The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-13
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Chrisandom, while a profigatc sa;loy
on ghipboard in bis dream thoueht that
a boing approached him and gave him
o very beautiful ring and pusit upii3n
his dagor and said to him: ".sAs long
&c you wear that ring you will bo pros
porod;lif you lose that ring, you will be
ruined. La tho same dream another
personage appeared and by strange
Infatuation persusded John Newton to
throw overheard that ring, and it sank
into tho sea. Thon tho mountains in
eight woro full of 6re and the air vas
iurld with consuming wrath. While
= Ohm Newton Was repenting Of his folly
IN having thrown oYorboard tho treas.
urs anothor personage oan1a tfr5uph Ii
tho droam end told John NewtoaiIGe
would plunge into tho sea and brine
that ring UP. if >ho denired il. He
plunged into tho sea md broughtit up
and said'to John N ewton, III ere 10 that
gom, but | think will keep,3it for you
lest you loss it again. !" And John
Nowton consented, and oil tho Gre went
out from tho mountsiDs, and all tho
signs Of luyid wrath disappeared from
tho cir, and John Newton said that bo
saw in his dresm that that valuable
gem was his soul and that the being
who persuaded him to throw it over
foard was Satan and that tho ono who
plunged III and restored that gem.
kcoplng it for him, was Christ. And
that drcam makes ono Of the most won
derful chapters in The lifo of that most
wonderful man.
a German was crossing the Atlantic
ocean, and in his dream ho saw a man
with q handful of white flowors. and
no was told to follow tho ma who had
that handful Of white fowerr. The
German, arriving in Nov York, wan.
dored into tho Fulton street prayer
meeting, and Mr.. Llmphior, the great
apostle of pray or meetings, that day
had givon to him bunch Of tuberoseY.
They eto ID on his doAk, and at tho close
Of tho religious seryioos he took the
tuberoses and stared homoward, and
tho German followed him and through
an interpreter told Mr.. Lsmphior that
on tho soa he had dreamed Of a m,n
with q handful Of whito flowers end was
told to follow him. Suffice IL to say
that through that interview and fol- ~
ing interviews ho beoAmo Christian
and is Q city missionary preaching the
gospel to bis own oountrymen. God in
o drsaml 3:5s, B AZ b s.,
Rev. Horbert Mondes was converted
to God throueh b q dream Of the last judg.
meat, and inany Of us hayo had som
dream 0f that great day Of judgment
which shall bo the winding up of thS
worlds history. Ifs yous have s4ss. not
dreamed Of it,perhaps tonight YOU may
dream of that day. II Thero are enough,
materials TO mako a dream eriougs,
voices, for there shall be The roaring Of
the elements and tho great esrthaunke: !:
enough light for the dream, for the
world shall blaze; enough exoitement,
for the mountains shall fall; onougn d
water, for tho ocean shall rear; enough
astronomical phenomena, for tho atars
shall go out enough populations, for
All the raoes OF all ages will fall into
line Of ono of two prooesaions, tho one
ascending aud tho other desoondinR,
tho ono lod' by the rider on tho white
horse Of eternal victory, the other led
on by Apollyon on the black ohsrger Of
eternal dofeat. The droam comos on
mo now, and 1 SEQ the lightnings flo d
sbovo answering the yoluanic disturb
snoes from beneath, and l hoar tho long
reveeberating thundera that shall wake
up the dead, and all the seas, lifting up
their crystal voiosH, ory, .'Uome tu
judgment and all tho voices Of tho
heaven org, ''oomo to Judgment and
crumbling 1nsusoleum and Westminyter
abbeys aud pyramids Of the dead With
marble voicos Org, Como 10 judg
mentl And tho arohapgsl soizps An
instrument Of music wh.oh has never
vet boon sounded, an inatrument oi
lnu,ic that was made only for ono d ound
and, thrusting that mighty srumps
through the clouds and turning itylitia
Way, he shall putit to his lip and. blow
the long, loud blast that shall mako
the s9lid earth Quiyer, orying,I Como
10 judgmenti" ~ s3ss3 !. 81
Then from this earthly grossness quit,
Attired In stars,fwe shall forever SIT. @