Martha Thomas's Vision of Blood-Red Clouds and Divine Light for Journey to Zion

“"While yet in Kentucky I was troubled in spirit for fear we could not sell our property so that we could move to Zion. . . . I was busy (in my dream) setting the table. We did not use tea or coffee; the glasses were placed around the table filled with water. I thought my sister-in-law, Polly McCartney, went in the dining room and called to me saying, 'What ails this water?' I looked and it was red with blood. Looking out I saw the same animals as before, they all were red and the same man and sword seemed to be dripping with blood. Lights appeared overhead illuminating the heavens and moved slowly to the west. . . . [A] happy and contented feeling came over me. I did not care to open my eyes for I was so happy and contented, I did not wish to move, though it was daylight. My husband got up and made a fire. I got up and performed my labors as usual. That quiet, calm feeling did not leave me for several days."”

— Martha Pane Jones Thomas, in her autobiography, recounting a dream given to her in Kentucky as her family prepared to sell their property and gather to Zion