Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-03-11

Gods judgment I'm reference TO some
undecided matter, as 1 have known In
my own experience OF two or three
people being I'm the habit OF doingl
What right has a man when I'm doubt
about any matter TO go to a fortune
teller or to a sorcerer or professor OF
divination and to regard the voice OF
professional charlatan as the voice OF
Godr oh, no. my friends. Gods voice
Is not heard I'm the dark paneled rooms
OF sin. 1t is not heard from the lips
OF those who are leading dishonest
lives 1t is not heard amid fanatic
vaporlngs. When God speaks to man
he speaks as he did TO Peter In Joppa-
on the house top at midnoon, In broad
daylight. He speaks TO man In u ra-
tional way and at rational time.
The Telepsthy 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 a high mountain and In vision
showed unto him all the Kingdoms OF
the world and said: 'All this power
will 1 give thee and the glory OF them,
for that is delivered unto me, and to
whomsoever / will, l will give 1t. II
thou, therefore, viii worship me all
shall be thine" Then Satan took
Jesus to 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 and answered. at is written,
thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy
God" If being so pure and holy as
our Lord was approached by tempta-
ton and assailed by a tempter who
based his wicked suggestions on pas
sages Of Scripture. how careful should
we be when a vision comes to us, as IL
came to Peter en- the house top, to
make sure that the vision Is heaven
sent for our guidance and not a temp
tation from the enemy sent to our own
destruction. ~
Divine telepathy, as with Peter, Is
often manifested with Gods children
after some great trial or sorrowo or
earthly misfortune has come upon
them. When the casket Is placed in
the home II Is apt to be felt. as Christ
appeared unto Mary on the first Easter
morn. 1t is very apt to be manifested
ytvidly in times OF bereavement, as It
came to my companion with whom
1ourneyed through the Holy Land.
soas Staple Facts. ~
How to explain this manifestation I
know not. 1 would give you the sim
pie facts and let you Judge for yourself.
We were en- route from Beirut to Ath-,
ems by way of Smyrna. 1t was about
3 O'Clock In the morning. was avak-
ened by my companion sobbing In his
berth. What is the matter, Troub7''
L asked "Oh,- he answered, ''some-
thing has happened at my sisters
home. 1 had a strange vision about IT.
1 was not asleep. but this vision has
come upon me as an overwhelming real
ity-" Nonsense, manw 1 answered.
You are not fanatic, are you? You
were asleep and had a bad dream; that
Is ALL" did not believe In Gods vi
sions then az 1 do now. Ny friend said
nothing. but that vision made sneh an
impression upon him that he took note
OF the time and the latitude and the
longitude we were then In. From Atb-
ems we went directly home. 60 over
towering was bis conviction OF the real
ity OF that vision that instead OF going
at once to his Philadelphia home he
stopped first st n friends residence not
far from where he lived. How are
the folksr said he. The friend an
swered: what, Did you not receive
any message lately? Why, your sister
lost both her twin boys in one day.
They both died OF diphtheria within an
hour OF each other" My friend asked
the time They died about the same
time the wonderful vision came to him
in the middle OF the Mediterranean sea.
I ask you not to give human interpre-
tation Of that manifestation. You can
not. 1 cannot. From a human stand
point was not that vision very stranger
Can you interpret IL from any supernat-
ural causation?
But why be surprised at the incident
1 have relatedf You have heard, OF
many similar occurrences. You had a
divine vision in your own life when the
undertaken rudely broke into your
home. When the doctor said she was
dead. at first you were almost broken
hearted You were like a mailman.
You paced up and down the room say
ing: "Oh, God, how can I get along
without herr oh. my God, my God!
What shall I doT" Hardly had you
uttered that agonizing prayer when
strange. peace came into your soul.
nV 20. A...t- a.
seemed to put her arms about your
neck and to say with her old terms OF
endearment: Husband, papa, sweet
heart, son, I am all right. Christ has
merely taken me away for a little
while 1 cannot come to you, but you
shall come to me-" Was II a dream? Was
that message merely q Satanic mock
cry, or was IL divine vision coming to
you as one came to Peter. on Simon's
house top3 When you saw her Joy and
happiness was IL not the same kind of
divine vision as that which came to
ST John when he cried out. In Apoca-
lypse: "Who are these which are ar-
rayed in white robes. and whence came
they? These are they which came out
or great tribulation and have washed
their robes and made them white In
the blood Of the Lamb"
-ttI Chrfsf,s Message.
The divine telepathy often comes as
direct command for practical gospel
work AS Peter on Simon's house top
by his vision knew that Christ was
sending him forth to carry the gospel
TO all the world. whether Jew or gen
tile, so by divine vision we may know
that God wants US to 20 forth to save
this or that man and do this or that
work. We know 1t Just the same as we
know what our earthly employer wants
us to do when he gives us a bundle OF
checks and tells us to go and deposit
them In the bank. BY divine telepathy
we know what God wants us to do in
spiritual way the same as Captain
Yount. an old California trapper, knew
God wanted him to do something In a
physical way. Rev. DIR. Bushnell tells
this incident In one of his sermons, as
IL QncQ u0a told 70 hin. b,, %t.a =