I Dreamed As I Lay On My Bed

DESCRIPTION: "I dreamed as I lay on my bed of sweet slumber" that many came to the gate of heaven and were denied entrance by Peter. But a "Dixie Pilgrim" named Rastus Snow shows up in tattered clothes and doesn't even need to argue for admission; he clearly belongs
AUTHOR: Maurine Whipple (1903-1992) ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Whipple, The Giant Joshua)
KEYWORDS: dream religious clothes | heaven
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 269, "(I dreamed as I lay on my bed of sweet slumber)" (1 text)
Roud #10888
NOTES [36 words]: The only source for this seems to be Maurine Whipple's "The Great Joshua," regularly cited as one of the most significant Mormon novels. One would assume she wrote it, but no one seems to quite come out and say so. - RBW
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