Page 6 by the Rev. Charles H. Gilbert When I think of dreams I think of the two Josephs of the Bible. One of the patients at Valley Crest often refers to my ties as like “the coat of many colors’ worn by the Joseph of the Book of Genesis. My ties are indeed of “many colors” like Joseph's coat which his father Jacob gave him. through favoritism. Some of my ties are solid colors, blue but mostly red. I like the kind where colors get all tangled up with each other, never knowing where which color is going or when. No book I ever read tells how a chaplain should dress when going on duty in a county in- stitution. There used to be .a pin in my desk drawer labeling its wearer as Chaplain. Seldom do I wear it any more. In a strange hospital it would suffice to label me so that the nurse would know I had official business there. In later years I guess I got to looking = naturally quite chaplain-ish and need no label. My friend who remembers about Joseph's coat of many colors enjoyed the story. I never had the heart to tell him that some of the new versions have Joseph’s father showing favoritism for his young son by fitting him out with a ‘‘cloak with long sleeves.” It would be too bad to spoil children’s stories by substituting a ‘long sleeved robe’ for the familiar “coat of many colors.” Neckties of many colors are my style as a chaplain I had never thought of them as ec- clesiastical nor liturgical. But one of the most blithe spirited little girls on the Valley Crest staff told me one day that whenever she sees me with a bright red tie or shirt she thinks of the Light-bearer who came on the young church at Pen- tecost. It may be that my red ties are more liturgical than I had thought. It may be that the patients I visit, in spite of their excellent care and treatment, are needing that the man of God who comes to them should come to them with joy-colored neckties. No, I never read any book with such .recom- mendations for the chaplain’s garb. If, after I finish this my 12th year as an official chaplain in this same Home (it used to be called a Home for ‘Indigent Infirm), I should be asked to write a book about The Chaplaincy—well, even then I think I would not mention my ideas about the garb. My friends, the patients, and the staff members seem to enjoy the color I bring with me. Sometimes I register my presence at the desk and am wearing a more conservative dress and someone is sure to ask, ‘‘So you have a funeral this afternoon, Chaplain?’’ Such may be exactly the case. Around the Home on my visits the funeral garb would never be appropriate! Never am I flippant. For as chaplain I am acquainted with aches .and pains, and I have had occasion to walk those halls carrying two canes, and a few times I have been wheeled to the solariums in a wheel chair. My ministry I believe calls for going in the name of the Lord of Life, and in the interest of the One who asked a patient, “Do you want to be healed?” I began by saying that I like to remember the great dreamers in the Bible, beginning with the -one named Joseph who after his dreams bore fruit by becoming the great agricultural agent and food administrator of Egypt. The other dreamer of the Bible also called Joseph was guided often by dreams as he took “Mary his espoused wife’’ who became the holy Mother of our Lord. By a dream they were warned to flee to Egypt to await the passing away of the great slaughterer of the innocents. I believe there are about eight instances of guidance and warnings by dreams in the book of Matthew. I, too, have had some sort of guidance by dreams, but my dream stories are anticlimactic compared with these Bible dreams. Sometimes they are not true to any known fact! Here is my latest dream story which turned out fine. It was not, however, based on the fact I first felt in my mind. For in- stance I was quite sure I had heard Catherine say that night that in the morning we should attempt a certain repair job involving our washing machine. But she says she never said anything of the sort. But I did go ahead and dream several times, it seemed, about getting an early start in the morning of correcting a condition in the machine. This electric automatic washer is, in my mind, the wonder of our age. Back of the panel of dials and figures and a switch is some kind of wizard who always knows how to choose the right water temperature for! our washing. Just turn on the switch and our water pipes will bring the right mix of hot and cold water. The innards will twist and swirl the dirty duds in foamy suds and after the dirt has gone down the drain the wizard will whirl them around and around until they are dizzy and damp. That is wizardry for certain. And once every month I write a note to an address in Allentown and they measure my appreciation by the way I write that note! The wizard is subject to gremlins, however, and sometimes the cold water comes too slow to suit the hot water and we have to see what is the matter with our wonder tub. That is where my dream came in. I was sure Catherine was having trouble with that and thought it was time we did something about it. I knew the steps we had to take and over and over ‘‘all night”’ I dreamed how we would re-wizard the wizard. So into the machine we went. It takes both of us to wheedle that heavy thing away from the wall so I can get my bulk behind it. Once I get folded into place I can begin. But she has to stay within call, perhaps to get me this or that, and I even hinted I might get a cramp in my foot as I did last night. She remarked with caution that it might be quite difficult to wrap my foot in scalding hot towels with me crumpled down behind the big wizard. It was with something like awe that I got into the part of the brain where the wizardry happens. There was a little coil of wire—the thermostat—which knew just when to turn up the hot water or down with the cold. There was a tiny screen in there somewhere that had some sand that blocked the nerve center. It must have been like the medulla, or the temperature lobe of the brain or something highly sensitive. You can’t afford to hurt the feelings there, I got the dirt out or was it cholesterol or was it a clot?. I-dunno!. Anyway, it works, and I got out before I needed a hot towel on my foot! If you insist on singing to me—‘‘Beautiful Dreamer!” I can’t stop you. Anyway we felt like singing again. And I am glad I sent the check into Allentown on the right date. ‘Hotline’ Provides College Entry Info. 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