---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Lillie, Mary E.
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 23
number: 5
published: 1920-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Lillie, Mary E., "The Dreamer’s Mother," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 5 (March 1920): 420.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2305unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2305unse
start_page: 420
end_page: 420
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2305unse
  publication_year: 1920
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# The Dreamer’s Mother

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420                       IMPROVEMENT ERA

      "I have been wishing you       would come.         I   know God can
heal me."
     The elders administered to him. In four weeks Brother
Bartlet was able to walk around.
    The attending physician, upon calling subsequent to the
administration, said,
    "I have never in my life seen such a rapid recovery. More
than human power has helped you. God has saved you for
some work."

    Elder Buchanan, shortly after this remarkable healing, had
another experience that positively assured him of the existence of the inspiration of the Lord in the Church. On January 2, 1920, he dreamed that he was called on the long distance telephone, and the man who spoke said,
    "Report at Toronto immediately."
    In his dream he reported at Toronto, where he consulted
with the Mission President, but did not know the subject of the
conference.
    Elder Buchanan had no intimation that he would be required to call at mission headquarters until January 11, 1920,
when the secretary of the mission, at the instance of the president, called him and said,
      "We wish you to come to Toronto at once."
     Elder Buchanan at about this time, had received news of
sickness at home.  He, of course, thought something serious
had happened, and asked what he was to come for. He was
told that he had been assaigned to labor in the New Brunswick conference.
Toronto, Canada

                    The Dreamer's Mother

      (The idea from Henry Van Dyke's story of The Blue Flower)

A dreamer in a rosy glade,           Its glist'ning leaves, all   uncaressed
  Beneath the tranquil skies,          By hand of man, was near;
Among the meadow grasses,            He reached to pluck it from its stem,
  In youth's sweet languor   lies.    When lo! a face most dear
Odorous blossoms hedged him in,    Smiled softly from the flowery stalk!
  But one bright azure flower,       He paused in sweet amaze,
Leaned to him, lured him, led him, And looked into the loving eyes
  With resistless power.             That met his ardent gaze.
Salt Lake City
                                                             May E. Lillie.