The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
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Bill Arlp'S Letter

And in that day the young men
shall see visions and the old men shall
dream Dreams and the handmaidens
shall prophesy.' That is what Peter
told the people on the day of Pente-
cost. And Peter believed that the
days foretold by the Prophet Joel had
already come, for the devout men
from every nation under heaven were
there prophecying and speaking in
every language. The people said they
were drunk, but Peter said, mo, for it
is only o'clock in the morning."
reckon the t0perS drank more in the
evening, just as they do now, and went
to bed drunk. But it has always per.
picked me to find out when the age or
period of working miracles and seeing
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 execu-
toner. 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? l was
Illuminating about dreams, because last
night | dreamed not less than three
hours in about half a minute. THO
clock was striking II and l dreamed
it was the fire bell and saw the rising
smoke and then the flame of the fire
where the hotel was burning. / saw
fremen climbing ladders and descend
ing with women and children in THEN
arms. / saw streams of water flooding
the roof and pouring in at the win
dows / heard the excited voices of
firemen and people and witnessed the
frantic efforts to keep the fire from
crossing to the next block. / saw
enough and heard enough to take
hours to recite and yet / awakened with
the last stroke of the hammer on 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 l had many years ago
when the report of a gun provoked
dream that began in a quarrel between
two of my friends and continued in a
correspondence in which an apology
was demanded and 1 was called upon
TO assist in the writing and several let
ters We're passed, but to no purpose anG
1T ended in a challenge. Seconds were
chosen-the code duello was carefully
consulted-the ground chosen-the time
fixed and the duel took place, and when
TIE HTSI SIloI was IlreQ L aWOke. The
report of the gun had precipitated and
concentrated all of that long and anx-
ious dream in second of time. Doubt
less very many people have had a SIM
liar experience. The medical books re-
cord many such instances and Lord
Brougham declared that all dreams
were instantaneous. Drowning men
have the same experience. Those who
are resuscitated declare that every
event of their lives came before them
in the instant of losing consciousness
Time is nothing. 1t seems to be ami
Inflated. There is no emotion of sur
prise. If your father or brother or
friend appears to you in a dream you
are not surprised, though he has been
dead many 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 continues quite a while
and comes and goes. The mother be-
lieves the child sees angels and heaven
ly things. Maybe it does, for of such
is the kingdom of heaven Lord
Brougham is wrong, for men and wo-
men who have had part of the skull re- |
moved and left the brain exposed have