The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress

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A Pamphlet on the Opening Heavens

After the vision given to Mrs. White in Topsham, Maine, in the fall of 1846, when some of the planets were shown her, Elder Bates prepared the manuscript for a pamphlet on The Opening Heavens. But ready means for its publication was greatly needed. To meet this demand, a sister residing in Massachusetts, who had just completed and laid a new rag carpet, took it up and sold it, and gave the proceeds to Elder Bates, which enabled him to publish his second book. GSAM 311.5