As God has shown me the travels of the advent people to the Holy city and the
rich reward to be given those who wait the return of their Lord from the
wedding.
It may be my duty to give you a short sketch of what God has revealed to me.
The dear saints have many trials to pass through with our light afflictions,
which are, but for a moment will work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory.
While we look not at the things which are seen for the things which are seen are
temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
I have tried to bring back a good report in a few grapes from the heavenly
Canaan, for which many would stone me as the congregation, bade stone,
Caleb and Joshua for their report in numbers,
14:10 with I declare to you my brethren and sisters in the Lord.
It is a goodly land and we are well able to go up and possess it.
When I was praying at the family altar,
the Holy ghost fell upon me and I seem to be rising higher and higher far above
the dark world. I turned to look for the advent people in the world,
but could not find them when a voice said to me,
look again and look a little higher at this.
I raised my eyes and saw a straight and narrow path cast up high above the
world. On this path, the advent people were traveling to the city,
which was at the farther end of the path.
They had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path,
which an angel told me was the midnight cry,
this light Shaun all along the path and gave light for their feet so that they
might not stumble. If they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus,
who was just before them leading them to the city, they were safe. But soon,
some grew weary and said the city was a great way off and they expected to have
entered it before then Jesus would encourage them by raising his glorious right
arm. And from his arm came a light,
which waved over the advent band and they shouted and Alleluia others rashly
denied the light behind them and said that it was not God that had led them out
so far. The light behind them went out,
leaving their feet in perfect darkness and they stumbled and lost sight of the
market of Jesus and fell off the path down into the dark and wicked world.
Below soon, we heard the voice of God, like many waters,
which gave us the day and hour of Jesus coming.
The living saints 144,000 in number knew and understood the
voice while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.
When God spoke the time he poured upon us,
the Holy ghost and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God.
As Moses did, when he came down from Mount Sinai,
the 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly United
on their foreheads was written God,
new Jerusalem and a glorious star containing Jesus' new name at our happy holy state.
The wicked were enraged and would rush violently up to lay hands on us to thrust
us into prison. When we would stretch forth the hand in the name of the Lord,
and they would fall helpless to the ground.
Then it was that the synagogue of Satan knew that God had loved us,
who could wash one another's feet and salute the brethren with a Holy kiss.
And they worshiped at our feet sooner.
Our eyes were drawn to the East for a small black cloud had appeared about half
as large as a man's hand, which we all knew was the sign of the son of man.
We all in solemn silence, gazed on the cloud,
as it drew nearer and became lighter, glorious,
and still more glorious till it was a great white cloud.
The bottom appeared like fire.
A rainbow was over the cloud while around it with 10,000 angels singing a most
lovely song. And upon its out the son of man,
his hair was white and curly and lay on his shoulders.
And upon his head were many crowns.
His feet had the appearance of fire in his right hand was a sharp sickle in his
left, uh, silver trumpet. His eyes were as a flame of fire,
which searched his children through and through then all faces gathered paleness
and those that God had rejected gathered blackness.
Then we all cried out who shall be able to stand is my robe spotless.
Then the angel ceased to sing.
And there was some time of awful silence when Jesus spoke.
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts shall be able to stand.
My grace is sufficient for you.
This our faces lighted up and joy filled every heart and the angels
struck a note higher and sang again.
While the cloud drew still near then Jesus silver trumpet
sounded as he descended on the cloud wrapped in flames of fire.
He gazed on the graves of the sleeping saints.
Then raised his eyes and hands to heaven and cried, awake, awake,
awake that sleep in the dust and arise.
Then there was a mighty earth quake.
The graves opened and the dead came up clothed through their mortality.
The 144,000 shouted Alleluia.
As they recognize their friends who had been torn from them by death.
And in the same moment,
we were changed and caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air.
We all enter the cloud together and we're seven days ascending to the sea of
glass. When Jesus brought the crowns and with his own,
right-hand placed them on our heads.
He gave us harps of gold and palms of victory here on the sea of glass.
The 144,000 stood in a perfect square.
Some of them had very bright crowns, others, not so right.
Some crowns appeared heavy with stars while others had,
but few all were perfectly satisfied with their crowns.
And they were all clothed with a glorious white mantle from their shoulders to
their feet. Angels were all about us as well,
marched over the sea of glass to the gate of the city.
Jesus raised his mighty glorious arm, laid hold of the pearly gate,
swung it back on its glittering hinges and said to us,
you have washed your robes in my blood, stood stiffly for my truth, enter in.
We all marched and, and felt that we had a perfect right in the city here.
I saw the tree of life and the throne of out of the throne came a pure
river of water. And on either side of the river was the tree of life.
On one side of the river was a trunk of a tree and a trunk on the other side of
the river, both of pure transparent gold.
At first I thought I saw two trees.
I looked again and saw that they were United at the top in one tree.
So it was the tree of life on either side of the river life.
It's branches, bow to the place where we stood and the fruit was glorious.
It looked like gold mixed with silver.
We all went under the tree and sat down to look at the glory of the place when
brethren, Fitch, and Stockman,
who had preached the gospel of the kingdom and whom God had laid in the grave to
save them,
came up to us and asked us what we had passed through while they were sleeping.
We tried to call up our greatest trials,
but they looked so small compared with a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory that surrounded us, that we could not speak them out.
And we all cried out. Alleluia heaven is cheap enough.
And we touched our glorious harps and made heaven's arches ring with Jesus that
I had. We all descended from the city down to this earth on a great and mighty
mountain, which could not bad Jesus up.
And it parted a Sunday and there was a mighty plan.
Then we looked up and saw the great city with 12 foundations and 12 Gates,
three on each side and an angel at each gate.
We all cried out the city, the great city it's coming.
It's coming down from God out of heaven.
And it came and settled on the place where we stood.
We began to look at the glorious things outside of the city. See there,
I saw most glorious houses,
but had the appearance of silver supported by four pillar set with pearls.
Most glorious to behold.
These were to be inhabited by the saints in each was a golden shelf.
I saw many of the saints go into the houses,
take off their glittering crowns and lay them on the shelf.
Then go out into the field by the houses to do something with the earth.
Not as we have to do with the earth here. No, no. Uh, Gloria slate, Sean,
all about their heads and they were continually shouting and offering praises to
God. I saw another field full of all kinds of flowers. And as I plucked them,
I cried out. They will never fade next. I saw a field of tall grass,
most glorious to behold.
It was living green and had a reflection of silver and gold.
As it waved proudly to the glory of King Jesus.
Then we entered a field full of all kinds of beasts, the lion, the lamb,
the leopard, and the Wolf all together in perfect union.
We passed through the midst of them and they followed on probably after then.
We entered a word, not like the dark woods we have here. No, no,
but light and all over glorious. The branches of the trees moved to and fro,
and we all cried out.
We will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
We through the woods for, we were on our way to Mount Manson.
As we were traveling along, we met a company who also gazing at that,
the glories of the place. I noticed red as a border on their garments.
Their crowns were brilliant. Their robes were pure white. As we greeted them,
I asked Jesus who they were.
He said they were martyrs that had been slain for him.
With them was an innumerable company of little ones.
They also had a ham of red on their garments.
Mount Zion was just before us and on the Mount was a glorious temple and about
it was seven other mountains on which grew roses and lilies.
And I saw the little ones claim,
or if they chose use their little wings and fly to the top of the mountains and
pluck the never fading flowers,
there were all kinds of trees around the temple to beautify the place, the box,
the pine, the fir the oil, the Myrtle, the pomegranate,
and the fig tree burned down with a weight of its timely figs.
These made the place all over glorious.
And as we were about to enter the Holy temple,
Jesus raised his lovely voice and said only the 144,000 and to this
place. And we shouted hallelujah.
This temple was supported by seven pillars,
all of transparent gold set with pals, most glorious,
the wonderful things I've ever saw. I cannot describe Oh,
that I could talk in the language of Canaan.
Then could I tell a little of the glory of the better world?
I saw their tables of stone in which the names of the 144,000 were engraved
in letters of gold. After we beheld the glory of the temple,
we went out and Jesus left us and went to the city. Soon.
We heard his lovely voice. Again, saying, come my people,
you have come out of great tribulation and done my will suffered for me.
Come into supper for, I will guard myself and serve you.
We shouted Alleluia glory and entered into the
city. And I saw a table of pure silver.
It was many miles in length yet our eyes could extend over it.
I saw the fruit of the tree of life, the manner, almonds, figs,
pomegranates, grapes, and many other kinds of fruit.
I asked Jesus to let me eat of the fruit. He said,
not now those eat of the fruit of this land.
Go back to earth no more, but in a little while, if faithful,
you shall both eat of the fruit of the tree of life and drink of the water of
the fountain. And he said,
you must go back to the earth again and relate to others.
What I have revealed to you then an angel bore me gently down to this
world. Sometimes I think I can stay here no longer.
All things of earth look so dreary. I feel very lonely here for,
I have seen a better land. Oh, that I had wings like a dove.
Then would I fly away and be at rest? After I came out of vision,
everything looked changed. A gloom was spread over all that I beheld, Oh,
how dark this world looked to me.
I wept when I found myself here and felt homesick,
seen a better world. And it had spoiled for me.
I told the view to our little band in Portland who then fully believed it to be
of God. That was a powerful time.
The solemnity of eternity rested upon us. About one week after this,
the Lord gave me another view and showed me the trials I must pass through.
And that I must go and relate to others.
What he had revealed to me and that I should meet with great opposition and
suffer anguish of spirit by going but said, the angel,
the grace of God is sufficient for you. He will hold you up.
After I came out of this vision, I was exceedingly troubled.
My health was very poor and I was bit 17 years old.
I knew that many had fallen through exhortation. And I knew that if I,
in any way, became exalted, God would leave me. And I should surely be lost.
I went to the Lord in prayer and begged him to lay the burden on someone else.
It seemed to me that I could not bear it.
I lay upon my face a long time and all the light I could get was make known to
others. What I have revealed to you in my next vision,
I earnestly begged of the Lord that if I must go and relate what he had shown to
me, he would keep me from exhortation.
Then he showed me that my prayer was answered.
And if I should be in danger of exaltation, his hand would be laid upon me.
And I would be afflicted with sickness said, the angel,
if you deliver the messages faithfully and endure onto the end,
you shall eat of the fruit of the tree of life and drink of the water of the
river of life. Soon. It was reported all around that.
The visions were the result of mesmerism and many Adventists were ready to
believe and circulate the report.
A physician who was a celebrated mesmeriziser told me that my views were
Mesmerism,
that I was a very easy subject and that he could mesmerize me and give me a
vision.
I told him that the Lord had shown me envisioned that Mesmerism was from the
devil, from the bottomless pit.
And that it would soon go there with those who continue to use it.
I then gave him Liberty to mesmerize me if he could.
He tried for more than half an hour resorting to different operations and then
gave it up by faith in God.
I was able to resist his influence so that it did not affect me in the least.
If I had a vision in meeting many would say that it was excitement and that
someone mesmerized me,
then I would go away alone in the woods where no eye or ear but Gods could see
or hear and pray to him. And he would sometimes give me a vision there.
I then rejoiced and told them what God had revealed to me alone,
where no mortal could influence me.
But I was told by some that I mesmerized myself. Oh,
thought I has it come to this.
That those who honestly go to God alone to plead his promises and to claim his
salvation or to be charged with being under the foul and sold damning influence
of Mesmer ism.
Do we ask our kind father in heaven for bread only to receive a stone or a
scorpion, these things wounded my spirit and run my soul in keen anguish.
Well night, a despair while many would have me believe that there was no Holy ghost and that
all the exercises that Holy man of God experienced where only Mesmer ism or the
deceptions of Satan at this time, there was fanaticism in Maine,
some refrained, Holy from labor and disfellowshipped,
all those who would not receive that views on this point.
And some other things which they're held to be religious duties.
God revealed these areas to me and vision and sent me to his own children to
declare them.
But many of them wholly rejected the message and charged me with conforming to
the world. On the other hand,
the nominal Adventists charged me with fanaticism and I was falsely.
And by some wickedly represented as being the leader of the fanaticism that I
was actually laboring to,
correct different times were repeatedly set for the Lord to come and we're urged
upon the brethren.
But the Lord showed me that they would all pass by for the time of trouble must
come before the coming of Christ.
And that every time that was sat and passed by would only weaken the faith of
God's people for this. I was gosh,
with being with the evil servant that said in his heart,
my lower delay of his coming,
all these things weighed heavily upon my spirits and in the confusion,
I was sometimes tempted to doubt my own experience while it family prayers.
One morning,
the power of God began to rest upon me and the thought rushed into my mind that
it lives mesmerism. And I resisted it immediately.
I was struck diamond for a few moments, was lost to everything around me.
I then saw my sin and doubting the power of God and that for so doing,
I was struck dumb and that my tongue would be loosed in less than 24 hours.
A card was held up before me on which were written in letters of gold,
the chapter and verse of 50 texts of scripture. After I came out of vision,
I beckoned for the slate and wrote upon it that I was dumb.
Also what I had seen and that I wished the large Bible.
I took the Bible and readily turned to all the texts that I had seen upon the
card. I was unable to speak all day early. The next morning,
my soul was filled with joy and my tongue was loosed to shout the high praises
of God. After that, I did not doubt or for a moment resist the power of God.
However others might think of me in 1846 while at fair Haven,
Massachusetts, my sister who usually accompanied me at that time, sister,
a brother G and myself,
started in a sailboat to visit a family on West Island.
It was almost night when we started, we had gone, but a short distance,
when a storm suddenly arose it thundered enlightened,
and the rain came and Torrance upon us.
It seemed plain that we must be lost unless God should deliver.
I knelt down in the boat and began to cry to God,
to and there upon the tossing bellows,
while the water washed over the top of the boat, upon us,
I was taken off envision and saw that sooner would every drop of water in the
ocean be dried up. Then we perish for my work had, but just begun.
After I came out of the vision,
all my fears were gone and we sang and praised God.
And our little boat was to us, a floating baffle. The editor of the advent,
Harold has said that my visions known to be the result of mesmeric operations,
but I ask what opportunity was there for mesmeric operations in such a time as
that brother G had more than he could well do to manage the boat.
He tried to anchor, but the anchor dragged,
our little boat was tossed upon the waves and driven by the wind while it was so
dark that we could not see from one end of the boat to the other soon,
the anchor held and brother G called for help. There were,
but two hoses on the Island and it proved that we were near one of them,
but not the one where we wished to go.
All the family had retired to rest except a little child who providentially
heard the call for help upon the water.
Her father soon came to our relief and in a small boat, took us to the shore.
We spent the most of that night in Thanksgiving and praise to God for his
wonderful goodness unto us.
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