Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-01-04

Those rocks are i'm the Carson valley
pass. $50 miles away" Capt. Yosnt.
tmpeiled by this dream. although
laughed a. by his neighbora gathered
men together. took mules and blankets
and started out on the expedition.
travelled $50 miles. saw those very
rccks which he had described In his
dream. found the suffering ones at
the foot OF those rocks and brought .
them bsck 20 confirm the story of 4
Capt. Youut. Who conducted that ,
dream? The God Of the snow. the God 4
Of the Sierra <eva6as
God has often appeared In resource
aud comfort. You have known people 4
perhaps 20 is something i state in /,
Your own experie nce-you have seen /,
people 60 TO sleep with bereavements
inconselabie. and they awakened in
perfect resignation because Of what /
they had seen IN slumber. DR.. Gram
age. one OF the most remarkable men
I ever mct--rensrkable for 5enevo-
lence and great philanthropies-at
wellington, England. showed me a
house where the Lord had appeared
in = wonderful dream 20 poor wom-
an. The woman was rheumatic. sick.
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She was waited on and cared for by
another poor woman. her only attend
ant. Word came 20 her one 6ay that
This poor woman had died. and the in
valid OF whom / am speaking lay help
less upon the couch. wondering what
would become Of her. In that mood
she fell asleep. In her dreams she said
the angel Of the Lord appeared and
took her into the open air and pointed
In one direction. and there were noun
tains Of bread. and pointed in another
direction. and there were mountains
% butter. and pointed in another d.
rection. snd there were mountains OF
sn kinds OF worldly supply. The an
Cei OF the Lord said 20 her: Woman.
all these mountains belong 20 your
Father. and do Won think He win let
you. His child. hunger and die?" DR..
Crauage told me by some Divine inn
pulse he went into that destitute
home. saw the suffering there and sd
miristered unto a.. caring for her all
the way through. Do YOU tell me that
that dream was woven out OF ear hiy
anodynes2 Was that the phsntas-
maCoria % diseased brain? No II
was an ST sympathetic God addressing
= poor woman through a dream.
Furthermore. I have 20 say that
there are people who were converted
90 God through a dream. Rev. John
Newton. the fame % whose piety fills
al Christendom. while a prof gate
sailor on shipboard In his dream
I thought that being approached him
and gave him a very beautiful ring and
put it upon his finger and said 90 him:
AS long as YOU wear that ring YOU
VII be prospered: - you lose that
ring. YOU viii be ruined" in the same
/ dream another parsonage appeared
and by a strange infatuatiou persuad-
/ ed John Newton 70 throw overheard
that ring. and 81 sank into the sea.
Then the mountains in sight were fun
I o. FIRE. and the air was lurid with con-
Stunning wrath While John Newton
was repenting OF his folly IN having
thrown overheard the treasure an
I other parsonage came through the
dream and told John Newton be would
plunge into the sea and bring that
ring up - he desired 81. He plunged
into the sea and brought 70 up and said
20 John Newton: "liere is that gem
but 7 think ] viii keep IL Tor YOU lest
You lose it again" And John New.
ton consented. and all the FIRE went
ont from The mountains. and al TIT
signs Of iurid wrath dissp peared from
! the air. and John Newton said that hs
! SAYS in his dream that that valuable
gem was his soul and that the bvins
z who persuaded him 20 throw IL ever
board was Satan and that the one va,
plunged iu and restored that gem
keel ping "a fo- him. was Christ. AnS
that dream makes one Of the mos
wonderful chapters IN the life OF tha
most wonderful man.
Rev Herbert Mendes was converte,
J 60 God through a dream Of the las
I Judgment. and many OF US have hR'
some dream Of that great day OF judg
ment which shall be the winding u
D o. the worlds history. II you hav
P rot dreamed Of g.. perhaps iO-nigh
YOU NAV dream 81 that day. There ar
enough materials 20 make a dream
Z enough voices. FOR there shall be Ia
p roaring o. the elements and the grea
earthquake; enough Light for IN
r dream. for the world shall blaze
8 enough excitement. for the mountain
Z shall fall: enough water. for the oces
o shall rear: enough Astronomical ph'
p uomena, for the stars shall 60 out
e enough populations. FOR al the races @
J. ali ages VIII fall into line OF one c
b. two professions. the one ascendin
p and the other descending. the one l.
J. BY the rider on the white horSe Z
4 eternal victory. the other led on b
Il ApoIlyon on the black charger {
n eternal defeat. The dream comes o
b. M now. and I see the ightnings froi