Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Travelled 26 miles crossed a large creek & spent the night with Mr Wm Riley, Scott Co
8th I had the following Dream during the night while at Wm Rileys I thought that Brother
Brown & myself were commanded to walk in a strait Narrow Path let it lead where it might
while walking in this path it lead to the door of a house with high walls so we could not get around the House
without going through it. I opened the door and saw the room was filled with large serpents I shuddered
at the sight & tried to avoid going through the room but I could not do it so I steped into the room to go
through trusting my life in the hands of God, and as I got near the center of the floor all the snakes
arose in a curve with their heads several feet from the floor & sprung at me as though they would
devour me in an instant there was one much larger then the rest & he struck at my face Just before
he reached me he droped dead & evry one drop dead in the room, they burst open, took fire, & were consumed
& I passed through the room unharmed I then awoke, in the morning I told Brother Brown my dream
& told him that we were going to meet with opposition but we should conquer & it was nigh us
