The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-12-09
THE HGIS.
Bet saiy', Md. Dec. o, 1870.
A REMARKABLE DREAM.

The subjoined sketch of remarkable
dream has been sent us by correspondent
who we know is not given to dreaming
He wishes an Interpretation thereof, but as
there are no Josephs or Daniels in these days,
to make plain the mysteries, we submit the.
dream to the intelligence of our readers, with
the simple remark that we have every faith
in its genuineness:
Twas on the night of December the 18th,
1868, between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, that the writer had the following
dream:
I dreamed that was standing or the
western border of large od.chopping,
facing the west, when | observed Il full
moon, apparently about one hour high
While looking at this moon, 1 also observ-
ed in the distance a very large brown col
ored cross, with front face to the writer,
arising from and near the earth, ascending
up between the writer and the moon. When
the cross beam of this cross had reached a
point between the writer and the moon, the
cross at right angles deliberately took u
southern course, still facing the writer
At this moment / observed my brother
William (deceased,) standing about twenty
yards to my left, when l quietly stepped up
to his side. In doing so, was compelled
to pass large rank Of corded wood, some
ten or twelve feet high, which, for an in
slant hid this cross from my view, but on
reaching my brothers side, the cross was
again seen, and pointed it out to him, GO
ing in the same direction as when it had
parted with the moon, (the moon was not
again seen by the WRITER'S but the cross
had changed from brown color to a bril-
liant golden one, and continued its south
crn course for several hundred yards, shin
ing with great brightness, when by quick
turn it came up on our left, about twenty
yards from where we stood, and halted with
side face to us, shining with great splen-
dor. At this instant there appeared on
the cross beam five golden hooks, at regu-
lar intervals, occupying the whole length
of the cross beam. On these hooks hung
live golden rings, about three inches in d.
amcter. In these rings were hung as many
large golden letters, commencing on the
right and running to the left, thus: U
S E j. The letter e being obscure, we
had some difficulty in making out what
these five letters would spell. My brother
said they would spell Justice Ireplied
No, that the letter U was too far from the
j to spell Justice" So great was the light
produced by this golden cross, for about
sixty feet around its front, that the writer
thought the sun was shining on the cross
Turning my eye to the left to look for the
sun, saw some dark clouds about sixty
feet in front of the cross. On these clouds
the light from the cross had centered and
was reflected back ON the cross, caus-
ing sparks and streaks and flashes of light
to be elected from the cross, much resem-
bling those quick flashes or twinkling of
lightning often seen in distant cloud,
lighting up its surrounding front Tin the
rear all was darknes0 with brightness
far exceeding any thing that was possible
for the mind of man to conceive.
1t seemed me that this wonderful cross
was waiting for lis to spell and pro.
nounce those five lett9rs. We finally made
ont that the obscure letter was an f.
then said, that this word was Jesus and
the moment that pronounced the word
Jesus" this brilliant golden cross slowly
withdrew backwards in the same direction
it came, until it had reached its former
southern course, when it instantly vanished,
and there appeared in the place of the
cross new three-masted full rugged ship,
with her sails furled and going in the di
rection that the cross had formerly taken !;
thus she continued to glide along for about
seventy yards, when instantly all her sails
were unfurled, and turning little east
ward, she entered a valley formed by two
mountains, but not opposite each other,
but where the base of the opposite noun
tain ceased, the neither one commenced
Through this valley this beautiful ship
glided or sailed along past the opposite
mountain, and soon after disappeared be-
hind the neither one--and I awoke to hear
the clock strike the hour of one.
ANDREW B, LINDSAY.
Dec. 9th, 1868.