The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-19
Dreaming Dreams
Is Rev. Rogers
Morning Sermon

gin at $50 a. m.,. with Harland
Merriam, superintendent in
charge of the opening exercises
Young adults are invited to attend
the class held in the Manse with
Gleason Snow as teacher
Morning church services begin
at II a. m. Mrs. Thomas Whitley
will play for her prelude, aria"
by Handel. For the offeratory she
will play, Voluntary by c. H.
Rinck. Mrs. Walter Price, the new
choir director, will have the choir
use for their anthem, "Onward
Christian Soldiers"
Rev. Rogers will use for his
morning text, Dreaming Dreams. :"
Men have always attached
special significance to dreams. In
many instances they have been of
considerable importance and
wrought quite a little influence
On the future of the dreamer. All
the explanations of their origin,
even the Freudian theory, has
proven absolutely correct. Some
of the gentlest characters relate
that their dreams are of the wild
est sort, and other people whose
background would warrant even
nightmares say they never dream
at all.
There is no question but that
dreams have influenced literature
and probably history. The pre-
tense of dream was one of the
most common devices of medieval
romance such as in the Romance
of the Rose" and Pliers Plow-
man." Pilgrims Progress" was
written as a result of dream
and Coleridge wrote ''Kubla
Khan as he remembered it from
a dream.
The Old Testament places con-
siderable confidence in dreams.
From the time Jacob Wrestled
with the angel at Pencil where
he saw God face to face, to the
announciation by the Angel Ga
briel to the Virgin, dreams di-
rected the thoughts and activities
of many leaders, and important
historical characters. The only
edmonton against such practice
seems to be in the case where
such prophet or diviner would
seek to divert worship to others
than the one true God. They were
warned Thou shalt not hearken
unto the words of that prophet, or
that dreamer of dreams"
Joseph especially understood
dreams. He was a precocious
child and in his childish magma
tions thought of himself as
ruler. His attitude was resented
by his older brothers. His dream
of the ladder reaching to heaven
with angels ascending and de-
scending irritated those who
thought of his as a foolish lad
Later his Interpretation of the
buffers and bakers dreams who
had been thrown into prison be-
cause they had incurred Pharaoh'S
displeasure, led to his opportuni
ty later to interpret Pharaoh's
dream. This naturally led to the
appointment of Joseph to a high
position, the immigration of his
family to Egypt and determined
the future history of Israel
When men get queer ideas the
public is rather skeptical They
suggest trip to the psychiatrist
or to the observation ward. So
they thought of Robert Fulton,
Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel
Finley Morse, Henry Ford and
others. However, it has been the
dreamer who has provided the
thousands of conveniences COM
mon in the American home to-
day. q
That is also the case religiously.
When Peter began to preach in
Jerusalem following PentecOSt,
the skeptics could not understand
the changes wrought in men by
the Holy Spirit, and accused those
who believed of being drunk.
After a visit to the DIT ward~one
might have been impressed with
the possibility of inebriation but
Peter said, these are not drunken,
as we suppose, seeing it is but the
third hour of the day, but this is
what was spoken by the prophet,
Joel: :. Your young men shall
see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams: And on my
servants | will pour out in
those days of my Spirit; and they
shall prophecy" (ActS 2:17 fl.
What this world needs more than
anything else, is spiritual dream
ers of dream. ASK and it shall be
given YOU" (Mat. I'D.