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2142 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 105.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

Joseph Bates had been an earnest worker in the Advent awakening of 1840-1844. A sea captain-turned-minister, he invested his property and his strength in heralding …

2144 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 113.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Curtis. Joseph Bates had come up from New Bedford and was present. Ellen White wrote:

2145 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 114.7 (Arthur Lacey White)

… of Joseph Bates. It should be borne in mind that the number of moons she was shown was what Bates, up to that time, had seen through the telescope. Stronger, more …

2146 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 116.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

… year, Joseph Bates introduced the Sabbath to her. Bates had taken his stand in 1845, having had his attention called to it through an article in The Hope of Israel …

2147 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 118.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

The Joseph Bates family in Fairhaven, across the Acushnet River from New Bedford, the whaling seaport center. A sea captain who had retired with some means …

2149 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 121.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… to Joseph Bates. James White suggested to Bates that he have one thousand copies printed on a broadside and send him the bill. This Bates did. When James received …

2150 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 121.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… the Joseph Bates tract. The vision of April 3 impressed upon them the singular importance of the Sabbath, and the mention made in the vision of “the mark of the …

2151 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 129.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

… to Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormons, who, because of some of his teachings and actions, had been murdered in 1844. As for James White, the Bible was the guide …

2153 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 130.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… , first Joseph Bates’s remarks giving his experience in accepting the visions, as described in Bates’s 1847 broadside, and then a very brief review by James …

2154 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 130.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

From Gorham, Ellen, on July 13, wrote a letter to Joseph Bates. Its opening paragraphs provide some glimpses into her heart and life:

2155 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 144.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… White, Joseph Bates, H. S. Gurney. At times, Hiram Edson, E.L.H. Chamberlain, and Otis Nichols joined forces with the basic group.

2156 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 144.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… , Elder Joseph Bates, Father Pierce, [A term used in respect and love.] Elder Edson, and others who were keen, noble, and true, were among those who, after the passing …

2157 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 150.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

After some time spent in earnest prayer for light and instruction, God gave Sister White the following in vision.—DF 323, Joseph Bates, To Those who are receiving the seal of the living God, 24 .

2158 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 150.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

… , and Joseph Bates, with pencil and paper in hand, noted the words as she spoke. Here are significant portions of Bates’s notes:

2159 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 171.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… to Joseph Bates, emphasizing the point. These items triggered a crisis that almost killed the little paper. Here is the statement:

2160 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 171.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

… years Joseph Bates, the older member of the pioneer group, highly esteemed and much loved by James and Ellen White, had written and published six helpful pamphlets …