The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-11
The nrlAe 81 anres-.

We lake the following sccount Of sinru.
lar dream from the Western Christian Adyo-
cate:
Mr.. 3 has been twice married. but va. ref.
snd .ono oon .'ms ~ : wiaowsr with SIX daughters
inferred that the Lord did not desi.r him - -
enjoy the blessing Of wife. ana ~ r.sri. s.o -
to deny himself ali personai con ven iences srd =,
snjoymen :, 81 .., ne conjnsal relation. and new
This resolution he sacredly Kent for nasrIv
three years, when the argument Is ~, .-, ..v~ -
Of the minister Of the circuit, in the State ~
melawarf anr ThI prevaiiea on him to change his
family of daughters requiring so mnch ~
mothers care and instruc ton wa. n,. - "a. =
strongest reasons that had induced hi-, E ~
admit that his resolution might be founded in
impression he had made, and the inflnencSs SsSa ~
had gained over Mr.. b., took the Iiher,v .o ~
name to him lady residing in the neirhbor. -
hood q , his circuit, whom s9 he thought would
Of his children, and appointed the tims .nt
place for Mr.. b. to meet him ana 10 49,. r1
duced to her. Some occurrence took niacs
wnicn preventeo Mr. =. from meeting the min.
The minister, intent upon his plan nrocur-
ed Mr.. BIS consent to meet him a second time
and the appointment was made: but an n n !,
expected Provldenee again prevented Mr.. B.
from being there at the time. They then made
third arrangement and Mr.. b. Determined
if life and health permitted, he would certa;n, ,
ly meet his friend, and be made acouaintad
with the lady recommended. Before the time
arrived, however, Mr., B. was admopisbed in
dream that the woman so fayorably snofen
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 suitable helpmate, and whom Providence
designed for him. The distance was siYtv
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 60 SO distinctly marked in his dream
that no seemed perfectly familiar with ali the
road He dreamed the distance the name Of
the young woman, and the name Of her step
tather, ooi. vickers, the appearance of the
house in which he lived how it was mai n tod !.
that it was situated near river. with a ware,
house near athand. He dreamed. also thai there
were five young ladies belonging to the same
family, and had the one selected for him SO
accurately described in his dream that he
could easily distinguish her from the other four
In the morning he awoke and thought no.
thing OF his vision, except as an ordinary and
rather remarkable dream. The next night he
had precisely the same vision repeated and
the same things presented to his mind in a
still more vivid manner. Mr.. b. then began tn
think that there might be some indication Of
providence in his cream; and all that day he
made it the subject of sincere and ardsnt
prayer, that God would direct him in the wav
ne should go in matter so grave and inyoly-
ing SO much interest to himself and his mo-
theriess children. That night he had the vi
sion repeated the third time and he fieterminad
then to follow the directions furnished him
and fully test the circumstances of the dream
by practical examination, and see If the re.
suits would be developed as he dreamed them
He immediately sent note to the preacher
informing him that he had changed his mind
and must decline meeting him at the time an.
pointed. Mr.. b. started in the direction indi-
Gated by his vision, and after passing the
twenty miles he was acquainted with, his
mi Ho hor,
no difficulty; for the map of the road was SO
wildly impressed upon his mind that he was
able to distinguish his road from all others
That gentleman. whose name was given him
in his dream, he had never seen or heard Of
He knew the farm IS soon as he saw it, The
house and everything about it appeared pre-
cisely as they had been presented in his vision
He alighted from his horse and entered the
beautiful house. The personal appearance Of
the young lady was vividly 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 ascertained the young woman, and
found it to be Sarah T., according to his dream.
This young lady had determined, and had
often said, she would never marry a widower
Miss L. said the very moment she first saw Mr.
B., she felt strange tremor over her whole
system. She had 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 interview
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 become his wife. After court
ship Of a few months they We're happily mar
ried, and lived together for more than fifty
years. Mr.. b. died On the 25th of March, 1s43.
and Mrs. b. lived till the 7th of April, Ie47.
For sixty years. perhaps, they were both dis
tinguished and useful members Of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church.