Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-02-03
Fer the Lewisbure Chronicle.
Dreams.

For the Lewisbure Chronicle.
Dreams.
In your last paper is related an instance
Of an a'n,os, coincidence Of a dream with a
reality: say almost" for, at the time
the agonizel wife believed and asserted
that her husband was dead, he was still
living. Yet this nearly literal fulfilment
Of dream will doubtless be claimed, for
years to come, as a strong "proof that
there is something in dreams" And l
admit that there is something in dreams,
while I deny that there is anything super
natural about them, or that in themselves
they should excite any alarm.
My belief is that the soaking mind
n'dkes food for sleep to feel on-and that
broken rest and disordered nerves or sto-
mach give dreams an unpleasant turn.
Recently, the writer read an account Of
a revival of religion in childhood's home,
not seen for many years. Sleep stole upon
me gently and sweetly, while dwelling in
memory upon the happy scenes and loved
companions and religious privileges of life's
"sunny side"-and when lost to conscious
ness, the same thoughts occupied my mind,
old joys were renewed, scenes arose which
when awake I had never recalled and in
the morning l awoke invigorated in body
and in sp;rit.-At other times have
retired, harassed and depressed, aud my
dreams had corresponding hue.
In the case noticed las. week, no doubt
knowledge of all the facts would slow
that the unfortunate man was not habit
u,l traveller, and that his companion b. d
inlulgcd strong fears for his safety while
coming home in the cod season along the
sDmewLat exposed route where a serious
'eident happened but few nights before.
Expecting his return, how naiu al under
al the circumstances that she should not
only think Of all these dangers, but that
her anxiously excited brain should reveal
its scnsibility in the most violent manner.
If at the very moment the husband was
thrown from his scat be had died, and the
wife at the self-samc moment saw him dead
in her sleep, it would give the dream no
additional importance, except as an accid-
entail coincidence, which might happen as
man might dream out successful num-
Der in lottery.
If any person could observe his or her
dreams, even upon subjects Of everyday
moment, with which the waking mind is
most familiar, then see how many Of them
are fulfilled, (without taking into conside-
ration the thousands of such imaginations
th,t pass through the brain Of which the
waking mind retains little or no conscious
ness he or she will wonder, not at an
occasional coincidence, but rather that
there are not more condolences.
| have known persons, whose love for
the absent was uucommOnly strong. and
who almost invariably had dismal dreams;
who were constantly seeing the absent
husband, or son, or friend, brought home
a corpse but who have never seen most
indirect fulfilment of their dreams, or per-
haps have died aud been buried by the
objects Of their extreme solicitudc. And
if foresbadowcd disasters shouid ovcriake
them, their waking fears and anticipations
Of evils to which all are exposed, would
be far more numerous than the fulfilled
dreams. And yet poor mortals often
"belicve in dreams" if one prove true,
while thousands are disproved by facts!
Were man to tell the truth under oath
but once in hundred times, VIC should
pronounce him notorious liar. Apply
the SAME test to dreams, and instead of
being accredited as the voice of God, they
would be passed aside as the whisperings
of the Father of Lies.
With our waking moments full Of hopes
and not of fears-consciencc at peace with
earth and hcaven--frm belief that God is
indeed our Father; that lie doeth all
things we'll that We may commit all We
lave and are into His kind care-by tenn
perance and exercise preserve our health,
and keep our nervous system strong; aud
we shall have but little trouble from dreams,
but they will be sweet and refreshing. and
He that "giveth his beloved, sleep" will
also make even our dreams source Of
consolation and of enjoyment.
READER.
MURDEREns OF A SLAVE, SENTENCED
TO BE HUNa.-Our readers will recollect
the particulars of horrible case in South
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