Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Christ,s Messnpo.

Christ'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
mat God wants us to go forth to save
this or that man and do this or that
work. We know it 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 20 and deposit
them in the bank. BY divine telepathy
we know what God wants us to do in
spiritual way the same as Captain
Hount, an old California trapper knew
God wanted him to do something in
physical way. Rev. DR.. Bushnell tells
this incident in one of his sermons. as
1t once was told to him by the hardy |
westerner: One night Captain Yount |
had vision. 1t was midwinter. and /
he saw company Of bestOrmed emil
grants perishing in the mountains from
cold and hunger. He noted" said
Bushnell, THE very cast of the scenery.
marked by a long perpendicular front
OF white rock cliff. He saw the men
cutting off what appeared tree tops. ris-
ing out of deep gulf of snowGrift, and
lie noted the very features of the per
sons and the look of their particular
1ress.' Well, to shorten long story.
Captain NOunt the following day told
1ne of his friends about this dream.
md he described the scenery of the
jlace where the emigrants were i'm
'risoned in the snow. The friend said:
'Nount, know where that place is you
describe. 1t is In the Carson Valley
'ass of the Sierras. l have seen in
hat valley the scenery just as YOU S
ave described it," What did Captain {
.ount Go? He realized that this was
ision sent by God. 1t was a summons c
rescue. Although his friends laugh. I
d at his superstition, he collected a L
arty of men and went a long journey a
80 miles in midwinter to Carson
alley pass, and there they found a v
'mpany of perishing emigrants in ex- Il
,tly the position the vision had pic
lred them. As he did with Peter. and
he did with Captain Yount. God is P
dding you to 90 forth to spiritually 81
we this man and that man, to Go this fl
'spel work and that gospel work. b.
thin you today you may hear the Il
IL. With your wide open eyes in &C
Dad daylight you may see the divine to
sion. til
Call For Practical Work. fO
This gospel call for practical work is W
e more impressive and immanent be- JC
use Gods visions are never hap Jo
zard; they are never purpOseless or Pi
dreams. They always tr
We very practical Interpretation. W,
hen Peter looked off from SimOn's tn
use top he saw a great sheet let ca
wn from the heavens, rilled with "all 81
inner OF four footed beasts of tile VIZ
'th, and wild beasts, and creeping HC
ngs, and fowls of the air" That tie
ion was a symbol of the fact that DO
'us died to save the gentle as well Go
the jew, the despised barbarian as oh
Il MS the Jewish high priest, the un- en-,
as well as the circumcised. thi
rdly had the vision ended when al
er heard a loud rapping at the sell
er gate. "Who is there? Who is ON
re?" was asked. Il am messenger ma
N Cornelius is the answer Il am "
a jew, but a gentle. sent by a !
angel to thee. Wilt thou come wit
tell him about Jesus ChristY' tho
vision and the knock at the door nm
e one summons. Then 1t was that alv
er knew his vision was divine and "
he was called to duty which he VIII,
ht have shrunk from if he had not Won
the preparatory vision. No longer NOT
the offer of salvation to be made wifi
he Jews only; no longer were the pos,
sengers of Christ to regard the Wi
- DIS coinilion OF uhclean' 50 glor
h the vision had taught him. and uno
Peter went with the men and nor.
ched Christ to the gentle centu-
and he found that the gospel was
power of God unto salvation to
GENTLE as well as to the Jew.
iOd's Visions Not Haphazard. A
Us visions are never haphazard in char
ruities. When the good Ananias the
day in the CITY of Damascus had to-,