I desire to call your attention
to the last time you was in Orderville. In
our conversation, I told you, I had received
several remarkable dreams. You then express-
ed a desire to hear them; but circumstances
intervened and seemed to hinder me, at that time.
Ever since, at verious times, there has been two
spirits at work with me: the one prompting me to
write to you, and the other saying, it is nonsense and
folly. I now feel that there can be no harm at
least, and that the Lord brings about good results
by very small means. As you desired to hear them
and of the two promptings, I feel best in writing to you,
beleiveing there can be no harm, I write two of
the shortest ones, because, I beleive, if erthere
be wrong, you can desern it. over
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In the year 1868 my father received his second
anointing, and in about three week he died.
About two years afterward, I dreamed father
came to me while I was in bed, the house was
lit up like day: he talked to me for some time,
telling, which seems to me, things that were coming
to pass, and things which I should do. After his
conversation with me, he went out of the house, and
I awoke or come to my self, for it seemed that I had
not been asleep. There was considerable light in
the house, I arose up and looked out of the
window and saw the hills and mountains very plain
and thought it was day light, as the moon give
no light at that time, as it was near the new moon.
I started to dress, when the thought came to me to
think it all over, and I would be better able to
tell mother, just as it was given me. I placed my
elbow on the pillow and my hand over my eyes
while I thought it over. Then I went to get up
and found the room in darkness: it scared
me so, that every thing father had said, was taken from
me.
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That every thing he said should be taken from me
makes it seem remarkable. About a year after
that, I dreamed father came to me, he stood in the
air above the ground, I thought it was his spirit.
He asked me if I would finish his house, He
then invited me to come and see what needed to be done.
I went with him, and saw a large frame building
standing on a solid rock foundation, but it needed
the shingles, weather boarding, windows and doors.
He asked me if I would finish it. I told Him I
would. He then said: "I am going away to be
gone a long time before I come again to talk to
you." He than started up into heaven and
continued untill he went out of my sight.
I then awoke and found it to be a dream.
It has now been about Twenty Five years
since, and ^I^ have had no talk with him, in dream,
which makes it seem the more remarkable.
I dreamed a short time ago of receiving a letter
from him. handed to me by my mother. she died
over
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about Eighteen months ago. and has since
visited and talked to me in a dream.
Dear Brother I trust I have not imposed upon
your time, by me writing to you. I know that
if I need be rebuked for thus writing to you,
it will be done with a brother's love.
Trusting I may receive a few comforting words
from you. May the ^Lord^ bless you is the desire
of your brother in the Gospel