Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-02

mutual proselytes of each other.
Bates converted them to the "Sab-
bath" and they converted him to
THE VISIONS"
These visions she had been having
since 1874, and they bad attracted
considerable attention.. Many how
ever, who at first embraced them
afterwards rejected them as uureli-
able. She claimed inspiration not
only in the visions themselves
but in their narration. The follow
ing are her own words; 81 am just
as dependent upon the Spirit of the
Lord in relating or writing vision.
as in having the. vision. "The fact that
in the later editions some parts of
her former visions and variations
are expunged is not regarded as
harmonizing with her protested in
SEPARATION. There arc also contra
dictions in her visions which make
it necessary to suppress some por>
tIons. A few testimonies from Mrs
Whites former friends and acquain-
tances will be interesting to the
reader. Rev. i. G. Welcome of Maine
says:
| was often in meeting with
Ellen G. Harmon and Jamas White
ia 1914 and As. / several times
caught her while falling to the floor,
at times when she swooned away
for vision. [ have heard her re-
late her visions of these dates.
Several were published on sheets TO
the, effect that all were lost who did
not indorse the IA, move, that Christ
had
LEFT THE THRONE OF MERCY,
and all were sealed that ever could
be, and no others could repent. Re-
Gently, in her published visions,
called '"Testimony,,' her visions diff
fer widely, and directly contradict
her former Ones" Another says: -
eve were formerly acquainted with
Mr.. and Mrs. White, and for time
had confidence in her visions, bat
for good many years have had
none at all. When we saw that they
conficted one with another. we re-
nounced them altogether. We re-
member very perfectly that her
first visions or vision was told both
by herself and others Especially by
Mrs. w. in connection with the
preaching OF
1.-THE SHUT DOOR"
and went to su bstantiate the same.
While under that influence, and
preaching the visions, she, in vision
saw N. G.. Reed and I. Damman in
the kingdom, in an immortal state,
and crowned. After that she saw
them finally lost. How could both
be true !?
A farmer in Name says:-We we'll
know the course of Ellen G.. White.
the visionist. while IN the state of
Maine. About the first visions that
she had were at my house in Po-
land. She said God had told her in
vision that the door had closed, and
there was no more chance for the
world, and she would tell who had
got spots on their garments; and
those spots were got on by ques-
tioning her visions whether they
were of the Lord or not"
A lady in California writes | be-
came acquainted with James White
and Ellen Harmon in 1916. At the
time of my first acquaintance with
them they were in wild fanaticisnn,
used to sit on the floor instead of
chairs, and creep around the floor
like little children. Such freaks
were considered mark of humili ty.
They were not married but travel.
ing together. Ellen was having
what was called visions: said God
bad shown her in vision that Jesus
Christ arose on the tenth day of the
seventh month, 1914, and
SHUT THE DOOR OF MERCY;
had left forever the mediatorial
throne; the whole world was DOOM
ed and lost, and there never could
be another sinner saved. She soon
pretended to see that Saturday must
be kept for the Sabbath"
Says the same lady again:-There
were also many failures. She pre-
tended God showed her things
which did not come to pass. At
one time she saw that the Lord
would come the second time in June
1916. The propheov was discussed
in all the churcheG, and in q little
"shut.door" paper published in Port
land. During the summer [ heard
q friend ask her how she accounted
for the vision. She replied that
they told her in the language of
Canaan and she did not understand
the language; that it was the next
September that ths Lord was COM
ing, and tho second growth of grass
instead of the first in June. Sep
TENDER passed, and manymore have
passed since, and we have not seen
the Lord yet 1t soon became eve
dent to all candid persons that many
things must have been "told her
in the language of Canaan or some
other which she did not understand,
as there were repeated failures. |
could mention many which L knew
myself. I have been told that they
deny on this coast 1.-THE Pacificl that
she ever saw the door of mercy clos
cd; but there are thousands of
living witnesses who know that a
blacker lie could not be invented,
and [ am one of the number"
We will now treat the reader to
one or two extracts from the visions
themselves. The following is from
a vision published in 1876
My accompanying angel bade me
look for the travail of soul for sin
ners as used to be. | looked but
could not see It, for the time Of saba
ton is past"
Again in what is known Is the
oCamden Vision" published in 1857:
-"Then / saw that Jesus prayed