The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-08-08
BILL ARP
QUOTES THE SCRIPTURES.
He Seems to be At Home With
the Eib1e-The Dream Book Is a
Humbug.

Humbug.
Atlanta Constitution.
"And in that day the young men
shall sec visions and the old men shall
dream dreams and the handmadcns
shall prophtsy." That is what Peter
told the people OH the day of Pentc-
cost. And Peter believed that the
days forctold by the Prophet Joel had
already come, for the devout men from
every nation under heaven were there
prophcsyiny and speaking i'll every lam
guagc. The people said they were
drunk, but Peter sad, "No," fol it is
only 9 O'clock in the mOlning.n |
reckon the topcrs drank more in the
evening, just as they do now, and
went to bed drunk. But 1t has always
perplcXcd me TO find ont 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 0, TO
heal others, but had to die by the exc
cutioncr, The blood o. the martyrs
was the seed Of the church, but has The
time passed when dreams ami visions
are OF no force or meaning? ! was
Illuminating about dreams, because last
night | dreamed not less than three
hours III about half Il minute. The
clock was striking II a'id dreamed It
was the fire bell and | saw the rising
smoke and then the flame OF the fire
where the hotel was burning. saw
iircmcn climbing ladders aud dc>ccad
ing with women and children in their
arms. | saw streams OF Wdt' 7 ilOOuinw
the roof and pouring in at the win.
dows. l heard the excited voices .!
iircmen and people aud witnessed The
frantic efforts to keep the l,c from
crossing TO the next bi' elk. | saw
enough and heard enough to take
hours to rcctc 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 | had many yea $ ago,
when the report Of gun provoked a
dream That begun in Il quarrel between
two OF my friends and cOntinueG in q !
correspondence in which an apology
was demanded and | was called upon
TO assist in the writing and several lei
ters were passed, but to no purpose,
and it ended in challenge. Seconds |
were choScn-thc code ducllO was care
fully con >ultcd-thc ground vhUsGn--
The time fixed, and the duel took place; !,
ana when the first shot was fired | |
awokc. The report Of the gun had !
prccipita cd and concentrated ah of |
that long and anxious dream iuto a !
second OF time. Doubtless very many |
10, l>.l .i,,
The med cal books record many such |
Instances, and I.old Brougham declared |
that ali dreams were instantaneous.
Dr0wnlnt men have the same expert
cnce. Those who are rCsuscitutCd de-
clare that every event Of their lives |
came before them III The instant Of los
ing consciousness. Time is nothing.
1t seems 10 he annihilatcd. There is |
10 emotion Of surprise. If your father
or brother or friend appears to you IN
ii dream you arc not surprised, though |
he has been dead mamy years But
Lord BrOuTham Is wrong. The smile |
Of an infant sleeping III It's motncr's !
arms comes from dream and is not
instantaneous. Sometimes it cOntin-
ues quite while and comes and gocs
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 on and saw The brain dllatc
and pulsatc and become excited and
disturbed and the patient would tell of
Il bad dream. When the slccn was
sweet the BRAIN was III perfect rcposc.
What wonderful piece Of mcchan-
ism is This body Of ours. 1t can all
sleep say The heart and lungs and az
tcries. They never sleep nor get
day off for rest. Just think of il. For
scvcnty-iivc years this heart Of mlnc
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 thing
| know il is tired. And SO with my
lungs that cease not day or night to
bring the heart it's food, its 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 aud to rcvcl in Gu
rious and fantastic fancics. 1t is a boy
out OF school. 1t is very like the effect
of opium on the senses as described by
DcQuincey III his confessions. The
will seems TO be the strongest and most
responsible faculty Of man. The heart
Is commonly called the seat of the af-
fcc!ions and cmotions-in fact, the
very soul OF man, and David says the
heart is sinful above all things and dcs-
pcrately wicked, but that, of course, is
hgurativc. The heart is but a lump OF
iesh-a machinc--an engine, as il
were, for mechanical purpose. II
has nothing TO do with affections o,
emotions or sins or crime. II may be
badly diseased and the man not know
it. If his stomach IS out Of order, bt
knows it quickly and feels sick all over
The will, and the brain, which is th'
seat of thought and reason, make W