The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF.
A Practical Essay on Dreams With
Some Remarkable Examples of
What They Have Foretold.


\. o Christian Advocate.1
BY REV. L ". cooPER
No doubt dreams are produced by vari-
Gus causes, to-wit: The Holy Spirit, Satan,
intensity Of thought, grief, excessive joy and
a dis0rdered stomach. That was a charm
ing record Of a dream which appeared in the
February number Of Dr. Sledd's Monthly.
I read it with intense interest. Rev. Pres
ton Cooper had many dreams after his con
version. His conversion was s powerful
conversion. His conservation 10 God was
thorough. He lived in the sublime ele
ment Of faith. Rev. H. II. Montgomery
who was a dear and true friend Of my
father related the following to me: 4 Chris
tian lady was in = dying CONDITIONAL had
given up hope, and the doctor had lett her
to die, and as he was going home he met my
father and the question was asked, How is
your patient?" the reply was she is dying,
there is not q shadow Of hope NV father
spoke as follows she shall not die / will
not let her; is it not written if you ask any
thing in my name it shall be done unto
you? God has answered my prayer. He
visited the dying lady, and before leaving
told her family she would not die. She
recovered; the doctor, her family, the lady,
aud all who knew Of her sickness, regarded
her recovery from the chamber Of death As
the special answer to prayer.
To his dreams: Cooper's well stands to-
day as witness to the truth and fulfilment
of his dreams. Whilst living at the well
he had important business at Clinton and
Bolton, and only part of a day in which
to attend 10 his business, and one of the
plans must be rejected until another time.
In the evening he remarked, he was ia
trouble as he had important business at two
places next day, and he did not know how to
act. He did not go, but next day proceeded
to Bolton, and after finishing his business
he went to the depot to take the train for
Vicksburg, when he learned there had been
a wreck of the train between Clinton and
Bolton, and in all probability if my father
had gone to Clinton he would have lost his
life. These dreams seemed to throw a
bright light over his pathway. He SEEM
ed to live in the joyous supernatural. They
seemed to him as voices speaking to him
from the mysterious realm of life and love.
They Augmented his faith, and his oonse-
Grafton some thought bordered on fanati-
cism. But the success of his ministry, the
strength of his mind, the purity of life, and
the grand test of all men, the eliminating
period-the period we call death, showed
lived in the immediate presence of Christ,
and his death was peaceful, triumphant,
beautiful, and as glorious as the death
of the pure infant. There was no death
for him. My father had a dream that
threw mantle of sorrow over his last years.
The dream changed his countenance, his
preaching, his manners, the ringing laugh
| ter, and the humorous conversation to which
| he was given At the time of this sad
/ dream, he was in charge of the church in
! Vicksburg and he resided at Cooper's Well.
A young man Joined the Alabama Confer
ence the same year he did, they became
devoted friends. My fathers friend was
| highly educated, accomplished in manners,
and a good preacher. After few years my
fat her was transferred to the Mississippi
Conference and his friend remained in the
Alabama Conference. Ny father soon
learned that his friend was drinking, and
step by step he lost his influence, his relig-
ion, his character. My father did not forget
his old friend but desiring to help him build
up his character he wrote to him to come tc
Mississippi and he would assist him in
securing a school My fathers friend came
and the school was secured. For a time
there seemed to be a hope for the falleI
minister of Christ. The rebellious angel:
J
4 place so pure, 50 happy, so bright ana
beautiful for one so dark, SO hopeless an'
full of curses. A fallen ministeri Drive.
in his own wickedness and shame away fron
the cross of Christ. He joined the church
He and my father were often together
They talked of the golden happy days, whel
they went out into the world to preacl
Christ. They had had different experience;
One was living under the very shadow Q
the cross of Christ, and his sun was goinl
down in clear bright sky; whilst the oth
er was wandering afar off in the cold, col
world Of evil and human depravity, and tn
sun of his life was going down in gloom an
shame. One walked on the sea of life i
view Of the eternal haven of peace, and th
, other wrecked in mid ocean, and all wa
gone, hope, character, and heaven. Th
rays of life that seemed to gather aroun
, the life of my fathers friend soon faded
: and he soon gave up all hope. When M
: father left him to fill his appointment j
n Vicksburg his friend was in feeble thong
: usual health While in Vicksburg b
dreamed his friend was dead. He saw I'll
body cold in death the spirit of her frien
i came to him; the impression of despai
was on his spirit. He showed my father
long roll of preachers whom my father ha
known while living, and under the name
d of some Who were the brightest lights
r the church was written, Sin hell" III
Il spirit told my father he was lost because
{ had been recreant to his holy trust, al
! added "Bro. Cooper, you are safe thus ia
but beware of popularity. Do not let POI
: ularity ruin you" Ny father had tn
6 dream three distinct times during the nigh
3 and next day he left for his friends hou
7 and found him dying, and everythiI
:. seemed to be a fulfillment of his dream
: '4Do not let popularity ruin you'' new
y died from my fathers ears. What did th
4 dream mean? Was it true? To hum
y appearance it was. But l trust Chri
, y pardoned his disgraced servant, and VIII
= my father passed into the bright beyon
u they met to talk over his redeeming love.