Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-12-06

cue those poor dying men. Who con-
Quoted that dream7 The God OF the
rocks. the God or che sea.
A Remarkable Ercam-
The Rev. DR.. Bushnell In his marvel
Gus book entitled Mature aud the SUI
pernaturar' gives the following fact
that he got from Captain Yount In Cal
ifornla. fact confirmed by many fam.
lilies: Captain Yount drea med twice one
night that $50 miles away there was
company OF travellers fast In the snow.
He also saw In the dream rocks OF De
culiar formation. and. telling this dream
TO an old hunter. the hunter said:
why. remember those rocks. Those
rocks are In the Carson valley pass. 100
miles away" Captain Yount. impe,led
by this dream although laughed Mt by
his neighbors. gathered men together.
took mules aud blankets and started
out on the expedition. Travelled i50
miles. saw those very rocks which be
had described In his dream. found the
suffering ones at the foot of those rocks
| and brought them back to confirm
the story of Captain Yount. Who con
Quoted that dream? The God OF the
snow, the God OF the Sierra Nevadas.
God has often appeared In resource
aud comfort You have known peo-
p,e--perhaps 1t Is something | state
In your experience-you have seen poo
pie go to sleep with bercavements in
cousolable, and they awakened in per.
feet resignation because Of what they
had seen in slumber. DR.. Cranage, one
of the most remarkable men ! ever
met-remarkable for benevolence and
great philanthropies-at wellington.
England. showed me a house where
the Lord had appeared in a wonderful
dream to a poor woman. The woman
was rheumatic. sick. poor to the last
point or restitution. She was waited
on and cared for by another poor
woman, her only attendant Word
came TO her one day that this poor
woman had died. and the invalid OF
whom am speaking lay helpless up
on the couch. wondering what would
become OF her In that mood she fell
asleep. In her dreams she said the
angel OF the Lord appeared md took
her into the open air and pointed In
one direction, mud there were noun
tains of bread and pointed In another
direction, and there were mountains OF
butter, and pointed ia another tiirec-
hon, and there were mountains OF all
kinds Of worldly supply. The angel of
the Lord said to her: "Woman, all
these mountains belong TO your Father,
and do You think he will let you, his
child, hunger and die?" DR.. Grange
told me by some divine impulse he
went into that destitute home, saw tho
suffering there, and administered unto
1t, caring for her all the way through.
Do You tell me that that dream was
woven out OF earthly anodynes? Was
that the phantasmagoria of diseased
brain? No; II was an all sympathetic
God addressing poor woman through
a dream.
Furthermore. | have to say that there
are people who were converted to God
through dream. The Rev. John New
ton, the fame of whose piety ellis all
Christendom. while profigate sailor
on shipboard. In his dream thought
that being approached him and gave
him very beautiful ring and put It
upon his finger and said to him: "As
long as you wear that ring you will be
prospercd. II you lose that ring, you
will be ruined" In the same dream
another parsonage appeared aud by a
strange infatuation persuaded John
Newton to throw overheard that ring.
and II sank into the sea. Then the
mountains In sight were full OF fire.
and the mir was lurld with consuming
wrath. While John Newton was re-
penting of his folly In having thrown
overheard the treasure another person.
ago came through the dream and told
John Newton he would plunge into the
sen and bring that ring up IL he desired
II. He plunged into the sea and brought
1t up and said to John Newton, Here
Is that gem. but think will keep II
for you lest you lose 1t again." And
John Newton consented. and all the
fire went out from the mountains, aud
all the signs OF lurid wrath disappear
ed from the air. and John Newton said
that he saw In his dream that that val
liable gem was his soul and that the
being who persuaded him TO throw II
overheard was Satan and that the one
who plunged In and restored that gem,
Keeping II for him. was Christ. And
that dream makes one OF the most won.
derful chapters In the life OF that most
wonderful man.
Come to Judgment.
German was crossing the Atlantic
ocean. and In his Dream he saw man
with handful OF white flowers. and
he was told to follow the man who had
that handful OF white flowers. The
German, arriving In New York. wan.
dered into the Fulton street prayer
meeting. and Mr.. Lamphier. the great
apostle of prayer meetings. that day
had given to him bunch Of tuberoses.
They stood on his desk. and Mt the
close OF the religious services he took
the tuberoses and started homeward.
ana the German followed him and
through an Interpreter told Mr.. Lam.
phier that on the sea he had dreamed
OF man with handful OF white f,ow-
ers aud was told to follow him. Suf.,
ice II to say that through that inter
view and following Interviews he be-
came Christian and ia city-nlssion-
airy, preaching the gospel to Ibis own
countrymen- God in dream!
John Hardonk. while on shipboard.
dreamed one night that the day of
Judgment had come and that the roll
or the ships crew was called except
his own name and that these people,
this crew. were all banished. and In
his dream he asked the reader why his
own name was omitted, and he was
told IT was TO give him more opportu-
nfty for repentance. He woke I'D a
different man. He became Illustrious
for Christian attainment II you do
not believe these things. then you must
discard all testimony and refuse to nc
cept any kind OF authoritative witness.
God In a dream.
Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted
to God through dream Of the last.
Judgment. and many Of Us have had
some dream OF that great day Of judg-