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2181 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 338.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
As those in Battle Creek assembled for the conference Friday afternoon, May 23, 1856, Joseph Bates was chosen moderator. Preaching through the meeting was done by Bates, Hart, Waggoner, White, and John Byington. White reported that:
2182 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 355.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
… business. Joseph Bates was chosen to preside. First attention was given to the matter of a power press.
2183 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 398.8 (Arthur Lacey White)
… and Joseph Bates and purchased a coat for Bates. Sunday, February 6, she was at work on the story of her life; visiting her mother, she got some facts concerning …
2184 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 406.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
… Sabbath. Joseph Bates chaired the meeting. The address from the Battle Creek church prepared in January setting forth the broad plans for Systematic Benevolence …
2185 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 421.3 (Arthur Lacey White)
… , with Joseph Bates called to serve as chairman. Having in mind the debate that had been running in the Review, those attending the conference moved immediately …
2186 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 424.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
… 1852 Joseph Bates arrived in Battle Creek to herald the message, he went to the post office and asked for the name and address of the most honest man in town …
2187 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 452.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
So after the Sabbath, October 5, a meeting was held, with Joseph Bates serving as chairman and Uriah Smith as secretary. The minutes of this vital meeting read in part:
2188 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 455.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
… chairman, Joseph Bates, and the clerk, Uriah Smith, were voted in as the officers for the current year, and the time for the first session was set for October 5 …
2189 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 477.5 (Arthur Lacey White)
… , and Joseph Bates. Bates now resided in retirement in Monterey, only two blocks from the meetinghouse. He was asked to serve as chairman of the conference.
2190 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 136.6 (Arthur Lacey White)
… by Joseph Clarke, a rather prosperous and influential farmer. In this he stated:
2191 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 145.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
… , 1866. Joseph Bates reported that following Waggoner’s Sabbath morning sermon:
2192 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 176.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
… farmer Joseph Clarke, a frequent contributor to the Review, whose experience was published in the issue of March 27, 1866. With many others, changes were made …
2193 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 249.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
Joseph Clarke (a layman engaged in farming), in writing of the camp meeting, focused on this opening meeting:
2194 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 267.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
As the year dawned, James White was 47 and Ellen 41. Uriah Smith was 36, as were also George Amadon and J. N. Loughborough. J. H. Waggoner was older, 48, and Joseph Bates, now semiretired at Monterey, was 76.
2195 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 283.3 (Arthur Lacey White)
The responses were prompt and numerous, and every one favorable. Joseph Bates, living in nearby Monterey, was the first to send in his testimony, dated November 1:
2196 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 284.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
Many other individuals and churches joined Joseph Bates. There was nothing but commendation; not one response was negative.
2197 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 309.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
… , and Joseph Clarke. The experiences related and admonitions given in these contributions added new life to the journal. From month to month more material …
2198 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 384.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
… did Joseph and Mary when they returned from Jerusalem. There was much tenderness of feeling in the congregation. We then bade them all farewell and returned …
2199 Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2), p. 471.4 (Arthur Lacey White)
… health. Joseph Clarke at Bowling Green, Ohio, where they stopped en route to Iowa, declared:
2200 Ellen G. White: The Lonely Years: 1876-1891 (vol. 3), p. 37.6 (Arthur Lacey White)
… , as Joseph and Mary lost Christ in returning from Jerusalem.— Ibid.