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Here is one version of the Butterfly Dream. It includes why Margaret had the dream and what it meant to her.
Margaret Cowan grew up in Ireland and was married to John Bryson. Before long, he was called to fight for England in their struggle against Napoleon and like many others gave his life for his country. He was killed in June 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo.
In August, after a son and only child was born to the grieving mother, she called him Samuel after his grandfather Cowan.
He was a blue-eyed vigorous lad filled with the spirit of adventure, which spirit led him to enlist in the Spanish Civil War at the age of 17. He served for five years and fought in seven major battles, earning a gold medal for bravery.
His mother naturally worried over him while he was away, wondering if he would ever come home to her. As she was a believer in God and his mercy, no doubt she prayed for him many times, at least an event happened which gave her hope and assurance.
One night when she was unusually disturbed, she had an unusual dream. She thought she was given a lone butterfly which she was to cherish in her bosom. Before long, another butterfly came out, then another and another till they came so fast she could not count them. This she was sure was a sign given to her that her son would return and become the father of a numerous posterity. This literally came true for many are his descendants, and to his children’s children, each new baby is another butterfly.
Here's another telling of the dream:
Before the birth of her son, Margaret had a dream that has been handed down to us. She dreamed that from the front of her open dress flew a butterfly; and from the one, twenty more arose. Then from the twenty arose such a large number that the entire room was filled with butterflies. She did not live to see the fulfillment of her dream; but her son, Samuel, married two wives and had twenty children and it would be difficult to count the posterity of these twenty
children. For many years every new baby in the family was counted as one of “Aunt Margaret’s butterflies.”
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Here's another telling of the dream:
Before the birth of her son, Margaret had a dream that has been handed down to us. She dreamed that from the front of her open dress flew a butterfly; and from the one, twenty more arose. Then from the twenty arose such a large number that the entire room was filled with butterflies. She did not live to see the fulfillment of her dream; but her son, Samuel, married two wives and had twenty children and it would be difficult to count the posterity of these twenty
children. For many years every new baby in the family was counted as one of “Aunt Margaret’s butterflies.”
You can read more about Margaret. Click Here
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