The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-01
Barlow Philosopher Lelyes Into tlI2
Scriptures.
SEEMS T0BE PERFECTLY AT HONE
Was Too Early in the Morning TO Gti
Drunk Said the Prophet of O.d-ArI
T1oraiiZsS.

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told the people on the day Of Pentecost.
And Peter believed that the days fore
told by the Prophet Joel had already
come. for the devout men from every
nation under heaven were there propS-
ecying and speaking in every language.
The people said they were drunk, but
Peter said. NO, for it is only o'c.ock
in the morning" l reckon the tope's
drank mere N the evening, just IS
they do nov. and went to bed drunk.
But it has always perpleXed me to find
out when the age or period OF working
miracles and seeing visions ceased and
why the power was taken away from
the men OF God. Paul could work mir
acles to save or TO heal others, but had
TO die by the eXecutioner. The blooi
of the martyrs was the seed or tae
church, but has the time passed when
dreams and visions are Of no fo.ce CT
meaning? ! was Illuminating atout
dreams, because last night | d.camed
not less than theree hours in ABOUT hill
a minute. The clock was striking Il
and l dreamed it was the fire bell and
| saw the rising smoke and then the
flames of the fire where the hotel was
burning. | saw firemen climbing lad
ders and descending with women and
children in their arms. l saw Strmeas
of water flooding the roof and pouring
in at the windows. l heard the excited
voices of fremen and people and wit
messed the frantic efforts to Keep t2e
fire from crossing to the next olccK.
saw enough and heard enough to take
hours to recite and yet | awakened
with the last stroke Of the hammer on
the little bell and knew that it was the
clock and not the fire bell that had
caused that long, exciting dream. Thls
same experience l had many years ago
when the report Of q gun prcYokel
a dream that begun in quarrel pc
tween two of my friends and continrea
in a correspondence in which an apo
oey was demanded and | was called
mon to assist in the writing and saV-
eral letters were passed, but to no pur-
pose and it ended in challenge. Sec
onds were chosen-the code duel.o
was carefully consulted-the grouno
chosen-the time fixed and The duel
took place: and when the first shot
was fired | awoke. The report OF the
gun had p-ecipitated and concentrated
all OF that long and anxious dream into
a second of time Doubtless very many
Deople have had a similar experience.
The medical books record many sucn
instances and Lord Brougham declare1
that all dreams were instantaneous.
Drowning men have the same eXperi-
ence. Those who are resuscitated Ce-
clare that every event OF their Ives
came before them IN the instant OF
losing consciousness. Time is nothing.
y seems to be annihilated. There IS no
emotion OF surprise. If your father or
brother or friend appears to you IN
dream YOU are not surprised. though ne
has been dead many years. But LoEo
Rrongham is wrong. The smile OF an
infant steering in its mothers arms
comes from 9 dream and is not lnstaa-
taneous. Sometimes it continues quite
q while and comes and goes. Ihe motE-
er believes the child sees angeis anu
heavenly things. Maybe 1t does lot o.,
such IS the kingdom Of heaven. Lord
Rrougham is wrong, for men ana
women who have bad part OF the Skull
removed and left the brain exposel
have dreamed while the doctors looked
on and saw the brain dilate and pulSate
and become excited and disturbed anu
the patient would tell OF bad cream.
When the sleep was sweet the prain
was in perfect repose.
What a wonderful piece OF mecnan-
ism is this body Of ours. 1t can all s.eep
save the heart and lungs ana arteries.
They never sleep nor get day on ior
rost Inst think Of it. For 75 years THIS
heart of mine has not failed 10 peat
time for every moment OF my existence
and sends its warm blood to every part
of nv body. Whether | am awake or
asleep, il is ever at its post or DUTY
Poor thing-I know it is tired. Ana so
with my lungs that cease not DAY or
night to bring the heart its fcod, itS
strength and power. The will. the
brain. the eyes and ears-the sense o.
smell and taste and feeling all get sleep
and rest awake renewed, but the hea!t
and nngs can never rest. Their rest IS
death But the mystery is how is the
brsin connected with the will. When
the will is asleep the brain seems 10
rrn riot and to reveal in curious ana
fantastic fancies. 1t is a boy OUT OF
srhool It is very like the effect OF OPP
nm on the senses AMI described by pe,
-, c.i ~ bic confessions. The will
scans TO be the strongest and most re-
snonsible faculty Of man. The heart IS
commonly called the seat OF the az al.
factions and emotions-in fact inc
very soul of man. and David says me
heart is sinful above all things ana
desperately wicked. but that OF course
is fgurative. The heart is but 4 iurlp
annhine-an enRina as II