having
thrown overheard the treasure another per-
sonage 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 | think | will keep it for YOU. lest YOU
lose it again and John Newton consented
and all the fire went out from the noun
tains, and all the signs Of lurid wrath dis
appeared from the air and John Newton
SAID that he saw in his dream that that
valuable gem was his soul and that the be
ing who persuaded him to throw it over.
board Wos Satan, and that the one Who
plunged III and restored that gem. keeping
1t for him was Christ And that dream
makes one Of the most wonderful chapters
III the life of that most wonderful man.
"A German was crossing the Atlantic
ocean. and in his dream he a man with
q handful Of white flowers and he was told
to follow the man who had that handful of
white flowers. The German, arriving il
New York wandered 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 tuboroses. They stood on his
desk. and at tho close OF the religious ser
vices he took the tubcr0SeS and started
homeward and the German followed him
and through an interpreter told MIR. Lam
phier that on the sea he had dreamed of
man with Il handful of white flowers and
was told to follow him. Suffice it to say.
through that interview and following inter-
views he became Il Christian. and is city .
missionary preaching the gospel to his own
countrymen. God in dream.
John Hardock, while on shipboard, dream
ed one night that the day of judgment had
come, and that the roll of the ships crew
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 admitted and he was told
it was to give him more opportunity for re-
pentance. He woke up 81 different man.
lie became illustriOus for Christian attain
ment. If you do ont believe these things,
then you must discard all testimony. and
refuse to accept any kind of authoritative
witness God in Il dreami
Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted to
God through a dream of the last judgment;
and L doubt if there is man or woman
in this house today that has not had some
dream of that great day of Judgment which
shall be the winding up of the worlds his
tory. If you have not dreamed of it, per-
haps tonight you may dream of that day.
There are enough materials to make q
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 excite
ment for the mountains shall fall. Enough
water, for the ocean shall roar. Enough
astronomical phenomena, for the stars shall
go out. Enough populations for all the
races of all the ages will fall into line of
and the other descending. the one led on
by the Rider on the white horse Of eternal
victory. the other led by Ap0llyon on the
black charger Of eternal defeat. The dreaD
comes ON me now, and | see the ligthnings
from above answering the volcanic disturb
ances from beneath. and hear
the long, reverberoting thunderss
that shall wake up the dead
and on one side | SEQ the opening Of
and on the other side hear the changing of
q gate into Basties of eternal bondage,
and all the seas lifting mp their crystal
voices, cry: "Come to judgment,' and al
dead with arblc voices, cry: Come to judg-
rnent" and crumblng mauso}Hum and
Westminster abbcys, and pyramids of tie
dead with voices, cry: Come TO judg-
mcnt-" And the archangle sezes an in
strument of music which has never vet been
sounded. an instrument of music that
was made only for one sound and thrust
ing that mighty trumpet through the clouds.
and turning if this way. he shall put it to
his lips and blow the long. loud blast that
shall make the sold earth culver. crying:
Come to Judgment"