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me that God was dishonored. Great grief pressed upon my spirits, and
I fainted under the burden. Some feared that I was dying. Brethren
Bates, Chamberlain, Gurney, Edson, and my husband prayed for me.
The Lord heard the prayers of His servants, and I revived.
The light of heaven then rested upon me, and I was soon lost to
earthly things. My accompanying angel presented before me some
of the errors of those present, and also the truth in contrast with their
errors. These discordant views, which they claimed were in harmony
with the Scriptures, were only according to their opinion of Bible
teaching; and I was bidden to tell them that they should yield their
errors, and unite upon the truths of the third angel’s message.
Our meeting closed triumphantly. Truth gained the victory. Our
brethren renounced their errors and united upon the third angel’s mes-
sage, and God greatly blessed them and added many to their numbers.
Visit to Brother Snow’s—Hannibal
From Volney we journeyed toward Port Gibson, sixty miles distant,
to meet another appointment August 27 and 28. “On our way”, wrote
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my husband in a letter to Brother Hastings dated August 26, “we
stopped at Brother Snow’s in Hannibal. In that place are eight or ten
precious souls. Brother Bates, Brother and Sister Edson, and Brother
Simmons stopped all night with them. In the morning Ellen was taken
off in vision, and while she was in vision, all the brethren came in.
One of the number was not with us on the Sabbath [truth], but was
humble and good. Ellen rose up in vision, took the large Bible, held
it up before the Lord, talked from it, then carried it to this humble
brother, and put it in his arms. He took it while tears were rolling down
his bosom. Then Ellen came and sat down by me. She was in vision
one and a half hours, in which time she did not breathe at all. It was
an affecting time. All wept much for joy. We left Brother Bates with
them, and came to this place with Brother Edson.”
Meeting at Port Gibson
The meeting at Port Gibson was held in Brother Hiram Edson’s
barn. There were those present who loved the truth, but were listening
to and cherishing error. Before the close of this meeting, however,