The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-08-07

Atlanta Constitution.
"And in that day the young me
shall see visions and the old mui shuI
dream dreams and the handmaidcu
shall prophtsy.n That is what Pete
told the people on the day of Pcntc
cost. And Peter believed that tn,
days forctold by the Prophet Joel ha,
already come, for the dcvout men from
every nation under heaven were there
prophesying and speaking in every Ian
guage. The people said they were
drunk, bat Peter said, "No," for it is
only 8 O'Clock in the morning.
reckon the topcrs drank more in the
evening, Just as they do now, aud
went to bed drunk But 1t has always
pcrplcXcd me to find out when the age
or period of working miracles and see
ing visions ceased and why the power
was taken away from The men of God.
Paul could work miracles to save or to
heal others, but had TO die by the exc
cutioner. The blood Of the martyrs
was the seed of the church, but has the
time passed when dreams and visions
are Of no force or meaning? was
Illuminating about dreams, because last
night | dreamed not less than three
hours in about half minute. The
clock was striking II and dreamed it
was the fire bell and | saw the rising
smoke and then the tame of the fire
where the hotel was burning. | saw
tircmcn climbing ladders aud dcsccnd
ing with women and children in their
aims. | Saw streams of water flooding
the roof and pouring in at the win
dOwS. l heard the excited voices o!
iircmen and people and witnessed lhc
frantic efforts to keep the ire from
crossing to the next bl OK. saw
enough and heard enough to take
hours to rccitc and yet awakened
with the last stroke of the hammer en-
the little bell and knew that it was the
clock and not the fire bell that had
caused that long, exciting dream. This
same experience had many yeats ago,
when the report of IL gun provoked a
dream that begun in Il quarrel between
two of my friends and continued in 4
correspondence in which an apology
was demanded and | was called upon
to assist in the writing and several let |
tors were passed, but to no purpose,
ami it ended in challenge. Seconds |
were choscn--the code duclo was care |
fully consultcd-the ground chosCn--
the time fixed, and the duel took place
and when the first shot was frcl
awokc. The report of the gun had |
preciplla,ed and concentrated ali OF
that ,ong and anxious dream into Il
second of time. Doubtless very many |
people have had a similar experience !
The medical books record many such |
instances, and ord BrouyEam declared |
that all dreams were instantaneous. !
Drowning men have the same expert |
ence. Those who are rcsusctated de.
clare that every event of their lives |
came before them II the instant of los
ing consciousness. Time is nothing. |
1t seems to be annihilatcd. There is
no emotion of surprise. If your father
or brother or friend appears to you IN
dream yCu are not surprised, though |
he has been dead mary years But
Lord BrOugham IS wrong. The smile |
of an infant sleeping in Its mothers |
arms comes from dream and is not |
instantaneous. Sometimes it Contln- |
ucs quite while and comes and goes
The mother believes the child sees an
gels and heavenly things, Maybe it |
does, for of such is the kingdom Of |
heaven. Lord Brougham is wrong,
for men and women who have had part |
of the skull removed and left the brain |
exposed have dreamed while the doc
tors looked or and saw the brain dilate |
and pulsate and become excited and |
disturbed and the patient would tell of |
bad dream When the sleep was
sweet the brain was III perfect rcpose
What wonderful piece of mcchan-
ism is this body of ours 1t can all /
sleep say the heart and lungs and ar
torics. They never sleep nor get a
day off for rest. Just think of il. For
scventy-iive years this heart of mnc
has not failed to beat time for every
moment of my existence and send its
warm blood to every part of my body.
Whether | am awake or asleep, it is
ever at its post of duty. Poor thug
| know il is tired. And so with my
lungs that cease not day or night to
bring the heart its food, it's strength
and power. The will, the brain, the
eyes and cars-the sense of smell and
taste and fccling-all get sleep and
rest and awake renewed, but the heart
and lungs can never rest. Their rest
is death. But the mystery is how is
the brain connected with the will.
When the Will is asleep the brain
seems to run riot and to rcvcl in Gu
rious and fantastic fancies. 1t is a boy
out OF school. 1t is very like the effect
OF opium on the senses Is described by
DcQuincey In his confessions. The
will seems TO be the strongest and most
responsible faculty Of man. The hea'l
is commonly called the seat of the af-
fcc!ions and emotions-in fact, the
very soul OF man, and David says the
heart is sinful above all things and dcs-
perately wicked, but that, of course, is
iiguraivc. The heart is but lump Of
flcsh.-a machine an engine, as it
were, for mechanical purpose. 1t
has nothing to do with affections or
emotions or sins or crime. 1t may be
badly diseased and the man not know
il. If his stomach Is out Of orGcr, be
knows it quickly and feels sick all over
The will, and the brain, which is th,
seat of thought and reason, make III
the spiritual part of man, bat how they
ale connected is known only 10 tn;