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2161 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 190.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

But now a change had come. The “messengers” in the field clearly detected it. Joseph Bates wrote to James White on November 4, 1850. In closing his report he writes enthusiastically:

2162 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 191.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

Clearly the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church had come to “the gathering time.” James White used this term as he reported in November, 1850, of Mrs. Bates, the wife of Joseph Bates, taking her stand for the Sabbath.

2163 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 199.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Sabbathkeeping. Joseph Bates, the apostle of the Sabbath truth, at the outset took the position that the Sabbath began at evening. Taking into account time …

2164 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 203.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

… of Joseph Bates’s Second Advent Way Marks and High Heaps, a significant pamphlet reviewing the 1844 experience. Within a few days publishing plans changed …

2165 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 204.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Committee: Joseph Bates, S. W. Rhodes, J. N. Andrews, and James White, and the subscription terms were “gratis, except the reader desires to aid in its publication …

2166 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 205.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

… on Joseph Baker. Eager to see him attend the conference, they gave him $5 to pay his fare on the railroad, then they spent most of three days traveling in an open …

2167 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 205.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

… venerable Joseph Bates. It was based on the opinion that the Whites had too good a horse, and as James had been very liberal in contributing to the conference …

2168 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 207.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

In 1850 Joseph Bates, entirely on his own initiative, published a pamphlet on the sanctuary, in which he sparked a time-setting rash. A statement on pages 10 and 11 read:

2169 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 210.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… statement, Joseph Bates and others who had taken up the time message dropped it in the summer of 1851. It was considered of such minor importance that it was …

2170 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 212.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… by Joseph Bates, at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, as “A Vision,” vol. 1, No. 1, April 7, 1847.

2171 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 227.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… were Joseph Bates, S. W. Rhodes, G. W. Holt, Frederick Wheeler, J. C. Day, Joseph Baker, William S. Ingraham, Ira Wyman, Heman Churchill, G. W. Morse, Hiram Edson, and James and …

2172 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 231.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… committee, Joseph Bates, J. N. Andrews, and Joseph Baker; James White was named editor. The paper would appear semi-monthly. The “terms” were stated: “Gratis. It is expected …

2173 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 265.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

I have before me the report of a meeting held in Vermont, signed Joseph Bates, dated Fairhaven, November 4, 1850. In the last paragraph the report says:

2174 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 273.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… 1849, Joseph Bates had gone to Jackson, Michigan. From among the Adventists there he raised up a little company of Sabbathkeepers, with Dan Palmer, a blacksmith …

2175 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 273.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

Joseph Bates reported trips to Jackson in April and again in June in 1852, each attended with success. James and Ellen White could not escape observing what …

2176 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 284.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Church: Joseph Bates, James White, and Ellen G. White. The foundations of their work were laid in the great Advent Awakening under William Miller and his associates …

2177 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 322.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… chapters, Joseph Bates was considered the father of the Sabbath truth. As captain of his own vessels, he had sailed far and wide and was acquainted with the …

2179 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 324.8 (Arthur Lacey White)

… and Joseph Bates straight, and they accepted the vision wholeheartedly. The matter of the time to commence the Sabbath was forever settled—settled on the …

2180 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 328.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

9. That Joseph Bates, J. H. Waggoner, and M. E. Cornell be appointed to address the saints on behalf of the conference, on the gifts of the church.— Ibid., December 4, 1855