Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-26
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Mh- cDlloH lou sometimes publish curiosities,
as wen as iaets Lake an old Baptist I once had a
dream. 40 not say it is an experiences: as Won
choose, PuDnsn or Withhold. 1 think it is a beauty,
in the way OF dreams The ominous nature of the
times brought it forth to my recollection. and IN
reference 70 the diary, find a record a. foIiovvs
January 90 lS50-Sunday; raining hard an The
morning; not one clear Sunday in nearly three
months. Soul happy; health good, read much:
preached at eleven, and at night to the blacks
spending some hours, afterward IN teaching them
some new songs Last night, had some verv i'm.
pressive dreams (see page SD Myself wife and
child boarding at Thompson Andersons, Ciarks-
vile, Tennessee l thought was certainly vide
awake. / stood upon a stream &C once clear, tran
quill ard long, extending due east and west, across
America. On the South side of the splendid house
amid groves of trees, some of them fruit trees
The South land was level, but some distance in the
east-say three>fourths of mile-was high, dark
mountain, coming Northward of the stream, and
ending in rugged bluff at the river. On the Aerth
side the banks rose steeply, slipping into
hills and mountains. Along the bank were a
lumber of tall, slender trees, of whitish bark
and thin leaves. Near the top of one OF
them, were two men climbing-ode higher than the
other. Suddenly, saw above the stream, high in
the air. the Ancient of Days, or Age of Freedom,
spoken of by Daniel He sat upon the air as on q
throne; and vibrating to and fro the world vibrat
ed with him. Never can forget his awfulness of
state. His hair was white as wool, but short and
closes though unlike negro hair, yet it was sugges
tive Of il. His robe white and short; his legs
and arms were bare; his face was shrIveled with
care and thought, but the freshness Of youth was
upon him; his feet, and legs, and face grew red
yermillion; possessed of omnipotence, he was in
the profoundest trouble. tried in vain to attract
his notice. He paid rue not the least attention.
looked, and he was gone; snow-white eagle filled
his pace-an eagle white as hight Ii fioated to and
fro as did the Age of Freedom. At length its wings
were motionless; it stood upright in the air and
foated between two dead trees standing in the wa
ter Here utterly unable to move saw it IN the
greatest agony. 1t was making numberless and rapid
circles with its head beak and neck to the tail feath
ers of the north side Drawing closer, l observed
the cause of its agony. Its tail was dtrtded-One
half to the north, and the other to the sooah his
front was turned to the east The south side feathers
were black, or black and nhe or brown and g0lciag
They were associated but discovered; they did not
lie evenly together, but one was raised above an
other as the feathers may be in a fan. One black
feather of the tail shot out distinctly from the
others in advance, and stood partly aloof, lying
across several The feather seemed TO be both
loose and tangled-those on the border of the tail
seemed more united than the others thought il
strange that an eagle should have tail half black
and half white, and more singular that the tail
should be divided against itselt and that the black
half should be in such futter, and SO violent in
its movements: for its feathers struck the air with
such force as to shake the world. The north and
white side remained white and, think unbroken.
To these the head made its appeals. On one side
Of the eagle were two trees whose tops were dead,
but their lower branches green. These were On
the south side In front of the eagle some distance,
where two huge and lofty trees, of heavy foliage
and intenlacing branches.
"After waiting some time, in greatsympathy with
the eagle and marking the darken, and the great
mansion lessen. and its groves partly wlther, the
tlco men | upon the ROrh trees called for help
for the Ieagle. After some delay, some one ap-
preached it. and raising his hand to adusthe fea IN
ers the eagle suddenlytel TO dieUeiand began to use
his trinqs still the tail not yet united. At this
iuncture the feathers of the south side began to fall
co1apdctlg together Several showed Discrimination
to this and the black lcreqh snll glittered among
them Soon all fell to perfect and equal leceI with
the north feathers Then, suddenly, the first black
feathers eoaeseed with other southern feathers and
all grew white together; one black feather stood
out after all the others. The eagle, as he flew,
passed under the crest of the united trees before
him, dipping down as he went under, and raising
little as he passed 1t was just under this arbor,
that'the last southsde feathers coalesced with the
others, and all grew white together. II was I'M
der these two trees that the north and south dvi-
sions of the tail coalesced in full eompaety coming
together as a unit again. after a violent disunion.
"After the eagle passed the trees, each stroke of
his wings quicker than Its predecessor, till too
rapid to be distinguished. The eagle also, grew In
size as it did in rapidly, and in brightness as IN
size every feather of its body sent forth streams of
light like lets of stars till the river the earth and
the skies were in blaze of glory. 1t passed the
gloomy mountain of the South (; Armegeddon came
the new Jerusalem came down. mingled with
the ssnts-and the eagle, spreading over the world,
dissolved in universal and solid glory forever &c,
&C."
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