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flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall see visions." —Joel 2:28 |
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Lucy Mack Smith |
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Joseph Sr. an unbeliever |
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In Tunbridge, Vermont, Lucy attends the Methodist
meetings. Because his brother, Jesse, and their neighbors are opposed to
the Methodists, Joseph Sr. asks her to desist, which hurts her. She goes
to a grove and prays [292] that the Lord will "so influence the heart
of my husband that he would <one day> be induced to receive the Gospel
whenever it was preached." Then she returns to the house "much
depressed in spirits." |
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Lucy, 291–294. |
| Dreams of meadow, stream trees,
breeze |
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That night she dreams that she is in a large,
beautiful meadow, near the house. [293] A pure, clear stream runs through
the meadow. In the distance, two beatiful trees stand on one side of the
stream. One of them is girdled by a bright belt that shines like burnished
gold. A breeze passes by and this tree bows, seemingly "to express
in its motions, the utmost joy and happiness." The belt moves in unison
with the tree. But the other tree stands "erect and fixed as a pillar
of marble … obstinately stiff." |
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The 1844–1845 version ends
in mid-sentence shortly after beginning the dream, so I use the 1853 version
here. |
| Interpretation: Joseph will believe |
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… the interpretation given me was, that these
personated my husband and his oldest brother, Jesse Smith; that the stubborn
and unyieldintg tree was like Jesse; that the other, mor pliant and flexible,
was like Joseph, my husband; that the breath of heaven, which [294] passed
over them, was the pure and undefiled Gospel of the Son of God, which Gospel
Jesse would always resist, but which Joseph, when he was more advance in
life, would hear and receive with his whole heart, and rejoice therein;
and unto him would be added intelligence, happiness, glory, and everlasting
life. |
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John Murdock |
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| Friends cannot see light |
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At one time I dreamed, and thought I was in a room with my
young friends, and a throne appeared in the room, with a light on it, resembling
a burning candle. I endeavored to show it to them, but they could not see
it. I told them it was preparing for one and although when I awoke, I well
remembered the dream, yet till I embraced the fullness of the gospel, I
had no correct views, of the meaning of the dream, and from that, and many
other circumstances, I see that the Lord by his spirit, and providence,
has wrought on my mind from infancy up, to prepare me to embrace the true
points of his doctrine. |
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John Murdock Journal, Off-site
link |
| June 30, 1830 |
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Sally Colburn Knight |
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After Joseph's trials in South Bainbridge and
Colesville, Joseph is driven back to Harmony
Sally dreams of his return |
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After our return from Colesville, the church there were, as
might be expected, very anxious concerning our again visiting them, during
which time sister Knight, (wife of Newel Knight,) had a dream, which enabled
her to say that we would visit them that day, which really came to pass,
for a few hours afterwards we arrived, and thus was our faith much strengthened,
concerning dreams and visions in the last days, foretold by the ancient
Prophet Joel … |
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| May [11–12], 1831 |
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Samuel H. Smith |
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The boat carrying Lucy Smith and her company of
Saints from New York to Ohio, lands in Fairport. A stranger informs her
that Joseph is expected any time within 24 hours. |
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| Warned to go to Fairport to meet
company |
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… and so I turned from the stranger the first
object that met my eyes was samuel coming towards me we met in tears of
joy but before I could speak to him Joseph came up and caught hold of my
other hand {th} Mother said samuel I was warned of God in a dream to come
immidiately to this place to meet the company from Waterloo and I was afraid
that some dreadful thing had befallen you indeed I feared that you was dead
and that I should only meet your corpse |
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Lucy, 537. |
| April 1831 |
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Newel Knight's Aunt Electa Peck |
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Newel Knight Autobiography qtd.
in Early documents 4:65. |
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Soon after I left [Colesville, New York], my aunt, Electa
Peck, fell and broke her shoulder in a most shocking manner; a surgeon was
called to relieve her sufferings, which were very great. My aunt dreamed
that I returned and laid my hands upon her, prayed for her, and she was
made whole, and pursued her journey with the company. She related this dream
to the surgeon who replied, “if you are able to travel in many weeks
it will be a miracle, and I will be a Mormon too.” |
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I arrived at the place, where the company had stopped, late
in the evening; but, on learning of the accident, I went to see my aunt,
and immediately on my entering the room she said, “To, Brother Newel,
if you will lay your hands upon me, I shall be well and able to go on the
journey with you.” I stepped up to the bed, and, in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, rebuked the pain with which she was suffering, and commanded
her to be made whole; and it was done; for the next morning she arose, dressed
herself, and pursued the journey [to Ohio] with us. |
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| November 1834 |
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W. W. Phelps |
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MA 1, no. 5 (Feb. 1835), 41–43. |
| Sees a head, then full man |
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I am not often in the habit of telling dreams
and visions, and rarely write them, but on the 16th of last November [1834],
after I retired to rest, it appeared that I was standing in the door of
a house, wherein were a number of brethren and sisters lamenting the situation
of the church, when, of a sudden, I saw a whitish cloud in the clear sky
of the south east, gently coming towards me; and something, which, at first
sight, resembled the portrait of a man's head; but, in a moment, as it came
nearer, it looked like the full image of a man. When nearest it made a graceful
bow to me, then receded till out of sight.—
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| Angel |
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I cried with a loud voice, The Lord preserve
us for an angel is here! The Lord is with us, for his angel has come!! His
appearance and countenance were beautiful; and his robe was white. His skin
was a touch nicer than virgin snow, tinged with a crimson glimmer of sun-set. |
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| Only a dream |
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The whole scene was simply grand, though nothing
but a dream.
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Now my natural eyes beheld not this, yet every
thing of it, is so strongly impressed upon my mind, that it seems like a
reality. From this I judge, that a scene of heavenly things, seen with the
naked eye, is so perfectly retained, that you can give every particular.
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