Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-07-20

They tell US that people drean,,
abont what. has been most in their
mindssWhen awake, and tina, famy-
thing has greatly impressed us in the
real world, it viii be that also, which
we shall see in dreamland. Perhaps
this viii account for my dream, which
| shall now relate:
/ was asleep, Of course, Il say 'of
course for ,honsh VIC here Of" day
dreamers,n as If they were awake, yet
/ am sure that even these, are asleep,
as to some Of their facultles) and l
thought | was walking slowly along,
through the streets Of a small city.
The city, thought, was situated near
a river, which ran by very swectly.
II was about ten O'Clock at night, so
| dreamed. The streets were desert.
ed, and though the river, as its rapid
current broke among The rocks, filed
the air with the soJnd ot its progress
yet ! had a strong sense at stiffness
which even the steady buzz and clat
ter Of an irrcprcssabe saw mn, could
not destroy. Now as | sauntcrcd
along, went, in my dream, into a
back street, aud passed BY several
dwellings,, which were remarkable for
nothing except the want Of something
They struck me as having a ptltnl
ltok about them, as Of wanting some.
thing which they could not have, and
yet which they could not help craving
for. could fancy them saying give
~ a little paint We are perishing for
it. Plant tree by the side of us TO
shut ont the great stare Of the sun,
and make US feel cosy. Fix up the
fence in font Of us and make US look
IA it we were cared for ! confess
| felt sorry for tire poor houses, and |
thought in my dream, that they really
ielt bad at heart, and might perhaps
have trouble inside, as well Az out.
side to grIeve over. | thought per-
haps they might be actually starving
for lime and water and paper and val.
nish, and such other things, as well
kept houses are brought mp on. | was
inst on the point OF saying something
compassionate, to relieve my mind,
and, possibly, the buildings too, when
the door of ono Of them open.
ed. thought, Of course, tie
house had just openedits mouth
to speak, so looked and listened,
and what did | see but head
peering out into the darkness;
Cit was quite dark but We see as well,
in dreams YOU know and what did |
hear but woman's voice and what
she sad was this: " Never mind da,-
ling, papa will be home by.and,by,
go to sleep now, and you shall wake
mp and find papa in the morning"
This was said cheerily enough, but as
she closed the door, there fell upon
my ear, an q dear ~ so full of wear
mess and nusatisiied longing--so ex.
pressvc of that eart.hunger, or heart
sickness which is the result Of hope
deferred, that my first impulse was to
go and search for the missing husband
and father and bring him home ut
once. But ! waited to consider a bit,
that ] might decide which way to go,
for thought he must surely have
been lost in the woods, or fallen into
the river or met with some dreadful
accident, so | waited to think which
was most likely. Now while | waited,
it seemed suddenly to grow quite
light, and as gazed | saw in my
dream, that the light was from a
company of angels r."nd about the
house, remembered at once that
the Lord had said The angels of
the Lord enoamp round about those
that fear him 10 deliver them" So
the Lord is "a good AS his word 1
said to myself, and it occurred to
me immediately that perhaps the
missing man was not So good On
this hint, dropped by the angels per
haps, l reasoned that the man was
not in the river or the woods, but
down town" Now in nay dream
(aad feel sure the same thing has
sometimes happened when have
been awakel one Of the angels spoke
To me. lie said, 'come see and
hear lmemeja,ely | was within the
house, and there, upon her knees,
bending over the little one, was the
woman who had looked out into the
night SO YEARLY. She was praying.
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