Missionary Experiences: A Dream Fulfilled

MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES^

A DREAM FULFILLED.

BY ELDER WILLIAM DAYBELL.

Leaving my home in Charleston, Wasatch County, Utah, in the spring of 1885, 1 was assigned to the Middle Tennessee Conference. With Elder Jesse N. Perkins I was further directed to labor in Warren County, and in August, 1886, we were traveling in the vicinity of the Cumberland mountains. The weather was very hot, do as we would, the people would not listen to us, and the result was that we seemed to accomplish very little good; and further, we were constantly denied food and shelter. Under these circumstances we became discouraged and determined to leave the neighborhood for other parts. We had learned to ask the Lord when in trouble, so one night we sought him in fervent prayer believing that he would direct us aright. We petitioned him to lead us to the doors of the honest in heart and to a people among whom we might do some good. We obtained lodgings that night; and during my slumbers, I had a dream in which I clearly saw what to do upon the morrow. This is the dream: I thought we arose in the morning, and directed our way from the head of the Stones River in a northerly direction, up a certain ridge, in that vicinity. Arriving at the top of the mountain, we passed a school house in which school was in session. As we passed, the children came to the door and evinced surprise at seeing us, but remained very quiet while we went on our way. Going a half mile further on, we came to a house near which, as we approached,