Religious – Dreams and Visions 1874–1886
in Springville, as related by himself.
I retired to rest about 9 o'clock in the evening.
In a short time I drowsed off to sleep, and it seemed
as if the spirit of my dead wife was hovering 'round
about me. Suddenly I awoke and sleep departed from
me, and the vision of my mind was opened, and I
beheld the members of the Senate of the United States,
while in session, they were hurled from the Hall by
an unseen power; they rallied again, and the second
time were thrown from the the Hall; they rallied the third
time, and were again thrown from the Hall with such
violence that a great number of them were killed; all
those that remained alive had the name of Edmunds
printed in their foreheads. Next I saw a whirlwind
commence in the centre of the House of Representa-
tives, which increased until it frightened all the mem-
bers out of the House, and they then scattered to various
parts of the United States, and the inhabitants of the
city of Washington became frightened, and scattered, un-
till the city became almost desolate. Then I saw a great
tumult commence all over the United States, which
ended in a great deal of blood being shed, and a great
many of the people that had heard our Elders preach,
and had believed what they had heard, but had not had
the courage to embrace the Gospel when they heard it,
gathered up what little effects they could take with them,
