The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-02-19
A wONDRoUs DREAM
Stirring Scenes of Judgment Day De-
picted in Dream in Scriptural Lam
guage. JN8

had already been brought into sub
lection to the Great Redeemer and his
Glorifed Church, and the ~ linowl-
edge of the glory Of the Lord filled
the earth. As | looked | saw one
awakened out of the sleep Of death;
my ears were opened and heard him
saying:
"What is this? Where am II"
One of his friends standing by, said
to him:
~ "My friend, you have just been
awakened out of the sleep of DEATH"
"What? Have | been asleep?"
Eyes, you have been quietly sleep
ing in deaths embrace several hun
bred years. Things have wonder
fully changed since you died"
"Where are the hobgobblins, the
devils and the demons that they said
would torment me throughout all
eternity?"
"There are no hobgoblins; the
devils and the demons have been
chained and restrained (3) Satan,
himself, has been bound so that he
may deceive the nations no more"
"Am | not to be tortured and tor
mented as they told me?"
"No, no. (4) The wages of sin is
death, not torment. In going down
into death you received your wages,
you suffered the full penalty for your
sins. He that is dead is freed from
sin. All that you retain of your
former life is your character and your
memory, which identifies you as the
same person that lived and died"
"How is that?"
~ "Jesus Christ, by the Grace of
God, tasted death for every man;
(6) gave Himself a ransom for ALL,
that He might redeem ALL from the
grave. (O ALL flesh shall see the
salvation of God"
GLOW am | to be benefited by this
awakening
Through no fault of yours, you
were born under the (9) condemna-
ton of sin and death; and through
the acts of disobedience you have had
bitter experience with evil all
through your former life, and you
have learned that disobedience means
sin, (9) and sin when it is finished
brings death. You are now awaken
ed out of the sleep of death, and will
enter the school of Christ, where you
will be taught the lessons Of obedi-
ence. AS you learned to know the
evil, so now will you learn to know the
good. 1t will be required of you to
be obedient, and to think of the things
that are good and true, and just and
honest; things that are pure and love-
ly and of good report. You will have
the help of the Great Teacher and the
(1O) way will be made plain"
as this Heaven
"No, no. This is the (1D new
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Our Ruler does not judge after the
sight Of His eyes, neither reprove af-
ter the hearing of His ears; (12) but
with righteousness shall He judge the
poor, and reprove with equity for the
meek of the earth; and He shall smite
the earth with the rod of His mouth,
and with the breath Of His lips shall
He Stay the wicked"
"What beautiful fruits and flowers
| see."
eyes, the (13) curse has been re-
moved, and the earth (14) yields its
fruit in an abundance. (15) Every
man stitch under his vine and under
his fig tree, and none shall make
them afraid. The (16) wilderness and
the solitary place has been made glad,
and the desert is rejoicing and bios
soming as the rose. The (17). judg-
ments of the Lord are in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world are
learning righteousness"
"Listeni / hear the voice of laugh
ter among the children, and the songs
of mothers rejoicing in their mirth."
Eyes; don't you remember that the
Prophet said: (1s) The city shall be
full Of boys and girls playing in the
streets And don't you know that it
is written in the Prophets about the
mothers: (19) Refrain thy voice
from weeping and thine eyes from
tears; for thy work shall be rewarded,
saith the Lord and they 1.-THE chill
dren) shall come again from the land
of the enemy. The children shall
come again from the prison of
death) Isn't it joyful and glorious
to watch those happy mothers ca
ressing their little babes that have
been restored to them? (20) Listen!
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb;
and the leopard shall lie down with