Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1)

Labor for Sinners During the Shut-Door Period of 1845 to 1851

We now introduce several exhibits giving evidence that James and Ellen White did, as there were opportunities (limited as they might be), work for sinners through the years between 1845 and 1851. 1BIO 263.5

Reference has just been made to Ellen Harmon's experience in Paris, Maine, in the summer of 1845, as reported by Mrs. Truesdail. 1BIO 263.6

J. N. Loughborough, in an article in the Review and Herald dated September 25, 1866, makes reference to the vision given to Ellen White in Exeter, Maine, in mid-February, 1845, and states: 1BIO 264.1

Brother White went on to show that it was the visions that led them out of the extreme view of the shut door.... Instead of leading them to cease to labor for the unconverted, it led them to labor for those who are now Brother and Sister Patch of Minnesota. 1BIO 264.2

Hiram Patch and his fiancee were not in the Advent movement of 1843-1844. Their experience is related in chapter 11. 1BIO 264.3