Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-07-31
ARP QUOTES PETER
Barlow Philosopher LeIves Into tn,
Scriptures.
SEEMS TO BE PERFECTLY AT HON
Was Too Early In the Morning to Get
Drunk Said the Prophet of d-Ar;
Toralizes.

And in that day the young mcI
shall see visions and the old men shall
dream dreams; and the handmaiden.
shall prophesy." This is what Pc er
told the people on the day of Penleccst
And Peter believed that the days fore.
told by the Prophet Joel had already
come. for the devout men from every
nation under heaven were there prope-
ecying and speaking in every language.
The people said they we're drunk. bat
Peter said, mo. for il is only o'c,ocS
in the morning." l reckon the topes
drank more in the evening. just ai
they do now, and went to bed drunk.
But it has always pevpleXed me to fild
out when the age or period of work rg
miracles and seeing visions ceased aid
why the power was taken away .froM
the men OF God. Paul could work mir
acleS to save or to heal Others bat h ID
to die by the eXecutioner. The b Coi
of the martyrs was the seed OF the
church, but has the time passed when
dreams and visions are OF no force OF
meaning? | was ruminating about
dreams. because last night | dream j
not less than therec hours in about IL
a minute. The clock was striking l.
and | dreamed it was the fire bell and
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flames of the fire where the hotel wa
burning. | saw fremen climbing lad
ders and descending with women and
children in their arms. | saw strmeas
of water flooding the roof and pouring
in at the windows. | heard the excited
voices of fremen and people AMI wit
messed the frantic efforts to keep the
fire from crossing to the next block
saw pnnnpb and hon rd ON DtiurN %, "a
hours to recite and yet awakened
with the last stroke of the hammer on
the little bell and knew thai it was the
clock and not the fire bell that had
caused that long, exciting dream. This
same experience | had many years go
when the report of gun prCV1kel
n dream that begun in quarrel BE-
tween two of my friends and contin ed
in a correspondence in which an apo
ogy was demanded and | was Uaiiei
upon to assist in the writing and S "
eral letters We're passed but To NJ pUr-
pose and it ended in n challenge. Scr-
onds were chosen-the code duello
was carefully consulted-the groun
chosen-the time fixed and the duel
took place; and when the first shot
was fired | awoke. The report o. the
gun had preciptated and clnccntla a ed
all of that long and anxious dream into
n second of time. Doubtless very many
people have had n similar eXperen @.
The medical books record many such
Instances and Lord Dcougham declared
that all dreams were instantaneous.
Drowning men have the same expert
ence. Those who are resuScitatei Ge-
clare that every event Of their lives
came before them in the instant of
losing consciousness. Time is nothing.
1t seems to be annihilat5d. There is no
emotion OF surprise. Ii your father or
brother or friend appears to you IN
dream you are not surprised. though he
has been dead many years. But Lord
Broughain is wrong. The smile Of IN
infant sleeping in its mothers arms
comes from dream and is no, insian-
taneouS. Sometimes it continues quite
awhile and comes and goes. The moth
er believes the child sees angels and
heavenly things. Maybe it does. for o =,
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 doctors locked
on and saw the brain dilate and pulsate
and become excited and disturbed and
the patient would tell of a bad dream.
When the sleep was sweet the brain
was In perfect repose
What a wonderful piece OF mechan-
ism is this body Of ours. 1t can all sleep
save the heart and lungs and arteries.
They never sleep nor get day off for
rest. Just think Of It, For rs years this
heart Of mine has not failed to beat
time for every moment OF my existence
and sends it's warm blood to every part
of my body. Whether | am awake or
asleep, 1t is ever at its post of duty
Poor thing-I 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 ears-the sense OF
smell and taste and feeling all get sleep
and rest 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 and TO reveal in curious and
fantastic fancies. 1t is boy ont OF
school, 1t is very like the effect OF OPT
am on the senses and described by De-
Quincy in his confessions. The VIII
seems TO be the strongest and most re-
sponsible faculty Of man. The heart IS
commonly called the seat os the ai-
iections and emotions-in fact, nc
very soul OF man. and David says the
heart is sinful above all things and
desperately wicked, but that, OF coC Sc
is hgurative. The heart is but lump
Of flesh--a machine-an engine. as Ii
were. for a mechanical purpose. lt has
nothing to do with affections or emo
tions or sins or crime. Ii may be badly
diseased and the man not know IT. II