The Dreamer and the Two Men She Loved.

By Richard E. Kuykendall

Dreamer of Dreams and the Two Men She Loved is the true story of a woman in the 1800s who was awakened by her enlightening dreams and visions. In a time when women’s rights were few, she began her work as a spiritual guide and leader and she even rose to heights seldom attained by men. It is also a story about the two men she loved...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781698705637

Richard E. Kuykendall

Richard E. Kuykendall holds a Bachelor’s degree in Religion, a Master of Divinity degree, and a Doctoral degree in Spirituality. Kuykendall founded “Spiritwind: A Study Group for Spiritual Adventurers” in 1990, where he leads those who attend in studies of religion, spirituality, philosophy and other related topics. Kuykendall is the author of more than ten books, three of which are: The Dream Life of Jesus, Buddhism for Beginners, and The Way of The Earth.

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Contents

Prelude

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Postscript

Author’s Note

Author’s Sources

Dedicated to

my dear friend, Aage Rendalen now gone but not forgotten and Roy Gee, preacher extraordinaire

Prelude

On the evening of April 16, 1906, while still in Southern California, Ellen had the following dream:

I dreamed that I was looking down upon the city from a high point and everywhere I could see houses shaking like reeds in the wind. Buildings were falling to the ground. The homes of the wealthy and the poor alike were destroyed and many people lost their lives and the air was filled with the screams of the injured and those in fear. The awfulness of the dream I can hardly find the words to describe.

When she woke up she saw that it was 1:00 a. m., Tuesday morning. That day Ellen and her assistants boarded a train for Los Angeles and then that night she had another dream which to her seemed connected to the dream the night before:

An angel stood beside me and declared that God’s laws had been ignored by many and many continue to choose to remain disobedient and spurn God’s mercy.

The following day, Wednesday, April 18, as they neared the Carr Street Church where Ellen was supposed to speak, the newsboys were crying San Francisco destroyed by an earthquake!

On her return trip home to northern California she dreaded seeing the destruction she had seen in her dream. But as their train neared San Jose, she could see everywhere the effect of the earthquake...

Chapter 1

In the mid 19th century a child was born who would one day make her mark on the world. She had a twin sister named Elizabeth or Lizzie and the two of them were the youngest of eight—two boys and the rest girls.

They lived in a house on a hill where they could see a valley, lake and the mountains beyond. There were also beautiful trees in the forest where Ellen and her brothers and sisters liked to go in search of hickory nuts.

Ellen was born on November 26, 1827—the end of Autumn when in Gorham, Maine the first snow begins to fall. Her parents were named Robert and Eunice. Her father was a hat maker and her family were members of the Methodist Church.

When still a child her parents moved the family to Portland, Maine where at the age of nine a thirteen year old girl threw a rock at her which hit Ellen in the nose, breaking it and knocking her unconscious. Her twin sister, Lizzie, and a school mate carried her home. After that, Ellen had no memory of the accident and was lost in a daze for three weeks. When her face healed, she looked like she was mulatto.

For two years she couldn’t breath through her nose and was unable to attend school. When she tried to attend, her teacher assigned the very girl who had thrown the rock at her to be her tutor--an act of poetic justice. The girl was extremely sorry for what she had done but Ellen’s brief time in school was soon over. The hardest thing of her childhood was to leave school without the hope of gaining an education. Later she did attend school intermittently but for the most part, her mother home-schooled her.

When I was just twelve years old I started attending meetings that were being held at the Christian Church in Portland by a Baptist minister by the name of William Miller. He spoke to a packed house and my friends and I, as well as the others who attended, were held spellbound by his preaching and teachings on the soon coming of Jesus. He called it the ‘Second Advent’ and showed in detail how the prophecies of the Bible showed that the time was truly short! I could hardly sleep at night due to the expectation and yet, at the same time, I ‘knew’ that I would never love a man, marry or have children. Then in just a little more than two years I was baptized along with eleven others in Casco Bay. The waves ran high and dashed upon the shore but I was at peace!

During the time of their waiting for the return of Christ, Ellen had a dream. When she awoke that morning, she told it to her sister, Lizzie. She said,

"Last night I had a dream where I saw a temple, to which many people were going.