Orson Hyde's Dream at Sea — A Small Barque Repeatedly Buried by Waves Yet Never Sinking (1845)

“I had a bad dream. I dreamt I saw a small barque on the bosom of the mighty deep; it was tossed by the wave, and sometimes the waves would dash over it, that I could not see it; by and by, on the swell of a billow it would heave in view again, and again, in the midst of the conflicting elements seem to be buried in the mighty ocean. Thus it made its way on the bosom of the waters: so I consider that nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, until they are destroyed with war, and the attending calamities; for God has designed the overthrow of the wicked, and he has designed they should accomplish it themselves. But in the midst of the wreck of nations and the downfall of kingdoms,—the kingdom of God will go through among the kingdoms of the world, just like that little craft upon the bosom of the deep, and not be beaten into pieces. This little kingdom cannot be broken; it cannot be given to other people; but it will ride in safety in the midst of the angry elements.”

— Orson Hyde, Times and Seasons, Vol. 6, No. 15