The Iola register., 1901-12-13
VISIONS OFTHE NIGHT
DR.. Talmage Shows How God Has
Honored the Dream.
N Has Decided the Fate OF Naisns
and Has Changed Coarse NJ
worlds HIsterS--war.-
inxs from Gsd.
popynght, 1901. by Louis klopscb. N. II
washington, Dee. ].


In this discourse DIR. Talmage dis
susses a much talked of subject and
eue in which all are interested. The
taSt is Joel =, 2S: II will pour out mV
sRirit upon all flesh; your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men
shaft see visions
In this photograph of the nilleu-
mum the dream is lifted into great
eonspicuity. You may say OF dream
that it is socturnal fantasia or that
IL IL the absurd combination of wax
lag thoughts, and with slnr of in
tonation you may say; Ut is only q
dream" but God has honored the
dream by making it the avenue
through which again and again he
has marched upon the human soul,
decided the fate of nations and
changed the course OF the worlds his
tory. God appeared in Il dream to
Abimelech, warning him against an
unlawful marriage; in dream TO
Jacob, announcing by the ladder set
against the sky full of angels the
communication between earth and
heaven; in dream TO Joseph, fore
telling his coming power under the
figure of all the sheayes of the
harvest bowing down TO his sheaf;
to the chief butcher, foretelling his
disimpris onment; to the chief baker,
announcing his decapitation; to
Pharaoh, showing him first the seven
plenty years and then the seven
famine-struck years, under the figure
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seven fat cows; TO Solomon, giving
him the choice between wisdom and
riches and honor; to a warrior, under
the figure of barley cake shifting
down a tent. encouraging Gideon in
his battle against the Midianites; to
Nebuchadnezzar, under the figure of
a broken image and "a hewn-down
tree, forctelling the overthrow OF His
power; to Joseph of the New Testa-
nent, announcing the birth of Christ
in his own household. and again bid
ding him fly from Herodic persecu-
tions: to Pilates wife, warning him
not to become complicated with the
judicial overthrow of Christ.
We all admit that God in ancient
times and under Bible dispensation
addressed 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 10 answer. You ask me if / be-
lieyc in dreams My answer is, I do,
but all have To say will be under
five heads.
Remark the First.-Ihe Scriptures
are so full OF revelations from God
that if we get no communication
from Him in dreams we ought. never
rhcless, to be satisfied.
With 20 guidcbooks TO tell you how
10 get to New York or Pittsburg or
London or Glasgow on Manchester do
You want a night vision TO tell YOU
how TO make the journey? We have
in this Scripture fun direction i'm re-
gard to the journey of this life and
how to get to the celestial city, and
with this grand guide book, this mag
niticent directory, we ought 10 be sat
isfied. ! have more faith i'm a decision
TO which | come when / am wide
awake than when ] am sound asleep.
great deal of their time to studying
dreams get their brains added. They
are very anxious TO remember what
they dreamed about the first night
they slept in a new house. If in their
dream they take the hand of a corpse,
they are going TO die. If they dream
of garden, il means II sepucher.
1t something turns out according TO
night vision, they say; "Well. ] am
not surprised. | dreamed it," If il
turns out different from the night
vision, they say: "WeH, dreams go
by contraries.' In their efforts to
put their dreams into rhythm they
put their waking thoughts into dis
cord. Now, the Bible is SO fun of
revelation that we ought to be salts
fled il we get no further revelation.
If there should come about Il crisis
in your life upon which the Bible does
not seem to be sufficiently specific,
go to God in prayer and you viii get
especial direction. | have more faith.
90 times out of 100, in directions given
you with the Bible in your lap and
your thoughts upliftcd i'm prayer to
God than in all the information YOU
will get unconscious on your pillow.
Remark the Sccoud.--All dreams
have an important meaning. They
prove that the soul is comparatively
independent Of the body. The eyes
are closed, the senses are dull. the
entire body goes into Icthargy
which in all languages is used rs
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