The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-09

Gre were e1reedirgly besuiilnl. producing
= very pleasing sensation. On nIy lelI
wss deep valley. and some dislanre from
where We Nere standing. IN illis valley.
saw globe Of right. sDinewllsl Different.
il tring more luminous Than that IN our
rear; Pasted what this meant; he rrpli-
-. our master was ahead; there was no
danger. and % follow; come. 70 with me
faster. ] Kas satisfied he knew my
thoughts; Cor he would divert my mind
from many iniendcd inquiries. Passing
though DIE woods we esme Immediately
10 slie edge az an old field. remembered
by myself As an Old aequainlzince. west
Of Geensborough. ON the road 70 Salem.
Here my fellow passenger used his scep-
ire. throwing balls Of light. The beauty and
grandeur Of whirh. ! have no language 10
portray. ! asked permission 10 use the
scepire! His reply was. You do not under
stand u-ing IL, al the same time advising,
uiat was my road, that he had other bust.
ness 90 attend 10. ] asked him. " Are you
moi going 10 t;reensborough!" Not now;
| will he there az some other time. I
looked down The road and saw an arquaint-
ance from Hillsborough. whom wished to
oyersake, and in attempting To Iun awokc.
] had been dreaming. Some two or more
years since, lhis dream occurred: and in
the morning | lold my sister and daugh-
ter. Ny sisler. said il was a strange dream
20 her, and she had no douhi hut il was q
warning Cor me. have frequently thought
of my dream, but believing nothing in
dreams. and mot being able 10 apply Il in
any manner To myself, | oniyarould say,
why IL Is only a dream until the pro-
tracied meeting al Pleasant Green. in Sep
sember. 1877; and the scene tina, took
place there, can never be blolled from my
remembrance. a e. 10 @ss.s @#' 3D. ~1 ~"
Joseph dreamed, and told IL 10 his hreih-
rem. - The Butler and Baker of the King
OF Egypt dreameti each dream. and told
il to Joseph. Pharaoh dreamed, and Jo-
seph interpreted. God appeared to Abe
nlilech. and warned him in dream. God
spake 20 Jacob in a dream. The Lord
appeared in dream in the night 10 Solo.
mon. Nebuchadnrzer dreamed, aud for
got IL, but il was given TO Daniel in a
dream. Pilates vile dreamed and warn
ed her husband. n al - = 1esa #f''
The interpretation Of my dream took
place al Pleasant Green. had hut little
intention, aud not much desire Of attend
ing. My sons intended, aud were getting
ready, 10 start to Raleigh with flour. Up
on consultation we thought il would not
look well TO leave while proiracled
meeting was in progress. They abandon
ed the idea for few days, and attended
the meeting. On the third day the sons
and daughters insisted upon my going.
Believingrhe noisy Meihodisis could have
no effect on me by their preaching, went,
and sat near the door, that | might easily
get out when they called for sinners 10
come up and be prayed Tor. | had no,
sat there very long when, TO my grea. as
tonishment, who should walk in hut the
very Individual that managed the scep,re
in my dream. u is easier to imagine my
feelings than to explain them. Thoughts,
reflections, balls Of fri, the sceptre, the
very man, the identical person, the same
voice, ,he sameilanguage. the same color.
ed hair, the same dress, the same language
inviting me TO the altar. VIVA, shall do
| mentioned 10 my son, Immediately on
leaving the house, that the Rev. Samuel
pearce was the man seen illuminating the
woods, and firing balls from his sceptre
above Greensborough, and that ! had feel
ings Of a very strange character. First one
daughter falls before a luminous sermon
now ano,her-now son-then ano,h-
er-then a daughter-many of my neigh.
boris children-a. last myself! Gone
yes /! gone! No; reclaimed yes! warn.
ed in dream and then warned from the
pulpit, face TO face--not dreaming now
but blessed reakty--a glorious change
A family saved! myself, wife, and six
children, brought into the church. '''' ~
a-- WIN. T. SHIELDS.
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