The Globe-republican., 1901-12-05

are Interested The text is Joel ii, .,
4 viii pour out my spirit upon all
flesh; your old men shall dream
dreams, your young men shall see
visions
In this photograph of the mIIIen-
MUM the dream is lifted into great
consp1cuIty- We all admit that God in
ancient times and under Bible dispen-
sation addressed the people through
dreams The question now is, does
God appear IN our day and reveal him
self through dreams2 You ask me if
believe in dreams My answer is l
do but all I have TO say will be under
i've heads
Remark the = 5rst-The Scriptures
are so full Of revelations from God that
# we get no communication from him
in dreams we ought, nevertheless. to be
satisfied
With twenty guidebooks to tell you
how TO get TO New York or Pittsburg
or London or Glasgow or Manchester,
do you want night vision to tell you
how to make the Journey We have In
this Scripture full direction in regard
to the journey OF this life and how to
get to the celestial city, and with this
grand gaideboOk this magnificent dI-
Tectory, we ought to be satisfied. I
have more faith in decision TO which
come when l am wide awake than
when 1 am sound asleep 1 have no
tiCeQ InaC those WfaO give q great deal
OF their time to studying dreams get
their Drains added They are very
anxious to remember what they
dreamed about the first night they
slept in new house II in their dream
they take the hand of a corpse. they
are going to die II they dream OF a
garden. 1t means Sepulcher- If some
thing turns out according TO night
vision they say Wei. 1 am not sur
prised- dreamed it" If it turns out
different from the night vision. they
say, Well dreams go by contraries-'
In their efforts TO put their drains into
rhythm they put their waking thoughts
into dIscord- Now the Bible is 50 full
OF revelation that we ought to be salts
ned If We get no further revelation
Sound sleep received great honor
when Adam slept so extraordinarily
that the surgical IncisiOn which gaze
him Eve did not wake him. but there
Is nc such need for extraordinary
sIumber now No need of a dream like
that which encouraged Gideon for all
through Christendom IL is announced
and acknowledged and demonstrated
get the victory.
If there should come about q crisis
IN your life upon which the Bible does
not seem TO be sufficiently specific go
10 God IN prayer and you VIII get es-
peeial direction l have more faith
directions given you with the Billie in
your lap and your thoughts nplifted in
prayer TO God, than in all the infoEma-
ton you Will get unconscious eE your
pillow
Remark the Second-AH Dreams
have an important meaning They
prove that the soul is com paras5veIy-
Independent of the body Every dream.
whether agreeable har&ssing- 1hetE-
sansEiny or tempestUous- means so
you ought to kneel down and say %
God am immortal- XEheneee
Whittier Two natures Ny soul Gagged
nozx-ss4lat when the door OF the cage
Is opened2 If my soul can fly so Ear In
the te~ hours IN which my body Is
asleep IN the night how far can II zty
when my body sleeps the long sleep Of
the graVe2' Oh. this power to dream.
how startling. how overwhelming In
mortal. immortal
Remark the ThIrd-=The vast uaaJc--
I. Itx Of dreams are merely the result q
disturbed physical condition and are
not = supernatural message Anythiug
that you see while under the influence
OF choral Or brandy or hasheesh or
lagdannm is not 4 revelation from
God
The learned De Quincy did not
ascrIbe to divine communication what
he saw IN sleep. opium saturated Dc
not mistake narcotic dIstur bance for
divine revelation But I have 70 tell
you that the majority OF the dreams
are merely the penalty OF outraged dI-
Eesuive organs. and YOU have right
10 mistake the nightmare for heavenly
revelation Late supFers war
ranty deed for bad dreams The world
viii not be evangelical until We get
rid OF dEspeptie Christianity
Healthy people want . religion that
lives regularly by day and sleeps
soundIy By night II through trouble
or coming on Of cid age or exhaustion
Of Christian service you cannot sleep
we'll then xou may expect from God
songs IN the night but there are no
blessed communications to those who
willingly surrender 10 TndIgestISles-
Another remark I make i that our
dreams are apt TO be merely the echo
OF cur daytime thoughts I will give
you recipe for pleasant dreams FIJI
yos1r days with elevated thought and