Chapter 16—A View of the Sealing . [Following the return from Western New York in September, 1848, Elder and Mrs. White journeyed to Maine, where they held a meeting with the believers, October 20-22. This was the Topsham conference, where the brethren began praying that a way might be opened for publishing the truths connected with the Advent message. A month later they were with “a small company of brethren and sisters,” writes Elder Joseph Bates in his pamphlet on “The Sealing Message,” “assembled in meeting in Dorchester, near Boston, Mass.” “Before the meeting commenced,” he continues, “some of us were examining some of the points in the sealing message; some difference of opinion existed about the correctness of the view of the word ‘ascending’ [see Revelation 7:2], etc.”{LS 116.1}

(116) [Derefter vendte vi tilbage fra vest-New York i september, 1848, ældre og Mrs. White rejste til Maine, hvor de holdt et møde sammen med troende, d. 20-22. oktober. Dette var Topsham-konferensen, hvor brødrene begyndte at bede for opåbningen af en vej for publicering af sandheder i forbindelse med adventbudskabet. Nogle måneder senere var de sammen med "en lille gruppe af brødre og søstre," skrev ældre Josef Bates i en pamflet om "Beseglingsbudskabet," "forsamlet til et møde i Dorchester, nær Boston, Mass." “Før mødet begyndte," fortsatte han, “undersøgte nogle af os punkterne i beseglingsbudskabet; nogle havde en anden opfattelse om ordet ’opstige’ var korrekt. [se Åbenbaringen 7,2], osv."