Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-12-07

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WASHINGTON. Dec I. In this dis
rourse DR.. Talmage discusses n much
talked OF subject and one In which all
are interested. The text Is Joel II. 2S:
81 will pour out my spirit upon all
flesh. Your old men shall dream
dreams. your young men shall see
visions"
In this photograph Of the millenni-
I'm the dream Is lifted into great con-
splcuity. You may say OF n dream
that II Is nocturnal fantasia. or that
II Is the absurd combination OF waking
tir,ugh,s. aud with slur OF intona-
ton you may say. 1T Is only
drpam;" but God has bonored the
dream by making 1t the avenue through
which again aud again he has marched
upon the human soul, decided the rate
OF nations. aud changed the course OF
The worlds history. God appeared In
a dream TO Abimelech. warning him
against an unlawful marriage; In
dream TO Jacob. announcing. by the
ladder set against the sky full OF an
gels. the communication between earth
and heaven: In a dream to Joseph
foretellng his coming power under
the figure OF all the sheaves OF the
harvest bowling down to his sheaf; TO
the chief butler. foretelllng his dislm-
prisonment: to the chief baker, an
nouncing his decapltatIon; to Pharaoh,
showing him first the seven plenty
years and then the seven famine
struck years. under the figure OF the
seven lean cows devourlng the seven
fat cows: to Solomon. giving him the
choice between wisdom and riches ana
honor: to warrior, under the figure
of a barley cake smiling down tent
encouraging Gideon in his battle
against the Midianites; TO Nebuchad'
nezzar. under the figure OF a broken
Image and hewn down tree. foretell-
ing the overthrow of his power; to
.Ioseph. OF the New Testament an
nounclng the birth Of Christ In his
own household. and again bidding him
fly from Herodc prosecutions; to Pi-
late's wife. warning him not to become
complicated with the judicial over
throw OF Christ.
We all admit that God In ancient
times and under Bible dlspensation ad'
dressed the people through dreams.
The question now Is. does God appear
In our day and reveal himself through
dreams? That is the question every
body asks. and that question ! will
try to answer. You ask me II ! be-
lieye In dreams My answer is. DO
but all have to say will be under
FIVE heads.
bible a Sufficient Guide.
Remark the First.-The Scriptures are
so full of revelation from God that II
we get no communication from him In
dreams we ought, nevertheless, to be
satisfied
With twenty guidebooks to tell you
how TO get to New York or Pittsburg
or London or Glasgow or Manchester
do you want u night vision to tell you
how to make the journey? We have
IN this Scripture full direction In re-
gard to the journey OF this life and
how to get to the celestial city. and
with this grand guidebook. this mag
nIficent directory. we ought to be salts
] fed. have more faith In a decision
TO which | come when ] am wide
awake than when | am sound asleep.
| have noticed that those who give a
great deal OF their time to studying
dreams get their brains added. They
are very anxious 10 remember what
they dreamed about the first night they
slept in a new house II In their dream
they take the hand OF a corpse. they
are going to die II they dream of a
garden. 1t means sepulcher. lf some
thing turns out according to night
vision. they say. well. am not sur
prised; dreamed IT," If II turns out
different from the night vision. they
say. well dreams go by contraries."
In their efforts to put their dreams Into
rhythm they put their waking Thoughts
into dlscord. Now. the Bible Is so full
of revelation that we ought to be salts
fed II we get no further revelation.
Sound sleep received great honor
when Adam slept 30 extraordinarily
that the surgical inclsiOn which gave
him Eve did not wake him. but there is
no such nred for extraordinary slum
Der now. and he who catches an Eve
must needs he wide awake! No need
OF such dream as Jacob had. with a
ladder against the sky. when ten thou
sand times II has been demonstrated
that earth and heaven are In comnuni
| cation. No such dream needed as tlla'
which was given to Abimelech. warn
I ing him against an unlhwfuf marriage
when we have the records OF the coun
ty clerks office. No need OF such Q
dream as was given 10 Pharaoh about
the seven years OF famine. for now The
seasons march In regular procession
and steamer and rail train carry bread
[ stuffs to every famine STRUCK natIou
, 40 need OF a dream like that whict
encouraged Gideon for all through
CbrIstpndom II is announced ana ac
knowledgcd and demonstrated tina
righteousness sooner or later VIII sc
the victory
II there should come about crisis II
your life upon which the Bible doe'
not seem to bp sufficiently specific. g
10 God in prayer. and you VIII get es
peclaI direction. ! have more falti
nInety.nlne times out OF a hundred II
directions given you with the Bible II
your lap md your thoughts uplifted II
pray to God than in all the lnforna
. tion you will get unconscious on you
pillow.
can very easily understand why tn
Babylonlans and the Egyptians. VIII
no Bible. should put 80 much stress OF
dreams, and the Chinese In their hol.
book, Chow King, should think tnel
emperor gets his directions through