Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-03-12

NJ ulluuIEnt III UNEASY Siuiiibtt aS the
result Of his digestive organs having
been overloaded. There is Il vision of
the spirit and vision of the flesh.
There is vision which comes from
God and one that is. like the nightmare.
the product OF our own brain under the
disturbance of physical or mental con-
diiions There must he careful discrim-
ination lest we accept foolish fancies
and miscellaneous impulses as the voice
Of God. That which is born OF the flesh
is flesh. and that which is born OF the
spirit is spirit.
God Speaks In a Rational Way.
l speak very cmphaiically on this
subject. AS Charles dickens had his
Bleak House." with its Ghosts walk.
and Nathaniel Hawthorne his House
OF the Seven Gables" peopled with
the evil spirits of past generations.
unless we beware we may have the
temples u: our minds filed with the
our own unrcgulated ina gination or
by evil associations and not by the
vision of God. What right has any
man To apply TO himself the Ninety
first Psalm of David. as did a man
some time ago in one of our eastern
cities: He pondercd over these verses
day in and day out: For he shall give
his angels charge over thee to keep
thee in all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up in their hands. lest thou dash
thy foot against stone Then. in
order Ia demonstrate his belief i'm this
saying. that man jumped from the top
of four story building and broke
nearly every bone in his body. DO
you suppose vision like that came
from t;od or from the devil? What
right has a man TO imagine that he
can get vision from God by using
the Bible as u fetish or an amulet,
opening il at random and expecting
the first verse his eye falls upon to be
Gods Judgment in reference TO some
undecided matter. as l have known in
my own experience of two or three
people being in the habit OF doing?
What right has a man when in doubt
about any matter 10 go TO fortune
teller or Ia Il sorcercr or professor of
divination and To regard the voice of a
professional charlatan MS the voice of
God: oh. no. my friends. Gods voice
is not heard in the dark paneled rooms
Of sin. Ii is not heard from the lips
of those who are leading dishonest
lives. Ii is not heard amid fanatic
vaporings. When God speaks to man
he speaks as he did TO Peter in .Ioppa-
on the house top at midnoOn. in broad
daylight. He speaks TO man in a ra-
tiOnal way and at a rational time.
The TeIepathy of Satan.
There is a vision sent by God. There
is also Satanic telepathy. Christ.
bone Of our bone and flesh of our flesh,
WAS tempted by the visions of sin as
well as we. In the fourth chapter of
Luke we read that Satan took Jesus
up To high mountain and in vision
showed unto him all the kingdoms of
the world and said: '.All this power
will give thee and the glory of them.
for that is delivered unto me. and to
whOmsoever | will. | will give II. IL
thou. therefore. will worship me all
Jesus Ia the pinnacle of the temple and
asked him TO cast himself down from
thence. TO prove that he was the Son
of God. But Jesus. instead of obeying
the Satanic vision. turned unto the
devil AMI answered. 1t is written.
thou shalt not tempt the Lord. thy
God. III being so pure and holy as
\ ..,.l L.,
ton and assailed by tempter who
based his wicked suggestions on pas
sages Of Scripture. how careful should
we he when a vision comes To us. az it
came TO Peter ON the house top. to
make sure that the vision is heaven
sent for our guidance and not temp
tation from che enemy sent to our own
destruction.
Divine telepathy. rs with Peter. is
often manifested with Gods children
after some great trial or sorrow or
earthly misfortune has come upon
them. When the casket is placed in
the home il is apt 10 lie felt. as Christ
appeared unto Mary on the first Easter
morn. II is very apt to he manifested
wildly in times Of bereavement. as It
came 10 my companion with whom
journeycd through the Holy Land.
Some simple Facts.
How Ia explain this manifestation
know not. would give you the sim
pie facts and let you judge for yourself
We were on route from Beirut to Attn
ems 10y way Of Smyrna. II was about
o'clock in the morning. I was awak-
encd 10y my companion sobbing in his
berth. What is the matter. Troub:"
! asked. oh" he answered. some
thing has happened AT my sisters
home. had n strange vision about it,
| WAS not asleep. hut this vision has
come upon me ms an overw helming real
iiy. Nonsense. man | answered
You are not a fanatic. are you: You
were asleep and had had dream: that
is ALL" I did not believe in Gods vi
sions then as do now. My friend said
nothing. but that vision made such an
impression upon him that he took note
Of the time and the latitude and the
longitude We We're then i'm. From Ath-
ems we went directly home. So over