Miller wrote: “To dream of hearing hymns sung, denotes contentment in the home and average prospects in business affairs.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Hymns · Heading 1012; source lines 11794–11802 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of hearing hymns sung, denotes contentment in the home and average prospects in business affairs. See Singing.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Hymns · Dream section, heading 129; source lines 3833–3839 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Singing hymns in a dream foretells sickness to the dreamer: (hearing hymns sung) consolation in troubles.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Hymns · Printed p. 224–225; NLM OCR lines 10405–10413 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To sing them in a dream signifies the dreamer's death (Gypsy). The symbolism connecting hymn-singing with the funeral service is obvious.
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