The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
REV. DANIEL HAD ONE
VERIFICATION OF THE SCRIP
TURAL DECLARATION ABOUT
VISIONS AND DREAMS
EXPERIENCED BY Mr.. MORGAN
Odist CIergymen About Dreaming
That He Attended Six Ministers'
Meetings In One Day, Which Was
Construed to Mean n Great Avak-
enfng of Spirituality.

Inc methodist ministers held a
dream meeting yesterday afternoon in
the rooms Of the Y. M. G. A. with Rev.
David Morgan as the star dreamer.
Some people don't believe in dreams,
but Rev. David Morgan does, and his
was the subject of a spirited and pro-
tracted discussion by the members of
the local clergy at their regular
weekly meeting.
Some time ago, the night following
| one or the breezy discussions of orthO-
doX subjects by the clergy, in which
Mr.. Morgan had become much involv-
ed. he dreamed that he attended six
ministers meetings in one day and that
there was a great awakening of spirit
uallty. and that the ministers attend
| ing shared the same ideas with him
upon subjects of the church's useful
ness among the great masses of the
people.
| At all times the members of the clergy
have not just agreed With Mr. Morgan
In his views upon many subjects, but
yesterdays meeting resulted in a sort
of reconciliation between himself and
the brethren of the cloth after he had
completed the story of his dream
Mr.. Morgan recited his dream a week
ago at the Merriam Park church, and
| after consultation with DR.. Cowgirl
1t was decided to ask him to repeat 1t
for the benefit Of the ministers at their
| meeting. AS a result the meeting vot-
ed to print Mr.. Morgan's story of his
vision in full.
Mr.. Morgan has always believed that
the church did not touch the great
| masses OF the people. AS an institu-
ton of the nineteenth century he
thought that more work should be done
among the poor of tho city, as there
was a tendency twards g. GOODNESS
on the part of the church to the out
side world. Mr.. Morgan pictured the
poverty and distress which had come
to his notice and asserted that III.
clergymen did not know how the other
half Of the world lived He told of
the laboring mans long hours. of his
struggle for an existence and the adj
1unct to every poor mans household. a
large family.
AS larger field for the church's ac-
tivity Mr.. Morgan urged a greater
work among the poor people within the
limits of the city. If the church was no
place for the poor man 1t could not be
wondered at that the laboring man
went to the saloon to spend his even
ings. The church as an institution Of
the people should be placed on a COM
mon level, so that all might be well
coined. Mr.. Morgan said while 1t was
fact that every man was welcome
Wltnln the sanctuary, yet 1t was the
especial duty Of every clergyman to
bend his best efforts to reach the great
masses of the people.
Mr.. Morgan's talk stirred up an in
teresting discussion, which was per-
haps the most productive of any that
has been had by the ministers since
their organization. In the past Mr.
Morgan has stood alone in the minis
ters' gatherings, as his ideas on many
subjects were considered quite radical.
The clergymen have always asserted
that the church did it's best to dis
charge it's duty to all men in the face
of Mr.. Morgan's declarations that the
church only reached a certain class.
Before the meeting broke up there
was a general feeling among those at
tending that the church should do more
along the lines suggested by the speak
er in his remarks.
After all Mr.. Morgan's dream of six
ministers meetings brought up an in
teresting and vital question to the
churches, and was generally taken
home by the clergymen.