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the power of God upon them. Countenances that looked sad when we
came to the place, now shone with the heavenly anointing. It seemed
that heavenly angels were passing from one to another in the room
to finish the good work which had begun. Soon we were able to bid
farewell to our brethren in Waukon, and to start on our homeward
journey.
View at Lovett’s Grove, Ohio
In the spring of 1858, we visited Ohio, and attended conferences
at Green Springs, Gilboa, and Lovett’s Grove. At Lovett’s Grove the
Lord’s blessing rested upon us in special power. On Sunday afternoon
there was a funeral service at the schoolhouse where our meetings
were being held. My husband was invited to speak. He was blessed
with freedom, and the words spoken seemed to affect the hearers.
When he had closed his remarks, I felt urged by the Spirit of the
Lord to bear my testimony. As I was led to speak upon the coming of
Christ and the resurrection, and the cheering hope of the Christian, my
soul triumphed in God; I drank in rich draughts of salvation. Heaven,
sweet heaven, was the magnet to draw my soul upward, and I was
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wrapped in a vision of God’s glory. Many important matters were
there revealed to me for the church.
Writing “Spiritual Gifts,” Vol. 1
In the vision at Lovett’s Grove, most of the matter which I had seen
ten years before concerning the great controversy of the ages between
Christ and Satan, was repeated, and I was instructed to write it out.
I was shown that while I should have to contend with the powers of
darkness, for Satan would make strong efforts to hinder me, yet I must
put my trust in God, and angels would not leave me in the conflict.
Two days afterward, while journeying on the cars to Jackson,
Mich., we arranged our plans for writing and publishing, immediately
on our return home, the book entitled, “The Great Controversy between
Christ and His Angels, and Satan and His Angels,” commonly known
as “Spiritual Gifts,” Vol. 1. [
Note.—This volume, dealing with the
fall of man, the plan of redemption, and the history of the church from
the time of Christ to the new earth, corresponds with the latter part of