Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22


the investigation and experiment which
by the close of this century will give to
the world phenomena of which you and
have never dreamed. Mental science,
hypnotism, telepathy. suggestion, faith
healing, Christian science, spirtualism
and what not are subjects Of universal
interest today, and are to become more
and more the subjects of thought for
the keenest intellects Of the century.
Among mental fantasia none are
more interesting than dreams and
visions While it is not possible for me
to speak of the metaphysical questions
involved, l desire to bring before you
certain facts and draw some lessons
from these psychic conditions.
1T seems that God has at sundry
times and divers places chosen to speak
to men when wrapt in the slumbers OF
the night When it became necessary
in the dim past to impress great truth,
upon hearts not otherwise Influenced by
divine communication. our Heavenly
Father used the dream or the vision to
accomplish His purpose. So it was with
the young man Jacob, when wandering
from home into strange land, the as
sistance was offered in the dream of the
broad stairway, filled with angelic mes
sengers ascending and descending be-
tween the earth and the skies. Would
to God that every young man going into
land unknown might thus realize the
imminence of the Father to help and
bless.
"JOSeph's dream of the bowinE
sheaves; Pharaoh's, of the seven fat
COWS devouring the seven lean ones;
solomon, standing at the threshold Of
life with riches and worldly honor on
the one hand, while wisdom from God
waited upon the other, not knowing
which to choose until God spoke to him
in the dream-all these are examples
where great good was accomplished by
the most natural means possible.
But it seems that our Maker is lot
limited by time or space in His efforts
to assist our race. There are many in
stances of modern time recorded tina;
seem as truly supernatural as those of
ancient days. Take, for instance, that
OF the Christian sea captain, who, While
sailing upon the Atlantic one night,
dreamed that ship was wrecked and
the crew was perishing. Waking with
the vivid and heartrending picture still
before him, his vessels course was
changed, and despite the protests of the
other officers, who thought him crazy,
the captain, many leagues out of his
course, finally came upon the wreck,
rescued the drowning survivors and took
them safely in the port of New York.
But while God may speak to the hu-
| man soul during the hours of slumber
we have more sure word of prophecy
that comes to us in the light of day
and under the full scrutiny of intellectual
powers Why should you or I wait for
vision of night time, when there is
given urto Us the privilege of prayer and
the light of the word of God?
Most dreams of the couch are the re-
| suit of disordered stomachs or the ac-
tivities of the day. Midnight dyspepsia
accounts for some midnight revelations.
Thank God we are not left to dreams
and visions for guidance in the difficult
ways Of life. If crisis occurs in my
| life, I ask for no surer means of esca D..
| than the book in my hands and sincere
| prayer upon my lips. IfA6ne comes to
| special revelation from heaven whether
| it be a Joseph Smith with his polygamy,
| or Mrs. Eddy with her subtle COM
pound of truth and error, that needs to
be revised occasionally, declare to them
as did old jeremiah, the prophet thar
| hath dream let him tell a dream, and
he that hath my word let him speak my
word faithfully; what is the chaff to the
wheat? saith the Lord :"