The age-herald., 1901-12-01
Dr. Ta1rr1age's Sermon.


 washingtan. November 2s.-In this dis course Dr. bTalmoge discusses much talked of subject and one in which all are intercFfed. The text Is Joel iL 2s: T 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 millennium 5 the dream Is lifted into great conspicuity. You may say of a dream that 1t is a nocturnal fantasia, or that 1t is the ab- strd combination of waking thoughts, and with a slur Of information you may say. Tt Is only a dream;'' but God has honored the dream by making 1t the av- efue through which again and again he has marched upon the human soil. de- cided the fate of nations, and changed l the. course of the worlds history God appeared in a dream to Abimelech. warn 5 ing him against an unlawful marriage; in a dream to Jacob. announcing, by the ladder set against the sky full of angels, the communication between earth and , heaven: In a dream to Joseph. foretelling his coming power under the figure of all the sheaves of the harvest lowing down ts his sheaf, to the chief butler, fore !. sAng his iisimprisonment; to the chief bSEer, announcing his decapitation; to Pharaoh, showing him first the seven plenty years and then the seven famine 4 struck years under the figure of the { seven lean cows devouring the seven fat It5Ms; to Solomon. giving him the choice between wisdom and riches and honor; 10 a warrior. under the figure of a barley cake sTniting down tent, encouraging Gideon in his battle against the Midian- ltes: to Nebpchadnezzar, under the figure of broken image and a hewn down tree, foretelling the overthrow of his power to Joseph of the New Testament, an- nouncing the birth of Christ In his own : household, and again bidding him fly i from Herodic prosecutions; to Pilates wife. warning him not to become compli- cated with the judicial overthrow of Christ.
 We all admit that God 4n ancient times and under Bible dispensation addressed the people through dreams. The ques- tion now Is does God appear in our day and reveal himself through dreams7 That Is the question everybody asks, and that question I will try to answer. You ask pne if I believe in dreams. My answer Is, ] do. but all I have to say will be under Eve heads.
 Bible a Sufficient Guide.
 Remark the Ffrst.-The Scriptures are 70 full of revelation from God that if we get no communication from him in 1reams we ought. nevertheless, to. be < fatished. <s-' v ,r With, twenty guide books to tell you how to get to New York or Pittsburg pr London or Glasgow or Manchester to you want g. night vision to tell you how to make the journey? We have in this Scripture full directions In regard to the Journey of this life and how to get to the celestial city, and with grand guide book this magnificent directory, we ought to be satisfied I have more faith In decision to which come when I am wide awake than when I am sound asleep. T. have noticed that those who give great deal of their time to study. Ing dreams get their brains added. They are very anxious to remember what they dreamed about the first night they slept In new house If in their dream they take the hand of a corpse, they are going to die If they dream of garden, 1t means a sepulcher. If something turns out according to a night vision they say, Well am not surprised, l dreamed it." If 1t turns out different from the night vision, they say, "Well. dreams go by rontfaries." In their efforts to put their dreams into rythm they put their waking thoughts into discord. Now, the Bible Is so full of revelation that we ought to be satisfied if we get no further revela- lion. ~as gt
 Sound sleep received great honor when Adam slept so extraordinarily that the surgical incislon which gave him Eve did not wake him. but there is no such need for extraordinary s1umber now, and he who catches an Eve must needs be wide awake No need of such dream as Jacob had. with ladder against the sky. when ten thousand times 1t has been demonstrated that earth and heaven are in communication. No such dream needed as that which was given to Abi- melech. warning him against an unlaw- full marriage, when we have the records of the county ciek's office. No need of such dream as was given to 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 nation. No need of dream like that which en- couraged Gideon, for all through Chris tendon 1t is announced and acknowl- edged and demonstrated that righteous