The Masonic Connection In the Foundation of the 7th Day Adventist Church

  Ellen G. White: A Brief Biography by Arthur L. White



During the first few weeks following their marriage, James and Ellen gave earnest study to a 46-page tract published by Joseph Bates, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The tract, entitled Seventh-day Sabbath, set forth the Biblical evidence for the sacredness of the seventh day. Convinced that the views set forth were scriptural, they began to keep Saturday as the Sabbath. Some six months later, on April 3, 1847, Ellen White was shown in vision the law of God in the heavenly sanctuary, with a halo of light around the fourth commandment. This view brought a clearer understanding of the importance of the Sabbath doctrine, and confirmed the confidence of the Adventists in it. (Early Writings, pp. 32-35.)

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Chapter 26 Joseph Bates Auto Biography
...It is now twenty-three years since we commenced keeping the Sabbath of the Lord, since which time we have endeavored to teach it to others, both in private and by public labors, by the fireside and from the sacred desk. We have presented this and kindred truths in New England, many of the Western States, and the Canadas, and our labors have been blessed by seeing scores and hundreds turn from the traditions of men to the observance of all of God's commandments.

By the untiring efforts of our esteemed brother, Eld. James White, and his companion, who were pioneers in this work, there is now established in the city of Battle Creek, Mich., a well-furnished Office of Publication, owned and controlled by the "Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association," a corporate body engaged in the publication of this message. The Association employs two power presses in carrying on its business, and issues "The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald," weekly, "The Youth's Instructor," monthly, "The Health Reformer," monthly, and a large assortment of books and tracts on various Bible subjects.
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Ellen G. White Letter to Joseph Bates 1847

History of the Bates' 1847 letter:
. This letter proves Ellen did not get her visions from God
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... s Bible study. Both she and Joseph Bates capitulated wholeheartedly. Bible study, confirmed ... a committed Christian and a Freemason. Then she made another ... http://www.whiteestate.org/books/mol/Chapt15.html

Church History 17: Joseph Bates 1

 

After listing other rules of his own invention, Bates announced that their provisions included no alcohol

The disturbance came with the arrival of a preacher named Samuel Snow, to whom Bates courteously yielded the pulpit. Snow had been studying the return of Jesus in connection with the Day of Atonement described in the books of Leviticus and Hebrews. On the basis of figure and fulfillment, he preached that Jesus would return in the year 1844 on the actual Day of Atonement, yom kippur. That year the solemn day would fall on October 22, just two months away. Imagine the joy of seeing their Lord so soon! The crowds dispersed with new excitement.

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