Martha Thomas's Vision of Snakes Before Journey to Zion - Prophecy Fulfilled

“"About one o'clock he rode up to the gate and called to me, saying, 'Pack up your goods, we are ready for Zion.' I stepped to the door and said, 'Have you sold?' 'Yes,' he answered. 'Can we go?' 'Yes.' If anyone ever felt like flying it was me. . . . I lifted the pail of water on my head, for that was the way we packed our water, the milk and butter in my hands. I started up the path with much joy. I thought I was like one of the ancients who was so near the promised land; he went on the mountains and looked over and saw it. Just at that moment if there was one snake's head, there were thousands on each side of the road sticking up about six inches above the ground. They did not seem to move or lap a tongue at me. It passed so quickly it did not affect me at all. When Mr. Thomas sat down to eat his dinner I thought of my snakes and wondered. I remembered Brother Patten saying, 'The one who gave the dream would give the interpretation in due time.'"”

— Martha Pane Jones Thomas, in her autobiography, recounting a vision given to her in Kentucky in the spring of 1837, on the very day her husband Daniel sold their property so the family could gather with the Saints