A few months after my marriage, I attended, with my husband, a Conference at Topsham, Maine, at which Elder Bates was present. He did not then fully believe that my visions were of God. That meeting was a season of much interest. The Spirit of God rested upon me; I was wrapped in a vision of God’s glory, and for the first time had a view of other planets. After I came out of vision, I related what I had seen. Elder B. then asked if I had studied astronomy. I told him I had no recollection of ever looking into an astronomy. Said he: “This is of the Lord.” I never before saw him so free and happy. His countenance shone with the light of heaven, and he exhorted the church with power. {1T 79.3}

Da vi begyndte at præsentere lyset om sabbatsspørgsmålet, havde vi ingen klar forestilling om den tredje engels budskab i Åbenbaringen 14, 9-12. Når vi trådte frem for folket, var vort vidnesbyrds byrde, at den store adventbevægelse var fra Gud, at det første og det andet budskab (79) var blevet forkyndt, og at det tredje skulle gives. Vi så, at det tredje budskab sluttede med ordene: "Her gælder det om udholdenhed for de hellige, der holder fast ved Guds bud og Jesu tro," Og vi så lige så klart, som vi gør det nu, at disse profetiske ord antydede en sabbatsreform; men hvad tilbedelsen af dyret, der er omtalt i budskabet, består i, eller hvad dyrets billede eller mærke er, havde vi ingen bestemt overbevisning om.