Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-12-02
SINGULAR DREAMS.
A MAN WHO HAD THEM ASKS FOR
THEIR INTERPRETATION
Though Very III lie Learned From Visions
That Iye Would Recovor-Dreams Of
Struggles, and the Next Day He Was
Very Sore-On the SEQ OF Galilee.

I
Dreams are not without significance,
especially to those who have high Sc,
I purpose In life. And as this subject is
: of interes. to many / will relate O
series Of dreams In my own experience
to which possibly some one can give
clearer Interpretation than !.
/ Having been taken very i'll in winte,
/ and this being my second attack, al:
| my friends and associate physicians sai6
was at Deaths door and it was not
possible for me to recover. It meant
but a few hours, or days at the most.
/ was unconscious at times, but through
it all the idea was firmly rooted in niy
/ mind that "there is mere life for me.
and cannot. will net CO."
There followed four days of complete
darkness, and when little natural
sleep came it was accompanied each
night for three weeks by dream of nv
encounter with some vicious animal
beginning with bull, then a boar and
next large mGstiff. This order never
varied. When the bull came toward me,
I easily and quickly vaUlted tie fence
as lie pinned it below me. In my en-
counter with the boar grabbed him by
the throat and threw him on his back,
thus getting safely away. Next morn
ing the biceps ard supinators Of my arm
were so sore that they had to be rub
bed). Next the mastiff approached. I
quickly grasped him by the larnyx till
l could get hold Of his tongue. This
grip seemed to affect the muscles of my
wrist and hand alone, which were just
as sore and stiff as formerly.
After the expiration of the throe
weeks I had no dreams whatever for a
few nights When they returned, be-
came more and more worried, until,
after tire Last one, something said TO
me: "This IS good, not evil. You are
surely q conqueror. However, not
BILE.
III the rext dream saw blue and
white light growing into g crown, in
which the word Power in bright let
ters was inclosed. This seemed to give
me hope, also strength and courage. and
felt somewhat better.
Three nights later I dreamed Of baiug
on the lake of Galilee, IN the boat
with Christ 0nd his disciples, and such
q picture IS lay before me is hard to de-
scribe. Tie disciples seemed G2itated,
tie sea was rough, and the boat friil; (;
yet / was calm. TIE disciples looked ct
me and then at the sleeping Christ, but
did 10: speak. vas half reclining,
Int why so calm knew net. Presently
the spokesman OF the grocp arose and
Whispered to the rest, AID as they all
got up he touched Christ and said,
"Mastcr, cGrest thou not that we per-
ish?'' Christ's fnce, as he arose ard re-
buked them. wore al expression OF min
gled gentleuess, stIrrnes5 and pity. I
was thrilled ~ he held out his hand.
with graceful movement and said,
"pesce, be STILL Then came q re-
markabie calm-a beautiful sunset OF, q
sea of gIass.
IGwoke fsolirg much better and with
strong hope. Ny improvement was very
noticeable from this time forward.
Then came lrlI, which was followed
by dreams OF different character for
another period of threo weeks. ! heard
glorious music by full voiced choir,
commencing regularly at sunset and
continuing until l was gco:hed asleep.
felt more vigorous after this eXpe-
rience. Then, fer tho next three weeks,
saw only beautiful blCe and white
light, just as fell asleep.
As went about, obliged to r,ingie
in the affairs of daily life, had 10
dreams for quito awhile. being some
what worried by business and other
cares. Finally ny will again asserted
itself. Thcn began. lGstirg for three
weeks, a Geriea Of wonderful texts and
sayings, which were given 10 ne by q
voice sufficiently audible to arouse mo
in the morning. They would frequent
IL ring il my cars all day. This seemed
to give ne power over myself and 9th
srs. Then | began to get messages and
impressions from friends at q distance.
Lastly, approaching my Office one
morning after leaving the car, 1 seemed
overwhelmed by q condition in which
I was very happy and unconscious Of NY
surroundings. When l reached the
Office, felt desire to be alone for 4
few minutes. / sat down, and my eyes
closed, when l saw beautiful, large
! star, and while was locking at it a
voice said audibly, seven times, Let the
light Of life sEine forth i'll you"
Next morning the same condition
came at precisely the same place, lasting
| until the Office was reached. This time
| saw beautiful moon and heard a
voice speak the words seven times,
This light of life, so free, is yours. !"
The moon disappeared, as the star had
lone, after the seventh time I felt
very sleepy and dozed for about three
| minutes.
| 1t would seem that in these occur
:ences the regularity of the appearances
and of the number of times III each case
IS worthy of note Maga-
line.