Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-18
familg Cuele,
The Bride of a Dream.

b~ereavements, Mr.. B. inferred that the
Lord did not design him to enjoy the
blessing of q wife, and he resolved to
deny himself all personal conveniences
and e%njoyments Of the conjugal relation,
and never attempt to select another part
ner for life. This resolution he sacredly
kept for nearly three years, when the
arguments and counsel of the minister of
the circuit, in the State of Delaware,
prevailed on him to change his mind
The consideration of his numerous family
o daughters requiring so much a mothers
care and instruction, was one of the
strongest reasons that had induced him
to admit that his resolution might be
founded in error. The minister, encour
aged by the good impression he had made,
and the influence he had gained over Mr..
B., took the liberty to name to him a
lady, residing in a certain n~eighborhood
of his circuit, whom he thought would
make him an excellent wife and a good
mother for his children, and appointed
the time and place for Mr.. B. to meet him
and be introduced to her. Some occur
~o place which prevented Mr.. b.
from meeting the minister according to
appointment.
The minister, intent upon his plan, pro.
cured Mr.. BIS consent to meet him a sec.
ond time, and the appointment was made;
but an unexpected Providence again pre-.
vented MIR. B. from being there at the
time. They then made a third arrange
ment and Mr.. B. determined, if life and
health permitted, he would certainly
meet his friend, and be made acquainted
with the lady recommended. Before the
time arrived, however. Mr.. 3. was ad
monlshed in a dream that the woman SO
.favorably spoken Of by the minister was
not the one he ought to marry, and he
was conducted in a vision to the residence
OF the young lady who would be a suita-
ble helpmate, and whom Providence de-
signed for him. The distance was sixty
miles, and he had only travelled twenty
miles in that direction. Yet the map OF
the whole road was laid before his mind,
and the way he should go so distinctly
marked in his dream, that he seemed per-
fectly familiar with all the road. He
dreamed the distance, the name of the
young woman. and tue name of her step
father, Col. Vickers, the appearance of
the house in which he lived, how it was
painted; that it was situated near a river.
with a warehouse near at hand, He
dreamed, also, that there were Ave Young
ladies belonging to the anne family, and
had the n selected for him so accurate
ly described in his dream, that he could
easily distinguish her from the other four.
In the morning he awoke and thought
nothing OF his vision, except as an ordi-
nary and rather remarkable dream. The
next night he had precisely the same Wis
ion repeated, and the same things pre-
scented to his mind in astilI more vivid
manner. Mr.. B. then began to think
that there might be som indication of
Providence in his dream; and all that day
be made it the subject Of sincere and ar.
dent prayer. that God should direct him
in the way he should go in a matter SO
grave, and involving SO much interest to
himself and his motherless Children
That night he had the vision repeated the
third time, and he determined then to fol
low the directions furnished him, and fully
test The circumstance of the dream by a
practical examination, and see if the re-
suits would be developed as he dreamed
them. He Immediately sent a note to
the preacher, informing him that he had
changed his mind, and must decline meet.
ing him at the time appointed. Mr.. B.
started in the direction indicated by his
vision, and after passing the twenty miles
he was acquainted with, his dream was
his only guide. He, however, had no
difficulty; for the map of the road was SO
vividly impressed upon his mind, that he
was able to distinguish his road from all
others. The gentleman whose rame was
given him in his dream he had never seen
or heard of. He knew the farm as soon
as he saw it. The house and everything
about it appeared precisely as they had
been presented in his vision.
He alightcd from his horse and entered
the beautiful house. The personal ap.
p~earance Of the young lady was so yiyidly
impressed on his mind by the vision thrice
repeated, that he readily recognized her
in company Of the four others, whom he
found in the same family. He soon as
certained the name of the young m
and found it to be Sarah T., according to
his dream. This young lady had deter
mined, and had often said, she would
never marry a widower. Miss T. said
the very moment she first saw Mr.. B. she
felt a strange tremor pass over her whole
system. She had a vivid impression that
he was a widower, and that he had come
to see her. She afterward confessed that
a sudden emotion of affection for him
arose in her heart as soon as she came
into his presence.
Mr.. B. obtained the pleasure of an in
terview with her that evening, and was
successful in securing her consent to visit
her again, and address her on the subject
Of marriage. He, however, did not tell
her his dream till she had engaged to be-
his wife. After a courtship of a
few months, they were happily married,
and lived together for more than fifty
years. Mr.. B. died the 25th of March,
1912, and Mrs. B. lived till the 7th Of
April, 1847. For sixty years, perhaps,
they we're both distinguished and useful
members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
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States Gazette, we must look among the
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