The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-06-12
From the Western Christian Advocate.
A REMARKABLE DREAM.

The following Interesting account of
singular dream was published In the
| Uestera Christian 14dc0c0te about
twelve years ago, and yet | presume
that it will be new to at least four-ftths
of Your present readers. 1t was writ
ten by Rev. John F. Wright, and is full
of singular interest. The subject of
this dream yas Mr.. White Brown.
late of Ross county. Ohio, whose praise
is lin all the region round about" where
he lived as all intelligent and devoted
Christian. l have at different times
heard the same related by the sons of
Mr.. E., who are men of intelligence and
influence. and also by Others The ac-
count is as reliable as it is full of in
terest. Il. j. N. SIMMONS.
Quaker Bottom, o., July Ii, 80.
Many dreams, no doubt, as Solomon
says, "come through the multitude of
business" Some are injected into the
mind by the subtle. foe of man. while
others are dictated by the Spirit of God.
The Scriptures of truth inform us that
the Lord did sometimes discover His
will i'll dreams, and raised up persons
to interpret them. He informed Abin-
elech that Sarah was the wife of Abra-
ham, and showed Jacob the mysterious
ladder in dream. Joseph was favored
very early with prophetic dreams which
! his father could explain, and even his
brethren could understand so as to be
enraged. The people of the East, es-
| pecially the Jews, had Il very great re-
gard for dreams. Pharaoh, his butler
and baker, as we'll as observation-disclosures.
were instances of this. In the New
Testament we are Informed the angel Of
| the Lord appeared unto Joseph in Il
dream several times. And the Lord
said unto Ananias OF Damascus. Arise
and go into the street which is called
Straight. and inqnirc i'll the house of
Judas for one called Saul Of Tarsus !;
| for behold he prayeth." The dream
am going to relate seems to belong TO
the third class. and certainly has high
claims TO divine origin. ! received it
! from two of the SONS or The worthy
man who had the vision. They had
| heard it spoken of in the family from
the time they were children and their
| father not only repeated it III their hear
ing at period when their memories
were the most tenacious, but he often
| told it to them after they grew up to be
men. They united their recollections
| in communicating the vision to me and
| when ! had written it down from their
| lips, they agreed that | had it substan-
TALLY correct. as well as the historical
facts related. The two brothers | refer
to are men Of undoubted veracity; and
! If 1T were proper for me to publish their
names with that of their venerable ia
! ther, no one acquainted with them could
/ suspect, for Il moment. disposition i'll
either to mislead or deceive.
After these preliminary remarks, /
will introduce the vision of the pious
w. B., with the requisite explanations
connected with his history. lie was
first married when about twenty-three
to Miss L. G.. BY this marriage he had
one son and five daughters, and his wife
died, leaving him i'll charge of five
daughters, the son having died i'll in
fancy. During the lifetime of his first
wife, and about seven years after their
marriage. he and his consort expert
enced religion, and united themselves
with the Methodists. Nearly two years
after the death of his wife, believing
that his situation required and justified
a second marriage, he entered into this
holy relation with Miss Anna w. She
also died, leaving him Il daughter and Il
son. the latter only few days old.
These added. made the number of his
children six daughters and one son. Az
! ter these bereaVements. Mr.. Il. inferred
| the Lord did not design him TO enjoy
the blessing of wife, and he resolved
to sacrifice all personal conyeniences
! and enjoyments of the conjugal rela-
! ton, and never attempt TO select anoth-
/ er partner in life This resolution he sa-
crediy kept for nearly three years, when
the arguments and counsel of the min
| lister OF the circuit, in the state of Del
aware. prevailed on him to change his
mind. The consideration of his nu-
merous family of daughters requiring
so much a mothers care and instruction.
was one of the strong reasons that in
duced him to admit that his resolution
might be founded in error. The minis
/ ter encouraged by the good impression
he had made. and the influence he had
gained over Mr.. r.. took the liberty to
name to him lady residing i'll a GER
tain neighborhood of his circuit, whom
he thought would make him an excel
lent wife and good mother for his
children, and appointed the time and
| place for Mr.. b. to meet him and be i'll
troduced to her. Some occurrence took
place which prevented Mr.. Il. from
meeting the minister according to APP
+! pointment. The minister. intent upon
| his plan. procured Mr.. BIS. consent to
meet him second time, and the ap
poiEtment was made but an unexpected
| Providence again prevented Mr.. Il. from
being there at the time. They then
made a third arrangement, and Mr.. b.
determined, if life and health permit
ted, he would certainly meet his friend,
and be made acquainted with the lady
recommended. Before the time arrived,
| Mr.. b. was admonished in dream that
| the woman so faYorably 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 la
DIV that would be a suitable helpmate.
and that Providence designed 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 perfectly
familiar with all the road. He dreamed
the distance. the name of the young
woman. and the name of her step-fl-
house in which he lived, how it was
| painted that it was situated near riy
er, with warehouse near at hand He
dreamed, also, that 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
nothing of lis vision, except as an or
! binary and rather remarkable dream.
The next night he had precisely the
same vision repeated, and the same
/ things presented 10 his mind in a still
more vivid manner. MIR. b. then be-
gan to think that there might be some
/ indication of Providence in his dream
and ali that day he made it the subject
of sincere and ardent prayer, that God
i would direct him in the way he should