1 00:00:07,958 --> 00:00:11,667 (UPLIFTING MUSIC) 2 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:36,042 BOY: (SHOUTS) Read all about it! 3 00:00:37,208 --> 00:00:39,875 Read all about Christ's return! 4 00:00:42,792 --> 00:00:44,250 Read all about it! 5 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:47,125 I'd like to see the view from up in those clouds. 6 00:00:48,292 --> 00:00:51,375 WOMAN: You will soon enough. We all will. 7 00:00:51,375 --> 00:00:53,583 BOY: (SHOUTS) Read all about Christ's return! 8 00:00:54,833 --> 00:00:57,208 Don't forget your paper! 9 00:00:57,208 --> 00:00:59,417 Read all about it! 10 00:01:01,375 --> 00:01:03,250 MAN: I'll take a copy, lad. 11 00:01:04,917 --> 00:01:09,042 So, people find intrigue in the news of the Lord's return? 12 00:01:09,042 --> 00:01:12,042 Well, people want to hear about the end of the world, sir. 13 00:01:12,042 --> 00:01:14,208 (TOWNSPEOPLE CHATTER NEARBY) 14 00:01:14,208 --> 00:01:16,292 (COINS JINGLE) 15 00:01:17,458 --> 00:01:19,625 BOY: Read all about it! 16 00:01:19,625 --> 00:01:22,083 Read all about Christ's return! 17 00:02:25,458 --> 00:02:28,167 (ARTILLERY FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS ECHO) 18 00:02:28,167 --> 00:02:29,625 MAN: (SHOUTS) Captain Miller, sir?! 19 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:34,333 MAN: (SHOUTS) No! No more! 20 00:02:35,583 --> 00:02:37,750 (EXPLOSIONS AND SHOUTING CONTINUE) 21 00:02:40,458 --> 00:02:42,917 MAN: Captain, we've got no more rounds! 22 00:02:44,708 --> 00:02:46,417 Captain?! Captain?! 23 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:47,917 Captain Miller?! 24 00:02:47,917 --> 00:02:49,417 (GASPS) 25 00:02:49,417 --> 00:02:51,125 (BREATHES RAPIDLY) 26 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:53,958 (GASPS) 27 00:03:01,667 --> 00:03:04,458 (READS) “But how conceive a God supremely good, 28 00:03:04,458 --> 00:03:07,083 “Who heaps his favours on the sons he loves, 29 00:03:07,083 --> 00:03:10,042 “Yet scatters evil with as large a hand? 30 00:03:10,042 --> 00:03:12,625 “A God came down to lift our stricken race - 31 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:15,958 “He visited the earth and changed it not.” 32 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,500 (PIG GRUNTS) 33 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:24,208 The children have asked for you. 34 00:03:24,208 --> 00:03:27,292 Will you take them some bread with butter and cheese? 35 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:30,500 Yes, my dear. 36 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:35,958 (SIGHS) And what are you thinking about today, Mr Miller? 37 00:03:35,958 --> 00:03:37,500 Voltaire. 38 00:03:38,708 --> 00:03:42,250 Voltaire believes there is a supreme power. 39 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:49,417 But he does not accept that God has anything to do with us personally. 40 00:03:52,375 --> 00:03:56,875 I...survived that battle in Plattsburgh, Lucy and... 41 00:03:58,333 --> 00:04:00,292 ..I have to know why. 42 00:04:00,292 --> 00:04:03,958 And Voltaire's words provide no answers, then? 43 00:04:11,542 --> 00:04:13,167 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 44 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:17,458 God reached down to the battlefield to...meddle in the lives of men? 45 00:04:17,458 --> 00:04:20,333 It goes against reason, William. It's not logical. 46 00:04:20,333 --> 00:04:23,125 If you had seen the shells and the blood that day, 47 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:26,000 you'd know the only explanation for our victory 48 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,292 was some sort of divine intervention. 49 00:04:28,292 --> 00:04:30,917 And what of the men and boys who died around you? 50 00:04:30,917 --> 00:04:34,208 Was it the hand of God that put them in the grave? 51 00:04:34,208 --> 00:04:36,083 I don't have the answer for that, Abner. 52 00:04:36,083 --> 00:04:38,208 All I know is I should be dead and I am not. 53 00:04:38,208 --> 00:04:40,625 Perhaps the Bible has an answer. 54 00:04:40,625 --> 00:04:42,167 Come now, Mr Miller. 55 00:04:42,167 --> 00:04:45,542 The Bible is an ancient fairytale. You have no proof of its validity. 56 00:04:45,542 --> 00:04:47,667 WILLIAM: You don't have proof to the contrary. 57 00:04:47,667 --> 00:04:50,042 Both views require a leap of faith. 58 00:04:50,042 --> 00:04:53,583 Surely one demands as much attention as the other. 59 00:04:53,583 --> 00:04:56,417 So, now an ancient text is your authority on all things? 60 00:04:57,417 --> 00:04:59,750 It just may have the answers I seek. 61 00:05:00,875 --> 00:05:04,125 Well, I'll tell you what I seek. 62 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:05,958 Another pint. 63 00:05:16,333 --> 00:05:17,792 William... 64 00:05:17,792 --> 00:05:19,208 Hello. 65 00:05:19,208 --> 00:05:20,917 We need a minister for today's service... 66 00:05:20,917 --> 00:05:22,917 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION CONTINUES) 67 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:31,667 (CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS) 68 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:33,375 Abner has fallen ill. 69 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:35,500 - Oh. - So, they... 70 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:37,417 They've asked me to read the sermon. 71 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:42,125 And your response was...? 72 00:05:43,208 --> 00:05:45,667 This is what I get for speaking in front of Mother. 73 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:53,375 I told her that I would next read the sermon when Elihu was away. 74 00:05:54,625 --> 00:05:57,375 She...must have told one of the elders. 75 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:16,292 “Indeed, all parental instructions, unless enforced by becoming examples, 76 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,833 “will expose not only the truths taught, 77 00:06:18,833 --> 00:06:20,958 “but the parents themselves...” 78 00:06:20,958 --> 00:06:23,417 “Many remained hardened, 79 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:28,458 “thoughtless of God who created them and of Jesus who bled to redeem them.” 80 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:33,125 (MAN COUGHS) 81 00:06:34,292 --> 00:06:36,167 “Be not deceived, beloved parents. 82 00:06:36,167 --> 00:06:40,250 “If you would train up your children in the way they should go, 83 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:43,750 “you must not merely instruct, 84 00:06:43,750 --> 00:06:46,667 “but your actions must corres... 85 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:49,917 “..corres... 86 00:06:54,083 --> 00:06:59,542 “..your actions must correspond to God's calling on your heart.” 87 00:07:06,542 --> 00:07:08,542 (WHISPERED MURMURING) 88 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,208 (READS) “For God so loved the world, 89 00:07:34,208 --> 00:07:36,042 “that he gave his only begotten Son, 90 00:07:36,042 --> 00:07:39,750 “that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 91 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:41,792 “but have everlasting life.” 92 00:07:43,833 --> 00:07:47,208 “I have loved thee with an everlasting love, 93 00:07:47,208 --> 00:07:48,667 “therefore with loving...” 94 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:51,917 “I am the Lord, your God, your Saviour...” 95 00:07:51,917 --> 00:07:56,083 “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, 96 00:07:56,083 --> 00:08:00,792 “and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time...” 97 00:08:00,792 --> 00:08:04,667 “And if I go, I will come again.” 98 00:08:16,917 --> 00:08:18,750 Little one... 99 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:21,583 What is it? 100 00:08:22,833 --> 00:08:24,417 The baby bird is dead. 101 00:08:24,417 --> 00:08:25,958 Oh... 102 00:08:25,958 --> 00:08:27,750 My sweet child. 103 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:30,667 There, there. 104 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:32,667 It's going to be alright. 105 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:34,250 No. 106 00:08:34,250 --> 00:08:36,375 It's not. 107 00:08:39,207 --> 00:08:40,667 Come. 108 00:08:41,707 --> 00:08:45,000 Let us lay this gentle creature to rest. 109 00:08:48,375 --> 00:08:49,875 Papa... 110 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:52,833 ..I don't want to die. 111 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:55,125 Oh, my precious one. 112 00:08:55,125 --> 00:08:57,417 Mmm. 113 00:08:57,417 --> 00:09:01,667 You will yet live for many, many years. 114 00:09:03,458 --> 00:09:05,375 But... 115 00:09:05,375 --> 00:09:08,833 ..each of us must one day pass from this earth. 116 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:13,042 Aren't you afraid of that? 117 00:09:13,042 --> 00:09:14,500 No. 118 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:15,958 Not anymore. 119 00:09:17,042 --> 00:09:19,458 For I have found a friend in Jesus. 120 00:09:22,833 --> 00:09:26,167 “August 16th, 1818. 121 00:09:26,167 --> 00:09:29,000 “Now, after two years of study, 122 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,667 “I am satisfied that many of the prophetic promises in the Bible 123 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:34,500 “have been fulfilled. 124 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:36,708 “I must wonder, then, 125 00:09:36,708 --> 00:09:39,750 “why not the promise of his Second Coming?” 126 00:09:48,333 --> 00:09:50,458 LUCY: Back to Daniel's vision, are we? 127 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:56,083 Well, speak up, so the whole family can hear. 128 00:10:01,375 --> 00:10:04,125 “Then I heard one saint speaking... 129 00:10:05,208 --> 00:10:06,625 ..“'How long shall the vision 130 00:10:06,625 --> 00:10:11,667 “'concerning the sanctuary and the host be trodden under foot?' 131 00:10:11,667 --> 00:10:14,500 “And he said unto me, 132 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,625 “'Unto two thousand and three hundred days - 133 00:10:18,625 --> 00:10:22,875 “'then shall the sanctuary be cleansed'.” 134 00:10:22,875 --> 00:10:25,708 Hmm, that's a long time to wait in Daniel's day. 135 00:10:28,125 --> 00:10:29,667 More than that, I think. 136 00:10:32,250 --> 00:10:36,167 The sanctuary here refers to the earth... 137 00:10:37,583 --> 00:10:39,042 ..and... 138 00:10:39,042 --> 00:10:42,083 The sanctuary refers to the earth 139 00:10:42,083 --> 00:10:44,708 and the cleansing 140 00:10:44,708 --> 00:10:47,875 must be the...cleansing of the earth 141 00:10:47,875 --> 00:10:50,167 after the Second Coming of Christ. 142 00:10:50,167 --> 00:10:54,167 If each day represents one year... 143 00:10:54,167 --> 00:10:56,042 William, what is it? 144 00:10:56,042 --> 00:10:58,042 Christ is coming. 145 00:10:58,042 --> 00:10:59,875 The glorious appearing, yes. 146 00:10:59,875 --> 00:11:02,542 Some day. Our blessed hope. 147 00:11:02,542 --> 00:11:05,250 Lucy, you do not understand. 148 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:06,708 If... 149 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:11,375 ..each of Daniel's days is one year, 150 00:11:11,375 --> 00:11:15,292 and...then the 2,300 days 151 00:11:15,292 --> 00:11:19,833 will be 2,300 years until the Second Coming of Christ, 152 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:24,292 and the time period begins at 457 BC, 153 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:28,542 as indicated in Daniel 9, and confirmed by historians, 154 00:11:28,542 --> 00:11:30,625 then that brings us to... 155 00:11:30,625 --> 00:11:32,458 ..1843. 156 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:42,542 Christ is coming. 157 00:11:42,542 --> 00:11:44,708 My Saviour from Plattsburgh is coming. 158 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,917 1843. 159 00:12:06,458 --> 00:12:08,292 (CLOCK CHIMES) 160 00:12:10,083 --> 00:12:12,458 (CLOCK TICKS) 161 00:12:17,208 --> 00:12:18,667 William? 162 00:12:18,667 --> 00:12:20,125 William, my love? 163 00:12:20,125 --> 00:12:21,792 - (GROANS) - Come to bed. 164 00:12:23,167 --> 00:12:25,083 (SIGHS) 165 00:12:25,083 --> 00:12:29,667 The Bible holds the answer to the timing of our Saviour's return. 166 00:12:29,667 --> 00:12:33,500 God's Word has lasted these many centuries. 167 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:36,042 It will still be there in the morning. 168 00:12:36,042 --> 00:12:39,417 Can you believe what the Lord has shown us? 169 00:12:39,417 --> 00:12:40,958 Indeed. 170 00:12:40,958 --> 00:12:44,417 I shall never again doubt the faithfulness of Scripture. 171 00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:47,833 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet 172 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:50,292 “and a light unto my path.” 173 00:13:13,375 --> 00:13:16,833 (HORSE NEIGHS AND SNORTS) 174 00:13:21,208 --> 00:13:22,667 MAN: Just... 175 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:25,833 LUCY: What have they hit? 176 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,875 I'm unsure. 177 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:31,042 Whatever it is, it will not move. 178 00:13:31,042 --> 00:13:32,417 LUCY: Mm. 179 00:13:32,417 --> 00:13:35,667 The ground is as stubborn as the man who holds the title. 180 00:13:36,875 --> 00:13:38,333 Lucy... 181 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:40,708 I have explained my position. 182 00:13:40,708 --> 00:13:43,750 The Baptists, the Methodists, the Presbyterians, 183 00:13:43,750 --> 00:13:46,917 they all believe that Christ will return 184 00:13:46,917 --> 00:13:49,750 at the end of the millennium foretold in Revelation. 185 00:13:49,750 --> 00:13:54,417 As if...we could usher in a thousand years of peace on our own! 186 00:13:55,792 --> 00:13:57,250 (SIGHS) 187 00:13:57,250 --> 00:14:00,875 If these many years of studying the Bible have shown me anything, 188 00:14:00,875 --> 00:14:03,625 it's that Christ will return to cleanse the earth 189 00:14:03,625 --> 00:14:06,750 at the beginning of the thousand years, not at their end. 190 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:09,375 This must go beyond just our family. 191 00:14:09,375 --> 00:14:11,333 You must tell others, William. 192 00:14:11,333 --> 00:14:12,792 I am no theologian. 193 00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:14,833 Nor has anyone asked me to be the watchman. 194 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:16,208 Is that so? 195 00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:18,708 (SIGHS) Lucy... 196 00:14:18,708 --> 00:14:21,083 ..I'm a gentleman farmer. 197 00:14:21,083 --> 00:14:25,542 I shall soon be 50. I'm too old to take on such a challenge. 198 00:14:25,542 --> 00:14:29,125 And “How, then, shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? 199 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:32,125 “And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? 200 00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:34,750 “And how shall they hear without a preacher?” 201 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:37,500 I shall make a covenant with God. 202 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:39,625 I shall speak if I am asked. 203 00:14:39,625 --> 00:14:41,292 Well, it's your choice. 204 00:14:41,292 --> 00:14:44,083 Are you the rock or are you the plough? 205 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:46,667 And how long will it be before someone steps forward 206 00:14:46,667 --> 00:14:48,708 and asks to hear your wisdom? 207 00:15:04,792 --> 00:15:06,500 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 208 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:07,667 LUCY: Come in. 209 00:15:10,583 --> 00:15:12,625 - Irving. - Aunt Lucy. 210 00:15:12,625 --> 00:15:16,417 To what do we owe this unexpected visit? 211 00:15:16,417 --> 00:15:19,042 Uh, the pastor of our Baptist church has been called away. 212 00:15:20,042 --> 00:15:22,792 So, Mother and Father were hoping you could speak in his place tomorrow. 213 00:15:23,958 --> 00:15:25,625 They thought you could minister on the prophesies 214 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:27,167 you've been studying in the Bible. 215 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:51,000 WILLIAM: I'm not a theologian, 216 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,125 nor has anyone asked me to be the watchman. 217 00:15:53,125 --> 00:15:55,375 LUCY: Are you the rock or are you the plough? 218 00:15:55,375 --> 00:15:58,000 And how long must it take before someone...? 219 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,208 WILLIAM: I shall make a covenant with God. 220 00:16:00,208 --> 00:16:02,375 I will speak if I am asked. 221 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,125 No! 222 00:16:10,208 --> 00:16:12,417 God! No! 223 00:16:13,417 --> 00:16:15,417 I cannot preach! 224 00:16:15,417 --> 00:16:18,917 I'm not qualified, nor am I a watchman. 225 00:16:22,042 --> 00:16:26,750 I beg You, do not put this burden upon my shoulders! 226 00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:28,750 Send someone else! 227 00:16:29,917 --> 00:16:31,958 (SOBS) 228 00:16:44,750 --> 00:16:46,583 But I made You a promise. 229 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:51,750 How can I do less now? 230 00:16:54,917 --> 00:17:02,167 Can I deny the only One who has ever truly forgiven me my failings - 231 00:17:02,167 --> 00:17:04,375 who has saved me from myself? 232 00:17:07,625 --> 00:17:09,916 (SIGHS) I cannot. 233 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:39,042 As we know, there is much evidence in Daniel's vision 234 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:41,208 that the cleansing of the sanctuary 235 00:17:41,208 --> 00:17:45,250 is symbolic of Christ's return to cleanse our suffering earth, 236 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:49,542 which we have ravaged with war and sullied with sin. 237 00:17:49,542 --> 00:17:53,750 But the proof is strong that Daniel's vision 238 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:57,458 began 457 years before Christ. 239 00:17:57,458 --> 00:17:59,083 Now... 240 00:17:59,083 --> 00:18:03,583 ..take 457 from 2,300 241 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:09,250 and you are left with 1,843 years after Christ, 242 00:18:09,250 --> 00:18:12,500 when the vision will be fulfilled. 243 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,333 The conclusion must be that some time about 1843, 244 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:20,750 our Saviour, Jesus Christ, will come to take us home. 245 00:18:20,750 --> 00:18:23,417 (GASPING AND MURMURING) 246 00:18:23,417 --> 00:18:26,333 I think your brother-in-law has gone mad. 247 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:29,250 My dear friends and family, 248 00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:33,042 are you prepared for this great and important event? 249 00:18:33,042 --> 00:18:36,208 Are you ready for Jesus to return? 250 00:18:36,208 --> 00:18:37,708 Here... 251 00:18:37,708 --> 00:18:42,792 ..here is strong evidence that the time is not far off. 252 00:18:42,792 --> 00:18:45,667 Remember the old world? 253 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:50,125 They thought Noah was a maniac, but the flood came. 254 00:18:51,125 --> 00:18:54,333 Be warned - fly to the ark, 255 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:57,458 take refuge in the beautiful promise of Jesus Christ, 256 00:18:57,458 --> 00:19:00,375 who said, “I will come again.” 257 00:19:02,292 --> 00:19:03,750 ..and what I say today, 258 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:06,875 I hope that we can call each other friends. 259 00:19:08,375 --> 00:19:11,833 Because I have found a friend in Jesus. 260 00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:14,333 (MUSIC PLAYS OVER DIALOGUE) 261 00:19:56,167 --> 00:19:58,875 LUCY: Must you really be off again tomorrow? 262 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:02,375 Yes. To Exeter. 263 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:03,958 Hmm. 264 00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:06,000 When will you be back? 265 00:20:12,083 --> 00:20:13,750 (SIGHS) 266 00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:17,458 I will pack provisions, 267 00:20:17,458 --> 00:20:20,250 but I want you to rest and take proper care. 268 00:20:20,250 --> 00:20:22,042 It will be so. 269 00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:32,917 Are...you disappointed in me? 270 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:36,708 How could I be? 271 00:20:36,708 --> 00:20:39,333 You are answering your calling. 272 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:47,833 I sometimes...wish things were different. 273 00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:51,625 Soon, our Saviour will return. 274 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,625 How different Heaven will feel. 275 00:21:06,792 --> 00:21:10,625 If we have the correct understanding of the 70 weeks - 276 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:13,417 that a day represents a year - 277 00:21:13,417 --> 00:21:17,208 and the vast majority of Christian expositors agree on this point, 278 00:21:17,208 --> 00:21:21,500 including the great physicist Sir Isaac Newton, 279 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:24,625 then the conclusion is unavoidable. 280 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,083 The vision of Daniel's 2,300 years will be fulfilled about 1843. 281 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:33,542 No. 282 00:21:34,625 --> 00:21:37,625 We...we cannot serve two masters. 283 00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:39,250 (MURMURING) 284 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:40,708 We c... 285 00:21:40,708 --> 00:21:43,667 ..we cannot love this present, evil world 286 00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:47,458 and, at the same time, serve God. 287 00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:51,750 While we may flatter ourselves for being righteous - 288 00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:54,167 and I'm as guilty of this as any man... 289 00:21:54,167 --> 00:21:56,083 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) 290 00:21:56,083 --> 00:21:59,375 ..we may soon learn, to our everlasting shame... 291 00:22:00,542 --> 00:22:04,958 .. that we are wretched, poor and blind. 292 00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:08,292 (LOUD MUTTERING) 293 00:22:08,292 --> 00:22:10,167 (BELL TOLLS) 294 00:22:21,917 --> 00:22:24,375 MAN: Oh, Brother Miller? Brother Miller! 295 00:22:24,375 --> 00:22:25,083 Joshua Himes. 296 00:22:25,083 --> 00:22:28,042 I sent a letter last month, inviting you to my church in Boston. 297 00:22:28,042 --> 00:22:30,333 Ah... Hello, Brother... 298 00:22:30,333 --> 00:22:32,542 Himes. Joshua Himes. 299 00:22:32,542 --> 00:22:36,333 Well, I...I've preached temperance from liquor and abolition of slavery, 300 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:38,958 but never has my flock heard a message such as yours. 301 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,208 How soon can you make it to Boston? Two weeks? 302 00:22:41,208 --> 00:22:42,333 Boston? 303 00:22:42,333 --> 00:22:44,500 Very well. We'll make it three. 304 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,333 (CHUCKLES) Uh, the good Pastor here knows my background. 305 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,917 You...want me to come to Boston? 306 00:22:49,917 --> 00:22:52,792 Chardon Street. The eighth. 307 00:22:52,792 --> 00:22:55,792 Deliver the message that you preached here today. 308 00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:59,208 But I am just a farmer. 309 00:22:59,208 --> 00:23:01,833 Well, a farmer with a message that must be heard. 310 00:23:01,833 --> 00:23:05,125 We will await your arrival on the eighth. 311 00:23:05,125 --> 00:23:07,333 Who is that gentleman? 312 00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:10,333 That's Joshua V. Himes. 313 00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:13,000 He's a force to be reckoned with. 314 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,875 He found his voice lobbying for temperance 315 00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:20,458 and almost single-handedly organised the Abolitionists of Boston. 316 00:23:20,458 --> 00:23:21,708 You know his church? 317 00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:24,500 Aye. Aye. The Chardon Street Chapel. 318 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:27,333 Oh! It's a sight to see. 319 00:23:27,333 --> 00:23:29,500 Calvinists and Dunkers, 320 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,875 Muggletonians and Agrarians, 321 00:23:31,875 --> 00:23:35,833 Quakers mixed with Unitarians and philosophers - 322 00:23:35,833 --> 00:23:40,542 they all come to seize their moment. 323 00:23:40,542 --> 00:23:48,708 It's a place where people come to preach, pray and... 324 00:23:48,708 --> 00:23:52,667 ..protest. 325 00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:55,042 It looks like you're going to the big city, Brother Miller. 326 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:14,667 WILLIAM: Therefore, if all of these events have come to pass, 327 00:24:14,667 --> 00:24:19,958 should we not also expect the fulfilment of His greatest promise? 328 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,792 And, so, in conclusion, 329 00:24:21,792 --> 00:24:24,750 I believe the Bible is clear - 330 00:24:24,750 --> 00:24:27,792 Jesus will return in but four short years. 331 00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:31,083 (GASPING AND EXCITED CHATTER) 332 00:24:40,583 --> 00:24:43,625 You were even better than the morning service, Brother Miller! 333 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:44,792 (LAUGHS) 334 00:24:44,792 --> 00:24:46,208 Yes, good. You rest. 335 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:47,833 Tomorrow, they'll be back to hear some more. 336 00:24:47,833 --> 00:24:50,708 The power of your message cannot be denied. 337 00:24:50,708 --> 00:24:53,667 'Tis not my power, Joshua, nor my message. 338 00:24:53,667 --> 00:24:57,958 'Tis God's truth, delivered through a humble mouthpiece. 339 00:24:57,958 --> 00:25:01,708 Yet how thrilling the message that comes out of that mouth! 340 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:10,417 Papa says you fought in the war of 1812. 341 00:25:10,417 --> 00:25:15,167 A shell exploded no further from me than your mother. 342 00:25:15,167 --> 00:25:17,417 I thought, certainly, it was my end. 343 00:25:17,417 --> 00:25:19,000 (IMITATES EXPLOSION) 344 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,417 Aye. 345 00:25:20,417 --> 00:25:22,167 But when the smoke had cleared, 346 00:25:22,167 --> 00:25:25,333 I was spared by the power of the loving God. 347 00:25:25,333 --> 00:25:27,542 Did that really happen? 348 00:25:27,542 --> 00:25:30,417 Oh, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I'm afraid. 349 00:25:30,417 --> 00:25:32,833 Forgive my daughter her impertinence. 350 00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:36,583 It's as true as I sit here before you. 351 00:25:36,583 --> 00:25:40,042 And the next truth you shall hear is that bedtime has come. 352 00:25:40,042 --> 00:25:41,875 Say goodnight to Father Miller and your papa. 353 00:25:41,875 --> 00:25:44,083 - Goodnight. - GIRL: Goodnight. 354 00:25:46,917 --> 00:25:51,500 So, you really believe this doctrine which you preach? 355 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:54,667 I was lost and now I'm found. 356 00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:57,167 If He can save me, Joshua, He can save anyone. 357 00:25:57,167 --> 00:26:01,042 Then why hide your light under the bushel of tiny hamlets? 358 00:26:01,042 --> 00:26:04,708 Must Baltimore, Rochester, Philadelphia, even New York - 359 00:26:04,708 --> 00:26:08,125 indeed the 17 million souls of these United States - 360 00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:10,333 not be inspired with the same hope? 361 00:26:10,333 --> 00:26:12,250 And what of the rest of the world? 362 00:26:12,250 --> 00:26:14,667 I've laboured hard these past years 363 00:26:14,667 --> 00:26:18,167 and have seen a great many converted to God's truth. 364 00:26:18,167 --> 00:26:20,000 But... 365 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,042 ..I'm looking for help. 366 00:26:22,042 --> 00:26:24,875 I want help. 367 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:27,500 On the strength of your conviction, 368 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:31,000 I am willing to lay all I have on the altar of God to help you. 369 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,958 Only answer me this... 370 00:26:33,958 --> 00:26:38,333 Will you stand right at my side if I take this on? 371 00:26:38,333 --> 00:26:41,708 Indeed, I will. 372 00:26:41,708 --> 00:26:43,958 Then prepare for the campaign. 373 00:26:43,958 --> 00:26:45,542 If Christ is to come in a few short years, 374 00:26:45,542 --> 00:26:47,917 there is no time to lose in spreading the word. 375 00:26:47,917 --> 00:26:50,292 We shall speak in thunder tones, 376 00:26:50,292 --> 00:26:51,583 doors will open in every city 377 00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:54,000 and the good news will spread to the ends of the earth, 378 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,833 for it is here, Brother Miller, that I begin to help. 379 00:26:59,125 --> 00:27:02,167 (BELL TOLLS) 380 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:06,500 (CLEARS THROAT) 381 00:27:08,917 --> 00:27:11,292 I am just an old farmer. 382 00:27:11,292 --> 00:27:15,542 But the Scriptures have become my delight. 383 00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:19,250 The insights from the Book of Daniel and Revelation 384 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:21,750 that we discuss today 385 00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:25,167 are the fruits of many years of my own study. 386 00:27:25,167 --> 00:27:28,625 And, yet, I think it is important for you to know 387 00:27:28,625 --> 00:27:32,750 that I am not alone in my convictions. 388 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,542 Many others across this country 389 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:39,000 now believe in these very truths. 390 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,125 Our message is the same, 391 00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:46,417 for it is plain in the pages of God's Word, for all to read. 392 00:27:46,417 --> 00:27:50,000 And it is delivered with urgency because, my dear friends, 393 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,000 the time till Christ's return is very short. 394 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,625 Yet focus not on a simple day or hour. 395 00:27:58,625 --> 00:28:02,917 For while these are near, so is Christ. 396 00:28:02,917 --> 00:28:07,333 Know him first. Seek him first. 397 00:28:07,333 --> 00:28:10,167 Let us love one another, 398 00:28:10,167 --> 00:28:12,458 for love is from God. 399 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:18,500 And those who love were born of God and know God. 400 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:22,875 God shall wipe away all tears. 401 00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:25,708 There shall be no more death. 402 00:28:25,708 --> 00:28:29,500 Neither sorrow nor crying. 403 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,500 Nor shall there be any more pain. 404 00:28:32,500 --> 00:28:35,750 For those things are passed away. 405 00:28:54,417 --> 00:28:58,000 Ellen, you must go to bed. 406 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:02,958 Father, just a few moments more. 407 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:05,667 You need your rest, my dear. 408 00:29:05,667 --> 00:29:10,500 Come, Ellen. Let's pray tomorrow you will be stronger. 409 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:12,458 Every morning, before I open my eyes, 410 00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:18,208 I pray that this will be the day that I will forget about the accident. 411 00:29:18,208 --> 00:29:21,458 I see the morning light and it all returns. (SIGHS) 412 00:29:21,458 --> 00:29:30,375 I promise you, my dear, our Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. 413 00:29:30,375 --> 00:29:34,250 I long for the day of what Father Miller spoke of in church. 414 00:29:34,250 --> 00:29:39,167 No more pain. 415 00:29:39,167 --> 00:29:41,875 I've never heard Jesus described as a healer before. 416 00:29:41,875 --> 00:29:44,667 I've heard of His wrath... 417 00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:50,667 ..and His judgement, but I have never... 418 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:53,083 His healing. 419 00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:56,375 It's so beautiful. 420 00:29:56,375 --> 00:29:59,917 (CHUCKLES) 421 00:29:59,917 --> 00:30:02,500 (LAUGHTER AND QUIET CHATTER) 422 00:30:07,458 --> 00:30:09,000 I miss the old Miller. 423 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,708 His eyes are filled with Heaven now. 424 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:13,667 Yeah, and his mouth won't stop speaking about it. 425 00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:15,500 He doesn't drink anymore. 426 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:17,708 Which I suppose leaves more for all of us. 427 00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:19,917 Ah! 428 00:30:19,917 --> 00:30:23,792 Who'd have thought a country farmer would become a justice of the peace 429 00:30:23,792 --> 00:30:27,042 and then start a religious revolution? 430 00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:29,042 Miller's hardly a maverick. 431 00:30:29,042 --> 00:30:31,208 Barnaby Larson's just returned from Britain 432 00:30:31,208 --> 00:30:34,583 and he says that this doomsday idea is on every tongue in England, 433 00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:37,083 and it's spreading throughout Europe. 434 00:30:37,083 --> 00:30:38,333 You don't say? 435 00:30:38,333 --> 00:30:39,542 'Tis true. 436 00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:43,958 This notion of a Second Coming is heard as far away as Africa and India. 437 00:30:43,958 --> 00:30:47,917 Yes, and the alchemists thought they could turn iron into gold. 438 00:30:47,917 --> 00:30:53,417 Just because there are believers does not make it so. 439 00:31:06,583 --> 00:31:08,500 These discoveries are... 440 00:31:10,250 --> 00:31:15,875 (MUSIC PLAYS OVER PREACHING) 441 00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:20,458 ..1,843 years after Christ, 442 00:31:20,458 --> 00:31:23,333 and the vision shall be fulfilled. 443 00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:31,250 HIMES: As persuasive as you were today, 444 00:31:31,250 --> 00:31:33,917 our reach is not far enough. 445 00:31:33,917 --> 00:31:37,958 Joshua, you have the enthusiasm of a young man. 446 00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:42,000 It is both invigorating and irritating all at once. 447 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:09,542 The inquiries pour in from every city up and down the eastern seaboard. 448 00:32:09,542 --> 00:32:11,958 I mean, you could preach in every church 449 00:32:11,958 --> 00:32:12,667 from here to the Florida Territories. 450 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:15,250 Please, bury me in Low Hampton, next to my maple grove. 451 00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:17,458 Twice a day - still it would not fill the need. 452 00:32:17,458 --> 00:32:19,625 And see to it that my wife is provided for 453 00:32:19,625 --> 00:32:21,833 until the Day of Judgement. 454 00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:24,125 Well, the next step is expansion through the printed word. 455 00:32:24,125 --> 00:32:26,667 Publication will reach not just one set of ears, 456 00:32:26,667 --> 00:32:28,208 but countless eyes per page. 457 00:32:28,208 --> 00:32:30,500 We shall amplify your voice. 458 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,500 And do not say, “But I am a simple farmer. 459 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,208 But I AM a simple farmer. 460 00:32:34,208 --> 00:32:35,625 Who asked for help! 461 00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:39,000 Well, I had no idea it would be like this. 462 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,667 The papers have heaped abuse of every sort upon your labours. 463 00:32:42,667 --> 00:32:44,250 Now we shall answer back. 464 00:32:44,250 --> 00:32:47,292 But on our own terms. 465 00:32:47,292 --> 00:32:48,958 I am a tired old man. 466 00:32:48,958 --> 00:32:50,958 And I'm the owner of a printing press. 467 00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:13,542 Look! 468 00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:15,375 It talks about Father's message. 469 00:33:15,375 --> 00:33:21,333 - Let me see! - “Pride goeth before the fall.” 470 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:25,208 We must not let our heads swell with our own self-importance. 471 00:33:25,208 --> 00:33:27,833 Are those words from the Bible? 472 00:33:27,833 --> 00:33:36,000 Those are words from your mother. 473 00:33:38,458 --> 00:33:42,958 “And unto 2,300 days, 474 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:46,708 “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” 475 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:06,000 Mr Miller and those who listen to him 476 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,333 suffer from a grand delusion. 477 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:15,542 They claim that Jesus will return by a certain date. 478 00:34:15,542 --> 00:34:17,042 Yes, it's not the first time 479 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:21,708 the end of the world has been prophesied by a fool. 480 00:34:21,708 --> 00:34:24,500 Nor will it be the last. 481 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:27,542 I fear if the date passes, 482 00:34:27,542 --> 00:34:33,458 that a shout of infidelity will arise from the unbelievers... 483 00:34:33,458 --> 00:34:36,208 ..and lead many of you astray. 484 00:34:36,208 --> 00:34:42,167 See, the world is not going to end in a few short years. 485 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:45,208 No. But it will end. 486 00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:47,708 And when it does... 487 00:34:47,708 --> 00:34:52,083 ..are you prepared, sinner?! 488 00:34:52,083 --> 00:34:55,667 Will you stand before the wrath of a holy God 489 00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:59,667 as He looks upon the deeds behind which you cower, 490 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:05,542 and shouts, “Depart from me, ye that works iniquity!” 491 00:35:05,542 --> 00:35:09,625 Then shall the hellfire lap at the heels 492 00:35:09,625 --> 00:35:11,042 of those who turned away 493 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:15,583 because of Miller's ideas. 494 00:35:15,583 --> 00:35:21,000 Oh, so much hotter the flames for him. 495 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:28,625 Please forgive my iniquities against Your name 496 00:35:28,625 --> 00:35:31,667 and rescue me from the evil one. 497 00:35:31,667 --> 00:35:33,458 What must I do to truly be saved? 498 00:35:33,458 --> 00:35:34,875 Mother! 499 00:35:34,875 --> 00:35:37,208 Have mercy. 500 00:35:37,208 --> 00:35:38,792 Have mercy upon my wretched soul. 501 00:35:38,792 --> 00:35:42,667 Please forgive my iniquities against Your name. Please forgive me. 502 00:35:42,667 --> 00:35:45,375 What must I do to truly be saved? 503 00:35:45,375 --> 00:35:52,458 Ellen, my darling, what is it? What's the matter? 504 00:35:52,458 --> 00:35:55,750 What if I have been led astray, Mother? 505 00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:58,083 Why would you say that? 506 00:35:58,083 --> 00:36:00,167 I am so afraid. 507 00:36:00,167 --> 00:36:03,750 Mother, the preacher said such bad things about Father Miller. 508 00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:07,250 Don't you listen to any of that. 509 00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:11,542 But I heard. We all did! 510 00:36:11,542 --> 00:36:15,333 We were in a house of worship. 511 00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:19,583 There is no comfort there. 512 00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:21,292 Come to bed. 513 00:36:21,292 --> 00:36:22,333 Come. 514 00:36:22,333 --> 00:36:24,500 (COUGHS) 515 00:36:26,958 --> 00:36:33,167 Your mother says that you were quite distraught last night. 516 00:36:33,167 --> 00:36:36,625 I was taken with such fear. 517 00:36:36,625 --> 00:36:39,958 Brother Stockman, I know that you believe in Father Miller's teachings. 518 00:36:39,958 --> 00:36:42,042 Indeed I do. 519 00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:47,958 As do many other Methodist ministers. 520 00:36:47,958 --> 00:36:49,917 Father Miller shares the Advent hope. 521 00:36:49,917 --> 00:36:52,542 His urgency is tempered with love. 522 00:36:52,542 --> 00:36:54,542 Yet, now, all I can hear are the ministers 523 00:36:54,542 --> 00:36:57,625 who speak of burning in hell forever. 524 00:36:57,625 --> 00:37:00,333 What hope is there for me... 525 00:37:00,333 --> 00:37:01,875 ..for any of us, 526 00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:03,958 if our Heavenly Father is a tyrant who delights in eternal torment. 527 00:37:03,958 --> 00:37:08,000 The very agony of your mind 528 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,833 is indication of God's Holy Spirit at work in your heart. 529 00:37:09,833 --> 00:37:16,375 Our God does not rejoice in your destruction. 530 00:37:16,375 --> 00:37:21,083 Nor is it His nature to condemn, but to seek that which is lost. 531 00:37:21,083 --> 00:37:24,292 How can I be so sure? 532 00:37:24,292 --> 00:37:27,417 Go free, Ellen. 533 00:37:27,417 --> 00:37:29,417 Go free. Trust in Jesus. 534 00:37:29,417 --> 00:37:40,042 For He will not turn His back on any true seeker. 535 00:37:40,042 --> 00:37:42,250 Thank you, Brother Stockman. 536 00:37:42,250 --> 00:37:44,500 Do not thank me, Ellen. 537 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:46,917 Thank the Lord, Jesus. 538 00:37:46,917 --> 00:37:52,333 And share the Advent message with others. 539 00:37:55,250 --> 00:37:57,250 (COUGHS) 540 00:37:57,750 --> 00:38:01,375 Elder Himes and Brother Miller have announced a conference in Boston. 541 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,833 Does Elder Himes know that Papa's sick? 542 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:16,458 We sent him a letter. 543 00:38:16,458 --> 00:38:17,667 Greetings, friends! 544 00:38:17,667 --> 00:38:18,875 (HIMES LAUGHS) 545 00:38:18,875 --> 00:38:21,417 He well should know. 546 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,875 He cannot travel, Joshua. 547 00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:34,333 He cannot travel! 548 00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:35,667 No. No, no, no. Of course not. 549 00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:39,042 Typhoid is serious. It's very serious. 550 00:38:39,042 --> 00:38:43,708 I know you have both put... great effort into this occasion. 551 00:38:43,708 --> 00:38:46,333 It's the first time we will all be together in the same place, 552 00:38:46,333 --> 00:38:47,875 with common purpose - 553 00:38:47,875 --> 00:38:50,625 Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians - 554 00:38:50,625 --> 00:38:53,375 all understanding the Advent is near. 555 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:55,333 So, YOU shall meet them. 556 00:38:55,333 --> 00:39:00,583 And then you will return and tell William all about the conference. 557 00:39:00,583 --> 00:39:04,875 I would like to see him, just to give him a word of encouragement. 558 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:06,042 Yes? 559 00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:10,875 (SIGHS) 560 00:39:10,875 --> 00:39:16,083 (WILLIAM GROANS SOFTLY) 561 00:39:16,083 --> 00:39:18,625 Well, hello, dear friend. How are you feeling today? 562 00:39:18,625 --> 00:39:26,083 (GROANS) Not much better, I'm afraid. 563 00:39:26,083 --> 00:39:28,542 Well... 564 00:39:28,542 --> 00:39:36,375 ..then I shall leave you two...alone, for a little while. 565 00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:39,500 But, Joshua, only a few moments. 566 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:41,167 He's not up to visitors. 567 00:39:41,167 --> 00:39:43,250 Of course. Absolutely! 568 00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:50,000 (DOOR CLOSES) 569 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,958 Are you certain that you cannot ride in the carriage? 570 00:39:51,958 --> 00:39:54,833 I can make a marvellous bed for you in the back, thick with blankets... 571 00:39:54,833 --> 00:39:56,625 - No... - ..and the fresh air would... 572 00:39:56,625 --> 00:39:57,625 No, Joshua. 573 00:39:57,625 --> 00:39:58,750 At the conference, people could come to you. 574 00:39:58,750 --> 00:39:59,958 I was thinking we could arrange an area... 575 00:39:59,958 --> 00:40:02,583 No, Joshua... This is bigger than one man. 576 00:40:02,583 --> 00:40:04,333 (COUGHS) 577 00:40:04,333 --> 00:40:08,042 This is God's power. Hundreds of pastors have awakened. 578 00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:10,792 You do not need me there. 579 00:40:10,792 --> 00:40:15,667 Yes. 580 00:40:15,667 --> 00:40:21,333 Of course. I... You're right. 581 00:40:21,333 --> 00:40:23,833 You will be in my prayers. 582 00:40:23,833 --> 00:40:33,958 Thank you. 583 00:40:33,958 --> 00:40:35,417 Are you absolutely certain...?i 584 00:40:35,417 --> 00:40:37,500 Go! Go now! 585 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:40,250 (COUGHS) 586 00:40:40,250 --> 00:40:53,333 (GROANS) 587 00:40:53,333 --> 00:40:54,667 Oh! 588 00:40:55,917 --> 00:40:58,458 Joseph Bates, as I live and breathe! 589 00:40:58,458 --> 00:41:02,000 - How long has it been? - Too long, Brother Himes. Too long. 590 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,625 (LAUGHS) I have heard much of your work on temperance 591 00:41:03,625 --> 00:41:04,708 with the Christian Connection. 592 00:41:04,708 --> 00:41:06,333 But you have made quite the name for yourself 593 00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:08,500 speaking on the evils of slavery as well. 594 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:11,750 I am but a humble servant, Joshua. God speaks and I obey. 595 00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:14,792 Nonetheless, your reputation is well deserved. 596 00:41:14,792 --> 00:41:16,167 Is it true? 597 00:41:16,167 --> 00:41:18,333 Brother Miller could not make it? 598 00:41:18,333 --> 00:41:20,750 Yes. Uh, typhoid fever. 599 00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:22,500 It is more than a shame. 600 00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,167 Oh! Oh, Brother Bates, may I introduce you to Hiram Edson? 601 00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:28,375 Uh, you may know Brother Edson through Pastor Finney. 602 00:41:28,375 --> 00:41:30,375 Oh, yes. 603 00:41:30,375 --> 00:41:32,833 Brother Finney's work on the causes of temperance and abolition 604 00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:34,250 are well known. 605 00:41:34,250 --> 00:41:37,000 Pleasure to meet you, sir. This is Owen Crosier. 606 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,667 Pleased to make your acquaintance. 607 00:41:40,667 --> 00:41:41,958 BATES: I've followed Miller's ideas 608 00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:44,375 since I heard him last year in New Bedford. 609 00:41:44,375 --> 00:41:46,042 As a sea captain, I've travelled the world. 610 00:41:46,042 --> 00:41:49,417 But today, I was transported farther than across an ocean. 611 00:41:49,417 --> 00:41:51,250 I'm committing myself to the Advent message. 612 00:41:51,250 --> 00:41:52,208 EDSON: I feel the same call. 613 00:41:52,208 --> 00:41:55,000 As do I. 614 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,958 What is your name, brother? Where are you from? 615 00:41:56,958 --> 00:41:58,458 Samuel Snow, sir. 616 00:41:58,458 --> 00:42:01,125 I work for The Investigator. I live here, in Boston. 617 00:42:01,125 --> 00:42:03,125 You're not here, doing an exposé, are you? 618 00:42:03,125 --> 00:42:04,292 Uh, no, sir. 619 00:42:04,292 --> 00:42:07,250 Now, I will admit, I was a sceptic at first. 620 00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:08,667 But I have studied Miller's ideas 621 00:42:08,667 --> 00:42:11,792 and I believe they hold a wonderful truth. 622 00:42:11,792 --> 00:42:12,625 JOSHUA: Ah! 623 00:42:12,625 --> 00:42:14,500 (LAUGHS) 624 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:18,333 The conference is finished and, yet, I see the discussion continues! 625 00:42:18,333 --> 00:42:21,042 I was just telling these good men that I am fully committed. 626 00:42:21,042 --> 00:42:22,875 Well, I'm so pleased to hear it. 627 00:42:22,875 --> 00:42:25,125 I'll share that with Father Miller when I see him. 628 00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:26,750 You may also share that I will put my money 629 00:42:26,750 --> 00:42:28,083 into spreading the Advent message. 630 00:42:28,083 --> 00:42:32,542 Oh, this is momentous news! (LAUGHS) 631 00:42:33,833 --> 00:42:35,917 I mean to stand behind Father Miller and his work - 632 00:42:35,917 --> 00:42:37,750 not to start a new church, mind you, 633 00:42:37,750 --> 00:42:40,333 but to proclaim that the Second Advent is near. 634 00:42:40,333 --> 00:42:44,583 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION CONTINUES) 635 00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:50,333 WILLIAM: So, the conference was a success? 636 00:42:50,333 --> 00:42:54,375 They came from Maine, New York City, Connecticut, Vermont, 637 00:42:54,375 --> 00:42:55,542 New Hampshire, Rhode Island! 638 00:42:55,542 --> 00:42:58,000 So many ideas were put forth! 639 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,583 It was a real exchange of thought and enthusiasm! 640 00:43:02,583 --> 00:43:04,792 And we have many pledges of financial assistance 641 00:43:04,792 --> 00:43:07,375 and almost immediately, we will do it again. 642 00:43:07,375 --> 00:43:10,958 Next time, you will be a part of it, as will Joseph Bates. 643 00:43:10,958 --> 00:43:13,875 Bates. I recall meeting him last year. 644 00:43:13,875 --> 00:43:16,333 A tall fellow. Did not use any tobacco. 645 00:43:16,333 --> 00:43:20,083 Struck me as...peculiar. 646 00:43:20,083 --> 00:43:24,417 Well, that he is, but he's going to be very important to us! 647 00:43:24,417 --> 00:43:27,167 We will have the resources now! 648 00:43:27,167 --> 00:43:29,542 More cities! More printing! 649 00:43:29,542 --> 00:43:34,292 Your words will touch many, many souls. 650 00:43:34,292 --> 00:43:36,958 Please, Joshua, remember, 651 00:43:36,958 --> 00:43:40,458 it is not our work - it is God's. 652 00:43:40,458 --> 00:43:41,917 Of course. 653 00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:55,375 (UPLIFTING MUSIC RISES) 654 00:44:13,708 --> 00:44:15,375 Now...might be the time. 655 00:44:15,375 --> 00:44:17,125 Mm. 656 00:44:17,125 --> 00:44:19,917 (WHISPERS) We can't compromise. 657 00:44:36,792 --> 00:44:42,458 The words of Mr Miller and his followers are false. 658 00:44:42,458 --> 00:44:45,208 Those who are seduced by his candied tongue 659 00:44:45,208 --> 00:44:51,458 have no place in this house of worship. 660 00:44:51,458 --> 00:44:53,000 So... 661 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,375 ..you must, in the name of the Lord, 662 00:44:56,375 --> 00:45:00,625 renounce these radical ideas. 663 00:45:00,625 --> 00:45:03,375 If you do not... 664 00:45:03,375 --> 00:45:07,458 ..you will not be welcome here, in this house of worship. 665 00:45:19,625 --> 00:45:22,833 You may believe you are casting us out. 666 00:45:22,833 --> 00:45:25,458 But Father Miller's understanding of Christ's soon return 667 00:45:25,458 --> 00:45:28,125 cannot be ignored. 668 00:45:28,125 --> 00:45:33,583 We must follow the Word of God over the rule of men. 669 00:45:33,583 --> 00:45:37,542 We will not keep this good news quiet. 670 00:45:37,542 --> 00:45:40,833 And if that means we must leave... 671 00:45:40,833 --> 00:45:44,500 ..then leave we shall. 672 00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:49,250 My family feels an unspeakable joy at the hope of Christ's return. 673 00:45:49,250 --> 00:45:51,917 We feel love, the love of Jesus. 674 00:45:51,917 --> 00:45:56,583 It...it lifts us up, it carries us forward. 675 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,958 And it will guide us home. 676 00:46:14,792 --> 00:46:19,708 How can they speak to us that way? 677 00:46:19,708 --> 00:46:25,417 We must not let one bad apple spoil the bushel. 678 00:46:25,417 --> 00:46:29,958 We'll announce their removal from fellowship next Sunday. 679 00:46:29,958 --> 00:46:32,042 They'll be an example. 680 00:46:32,042 --> 00:46:35,792 Our traditions must be honoured. 681 00:46:41,042 --> 00:46:43,833 On this holy day of Communion, 682 00:46:43,833 --> 00:46:45,625 I would leave you with a charge 683 00:46:45,625 --> 00:46:48,542 to love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, 684 00:46:48,542 --> 00:46:51,667 to keep all of the Commandments of God, 685 00:46:51,667 --> 00:46:54,833 and honour Him by keeping His Sabbath holy. 686 00:46:54,833 --> 00:46:56,792 CONGREGATION: Amen. 687 00:46:57,958 --> 00:47:00,167 I want to speak to him. 688 00:47:00,167 --> 00:47:02,375 Mother... 689 00:47:02,375 --> 00:47:04,250 Mother, no. 690 00:47:04,250 --> 00:47:06,833 I mean, if you must. But we're new here. 691 00:47:06,833 --> 00:47:07,542 I... 692 00:47:07,542 --> 00:47:10,333 Keep in mind that we are outsiders. 693 00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:12,375 Elder Wheeler will be interested in what I have to say. 694 00:47:12,375 --> 00:47:14,208 No... 695 00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:20,375 Excuse me. I'm sorry. 696 00:47:20,375 --> 00:47:21,792 I'm wanting to talk to you specifically 697 00:47:21,792 --> 00:47:24,000 about a Commandment that's in the Bible... 698 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,375 Yeah. 699 00:47:25,375 --> 00:47:27,333 I've been giving it a lot of thought, particularly about the Sabbath. 700 00:47:27,333 --> 00:47:29,833 - Yes, Mrs Preston. - According to Scripture... 701 00:47:29,833 --> 00:47:38,167 (MUSIC PLAYS OVER DIALOGUE) 702 00:47:39,208 --> 00:47:40,417 MRS PRESTON: He heard what I had to say. 703 00:47:40,417 --> 00:47:41,917 He really listened. 704 00:47:41,917 --> 00:47:44,375 And will he change his day of worship from Sunday to Saturday, 705 00:47:44,375 --> 00:47:46,625 as the Commandment suggests? 706 00:47:46,625 --> 00:47:48,708 He was impressed by what we shared from the Bible. 707 00:47:48,708 --> 00:47:50,792 Meaning...? 708 00:47:50,792 --> 00:47:54,042 He promised that he'd give the idea much thought and investigate... 709 00:47:54,042 --> 00:47:55,583 - MAN: Morning, Mrs Preston. - ..the idea more fully. 710 00:47:55,583 --> 00:47:57,042 Hello. 711 00:47:57,042 --> 00:48:05,708 And from that statement, you declare victory? 712 00:48:05,708 --> 00:48:08,792 Saturday... 713 00:48:08,792 --> 00:48:10,542 ..is the seventh day of the week. 714 00:48:10,542 --> 00:48:12,292 It IS the Lord's Sabbath. 715 00:48:12,292 --> 00:48:14,208 That is just so. 716 00:48:14,208 --> 00:48:17,792 Mother! 717 00:48:17,792 --> 00:48:19,083 There are those who believe 718 00:48:19,083 --> 00:48:20,792 that waiting for the Advent and Judgement Day 719 00:48:20,792 --> 00:48:24,375 is of greater importance than which day we worship. 720 00:48:24,375 --> 00:48:25,917 MAN: Good morning, ladies. 721 00:48:27,417 --> 00:48:29,208 Perhaps the day won't matter shortly. 722 00:48:29,208 --> 00:48:31,625 I've planted a seed. 723 00:48:31,625 --> 00:48:33,417 As a teacher, my dear, you, of all people, 724 00:48:33,417 --> 00:48:36,750 should understand how knowledge grows. 725 00:48:48,208 --> 00:48:50,125 BOY: (SHOUTS) Read all about it! 726 00:48:50,125 --> 00:48:52,292 Read all about Christ's return! 727 00:48:52,292 --> 00:48:54,208 Read the latest news about Christ's return! 728 00:48:54,208 --> 00:48:55,792 MAN: Vegetables! 729 00:48:55,792 --> 00:48:59,500 WILLIAM: I'll take a copy, lad. 730 00:49:15,250 --> 00:49:18,958 Well, you have to give them credit. I do look very handsome. 731 00:49:22,167 --> 00:49:25,792 Why do they insist on making me so fat? 732 00:49:25,792 --> 00:49:29,625 So, how many people do you expect? 733 00:49:29,625 --> 00:49:32,167 It's the largest tent ever erected on American soil! 734 00:49:32,167 --> 00:49:34,083 It's been expanded to seat 6,000! 735 00:49:34,083 --> 00:49:36,583 And they are assembling, plus more! 736 00:49:36,583 --> 00:49:38,958 Giant tents. What next? 737 00:49:38,958 --> 00:49:41,208 I'm the last person on earth who saw this coming. 738 00:49:41,208 --> 00:49:42,625 I think you were one of the first. 739 00:49:42,625 --> 00:49:43,708 We must be on our way. 740 00:49:43,708 --> 00:49:47,708 There is a smaller meeting taking place. I...wish to stop there first. 741 00:49:47,708 --> 00:49:50,583 But the giant tent! We are expected there. 742 00:49:50,583 --> 00:49:53,292 Joshua, the world is filled with expectations now. 743 00:49:53,292 --> 00:49:56,125 Not everything follows an exact plan. 744 00:49:56,125 --> 00:49:58,458 I told Brother Bates I would join him. 745 00:49:58,458 --> 00:50:01,000 But... 746 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,250 ..he should be at the big tent too! 747 00:50:07,875 --> 00:50:09,958 Whoa, whoa! 748 00:50:09,958 --> 00:50:11,542 I'm looking for Joseph Bates. 749 00:50:11,542 --> 00:50:13,000 Do you know where I might find the meeting? 750 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,125 MAN: Over here. 751 00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:18,833 BATES: It is true - 1843 has now passed. 752 00:50:18,833 --> 00:50:20,958 Many of you grow anxious. 753 00:50:20,958 --> 00:50:22,500 You ask why our Saviour has not returned 754 00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:25,792 and want to know when will be our blessed hope? 755 00:50:25,792 --> 00:50:27,583 I can only tell you that it is in these times 756 00:50:27,583 --> 00:50:31,083 that our faith is tested. 757 00:50:31,083 --> 00:50:32,875 When I was the captain of a ship at sea, 758 00:50:32,875 --> 00:50:36,500 we didn't throw ourselves into the ocean in anguish during a storm. 759 00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:37,417 No. 760 00:50:37,417 --> 00:50:40,458 We held fast to the moorings. 761 00:50:40,458 --> 00:50:43,125 We called, “All hands on deck.” 762 00:50:43,125 --> 00:50:45,833 Even now, brothers and sisters, let us not despair, 763 00:50:45,833 --> 00:50:49,333 but redouble our effort. 764 00:50:49,333 --> 00:50:52,208 The Bridegroom cometh. 765 00:50:52,208 --> 00:50:54,792 We do not labour in vain. 766 00:50:54,792 --> 00:50:57,333 Yes, we had hoped that, by now, our blessed day... 767 00:50:57,333 --> 00:50:59,292 - (HORSE APPROACHES) - ..would have come. 768 00:50:59,292 --> 00:51:03,000 And...yet these final moments are our most precious. 769 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:10,667 (ONLOOKERS MUTTER) 770 00:51:10,667 --> 00:51:12,750 I have news. 771 00:51:12,750 --> 00:51:16,875 Let my brother speak. He comes to us with news. 772 00:51:16,875 --> 00:51:18,500 (MURMURING) 773 00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:21,042 Brother Snow has truth for us from the Lord. 774 00:51:21,042 --> 00:51:23,458 Let him come and deliver his message. 775 00:51:23,458 --> 00:51:25,875 Please... 776 00:51:29,542 --> 00:51:32,750 Our Blessed Lord has promised us... 777 00:51:32,750 --> 00:51:35,292 ..He will come again... 778 00:51:35,292 --> 00:51:39,583 ..to take His people unto himself. 779 00:51:39,583 --> 00:51:41,292 Now, when Jesus came the first time, 780 00:51:41,292 --> 00:51:43,958 the Gospels tell us 781 00:51:43,958 --> 00:51:47,583 “the time was fulfilled.” 782 00:51:47,583 --> 00:51:49,292 What time was fulfilled? 783 00:51:49,292 --> 00:51:50,542 Prophetic time! 784 00:51:50,542 --> 00:51:53,208 Indeed. Indeed. 785 00:51:53,208 --> 00:51:59,250 Historians confirm that Christ died in the spring of AD 31, 786 00:51:59,250 --> 00:52:03,250 precisely in the middle of Daniel's 70th week. 787 00:52:03,250 --> 00:52:05,208 Now, the Bible shows us 788 00:52:05,208 --> 00:52:08,375 that spring is the Passover event. 789 00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:13,292 The Day of Atonement comes in autumn. 790 00:52:13,292 --> 00:52:17,292 And what did the high priests do on the Day of Atonement? 791 00:52:17,292 --> 00:52:18,708 Cleansed the sanctuary. 792 00:52:18,708 --> 00:52:20,125 Exactly. 793 00:52:20,125 --> 00:52:22,250 Thank you, Brother White. 794 00:52:22,250 --> 00:52:25,083 He cleansed the sanctuary! 795 00:52:25,083 --> 00:52:27,250 Does it not then follow 796 00:52:27,250 --> 00:52:29,708 that He will return to cleanse the sanctuary 797 00:52:29,708 --> 00:52:31,708 on that precise Day of Atonement? 798 00:52:31,708 --> 00:52:33,333 - Yes! - (MURMURING) 799 00:52:33,333 --> 00:52:35,250 Leviticus says the Biblical Day of Atonement 800 00:52:35,250 --> 00:52:38,333 falls on the 10th day of the 7th month. 801 00:52:38,333 --> 00:52:41,333 Brethren, we were wrong to expect Christ's return by the spring. 802 00:52:41,333 --> 00:52:43,167 According to the Jewish calendar, 803 00:52:43,167 --> 00:52:46,958 the 10th day of the 7th month falls this year... 804 00:52:46,958 --> 00:52:48,667 ..on October 22nd. 805 00:52:48,667 --> 00:52:50,458 (CONGREGATION MEMBERS GASP AND EXCLAIM) 806 00:52:50,458 --> 00:52:56,042 SNOW: We know the date. 807 00:52:56,042 --> 00:53:03,625 October 22nd, 1844. 808 00:53:03,625 --> 00:53:05,333 (CONGREGATION MEMBERS CHATTER EXCITEDLY) 809 00:53:05,333 --> 00:53:07,792 WOMAN: Wonderful! Oh! 810 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,958 He is so certain. 811 00:53:15,958 --> 00:53:17,250 And you are not? 812 00:53:17,250 --> 00:53:20,292 Setting an exact date is foolish. 813 00:53:20,292 --> 00:53:24,417 No. Not now, brother. We...we are not in favour here. 814 00:53:24,417 --> 00:53:27,833 Let us hope that God will reveal more in time. 815 00:53:38,625 --> 00:53:43,625 The master of the house cleaning out his own barn. 816 00:53:43,625 --> 00:53:46,208 This setting of a date must have you upset. 817 00:53:46,208 --> 00:53:49,042 Our hope is not a specific day or hour, 818 00:53:49,042 --> 00:53:51,125 but that Christ's return is near. 819 00:53:51,125 --> 00:53:52,917 What does Joshua think? 820 00:53:52,917 --> 00:53:54,708 We both resist. 821 00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:57,708 Yet people are demanding clarity. 822 00:53:57,708 --> 00:53:59,875 I was wrong about 1843. 823 00:53:59,875 --> 00:54:03,458 I should not have counted the zero when counting from BC to AD. 824 00:54:03,458 --> 00:54:05,750 And what doubt did I cause amongst the brethren? 825 00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:09,750 So, you will not endorse a specific day? 826 00:54:09,750 --> 00:54:13,292 No. I will not. 827 00:54:13,292 --> 00:54:17,000 But Brother Snow's study of the sanctuary does cause me to think. 828 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,833 Well, then, you must seek the present truth 829 00:54:18,833 --> 00:54:21,083 and clarity from God on this, William. 830 00:54:21,083 --> 00:54:23,875 The Bible is clear. 831 00:54:23,875 --> 00:54:28,083 However, Samuel Snow is a trusted brother in the Lord. 832 00:54:28,083 --> 00:54:32,208 I'll give his date over for study and prayer. 833 00:54:32,208 --> 00:54:34,208 (HORSE NEIGHS) 834 00:54:46,083 --> 00:54:49,917 My wife and I are pleased to have purchased your property. 835 00:54:49,917 --> 00:54:51,917 If you don't mind my asking, 836 00:54:51,917 --> 00:54:54,917 where will you and your wife go from here? 837 00:54:54,917 --> 00:54:56,042 To Heaven. 838 00:54:56,042 --> 00:54:59,333 But if the end of the world does not come to pass, 839 00:54:59,333 --> 00:55:01,625 you have a plan... 840 00:55:01,625 --> 00:55:04,958 The Lord has a great design in store for all of us. 841 00:55:04,958 --> 00:55:08,250 Yes, sir. Absolutely. 842 00:55:10,708 --> 00:55:15,583 So...even the house is sold to finance the message. 843 00:55:15,583 --> 00:55:16,917 The children believe we are foolish. 844 00:55:16,917 --> 00:55:18,208 Hmm! 845 00:55:18,208 --> 00:55:21,292 Yet you are so firm in your conviction. 846 00:55:21,292 --> 00:55:23,125 Yes, my dear. 847 00:55:23,125 --> 00:55:24,667 The clock is ticking. 848 00:55:24,667 --> 00:55:27,667 God's appointed time is almost here. 849 00:55:33,833 --> 00:55:36,125 You seem to have regained your appetite, Ellen. 850 00:55:36,125 --> 00:55:38,667 We're just happy just to see you this way. 851 00:55:38,667 --> 00:55:41,542 We're almost home. 852 00:55:41,542 --> 00:55:44,667 Just the thought gives me strength. 853 00:55:44,667 --> 00:55:46,958 Until then... 854 00:55:46,958 --> 00:55:52,833 ..we must do everything to let as many people as we know the good news. 855 00:55:59,917 --> 00:56:01,333 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) 856 00:56:01,333 --> 00:56:04,000 MAN: Ah, Mr White. I have your pamphlets ready for you. 857 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:06,292 You people are turning into my best customers. 858 00:56:06,292 --> 00:56:08,833 Ah. Good morning. 859 00:56:08,833 --> 00:56:10,750 So, you too are working to spread the good news? 860 00:56:10,750 --> 00:56:13,333 Yes, sir. James White with the Christian Connection. 861 00:56:13,333 --> 00:56:16,167 Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Brother White. I'm Robert Harmon. 862 00:56:16,167 --> 00:56:19,458 That'll be $1.20, please. 863 00:56:19,458 --> 00:56:21,708 - Thank you, sir. - Time is short. 864 00:56:21,708 --> 00:56:23,833 Shall we go together, young man, and see if we can make a difference? 865 00:56:23,833 --> 00:56:25,542 Of course. 866 00:56:25,542 --> 00:56:26,958 MAN: Good luck, gentlemen. 867 00:56:31,750 --> 00:56:34,458 Young man, our Lord and Saviour is returning in two weeks. 868 00:56:34,458 --> 00:56:36,167 (SIGHS) 869 00:56:36,167 --> 00:56:38,083 The coming of the Lord. 870 00:56:38,083 --> 00:56:40,458 Please...gentlemen... 871 00:56:40,458 --> 00:56:42,583 Christ returns in two short weeks. Prepare your hearts. 872 00:56:42,583 --> 00:56:46,292 Oh. Well, tell Him He's buying the next round when He gets here. 873 00:56:49,875 --> 00:56:52,042 I'm sad for those men. 874 00:56:52,042 --> 00:56:53,750 You, sir... 875 00:56:53,750 --> 00:56:56,500 - Sir, please. - Thank you, my friend. 876 00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:57,375 Sir... 877 00:56:57,375 --> 00:56:59,625 WILLIAM: “October 6th, 1844. 878 00:56:59,625 --> 00:57:01,333 “Dear Brother Himes, 879 00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:04,125 “After much study and prayer, 880 00:57:04,125 --> 00:57:07,000 “I see a glory now in the seventh month, 881 00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:10,833 “which I never saw before. 882 00:57:10,833 --> 00:57:13,250 “We are almost home. 883 00:57:13,250 --> 00:57:16,875 “Glory, glory, glory.” 884 00:57:18,667 --> 00:57:20,708 WILLIAM: Come to Jesus Christ, 885 00:57:20,708 --> 00:57:22,458 the Lamb that was slain, 886 00:57:22,458 --> 00:57:26,667 and now lives, that you may live. 887 00:57:26,667 --> 00:57:32,875 Obey His word...and believe. 888 00:57:32,875 --> 00:57:36,083 There is no time for delay. 889 00:57:36,083 --> 00:57:38,417 Put it not off, I beg of you. 890 00:57:38,417 --> 00:57:43,625 No. Not for a moment. 891 00:57:43,625 --> 00:57:51,208 Do you not want a house made with hands eternal, in the heavens? 892 00:57:51,208 --> 00:57:55,167 Then “Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven,” says Christ, 893 00:57:55,167 --> 00:57:58,583 “and then all these things 894 00:57:58,583 --> 00:58:00,875 “shall be added unto you.” 895 00:58:00,875 --> 00:58:06,083 (STIRRING MUSIC) 896 00:58:21,958 --> 00:58:23,458 BOY: Then damned I will be! 897 00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:26,292 My ship sails tomorrow and my decision is final! 898 00:58:26,292 --> 00:58:29,333 I will not stay here and beg while you stare up at the skies! 899 00:58:29,333 --> 00:58:31,625 BATES: Jesus is coming tomorrow, my son! 900 00:58:31,625 --> 00:58:33,875 Well, when He arrives, tell Him He can find me on the high seas! 901 00:58:33,875 --> 00:58:37,042 Joseph, please...go after him. 902 00:58:37,042 --> 00:58:40,875 Our son will be lost forever! 903 00:58:40,875 --> 00:58:43,000 Do something! 904 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,500 Holy Father, in these final moments before Your return, 905 00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:49,833 heal our broken family. 906 00:58:49,833 --> 00:58:52,000 Have mercy on our boy. 907 00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:57,500 Return our son to us, that we may meet You together. 908 00:59:08,750 --> 00:59:12,625 It is so fitting that we should all be here together, 909 00:59:12,625 --> 00:59:15,000 in these last hours. 910 00:59:19,583 --> 00:59:23,042 We did our best, sir. 911 00:59:23,042 --> 00:59:25,333 Did we? 912 00:59:32,583 --> 00:59:34,000 Oh... 913 01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:11,875 Thank you... 914 01:00:11,875 --> 01:00:22,208 ..for telling the world before it was too late. 915 01:00:22,208 --> 01:00:24,875 And what if we are too early? 916 01:00:32,250 --> 01:00:36,625 (LIVELY PIANO MUSIC PLAYS INSIDE) 917 01:00:36,625 --> 01:00:39,375 Gentlemen, free ale till the end of the world! 918 01:00:39,375 --> 01:00:42,875 (ALL CHEER) 919 01:00:45,875 --> 01:00:48,458 (BELL TOLLS) 920 01:00:48,458 --> 01:01:16,000 (BELL CONTINUES) 921 01:01:17,958 --> 01:01:22,917 (FINAL CHIME ECHOES) 922 01:01:38,958 --> 01:01:43,042 Well...it's too bad the good Lord Jesus 923 01:01:43,042 --> 01:01:47,250 couldn't join us tonight... 924 01:01:47,250 --> 01:01:49,792 ..'cause we've always got room for one more! 925 01:01:49,792 --> 01:01:51,333 (MEN LAUGH AND CHATTER) 926 01:01:51,333 --> 01:01:52,542 (RESUMES PLAYING CHEERFUL MUSIC) 927 01:01:52,542 --> 01:01:55,125 PIANIST: (SINGS) ♪ Funniest thing I ever saw 928 01:01:55,125 --> 01:02:02,750 ♪ A little tune called Turkey in the Straw. ♪ 929 01:02:06,500 --> 01:02:11,250 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 930 01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:13,792 (OWL HOOTS) 931 01:02:14,042 --> 01:02:16,833 (THUNDER CRASHES) 932 01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:32,250 (SORROWFUL MUSIC) 933 01:02:32,667 --> 01:02:38,167 (THUNDER CONTINUES) 934 01:03:05,083 --> 01:03:07,917 WILLIAM: God's message was never meant to be about a single date. 935 01:03:07,917 --> 01:03:11,125 All is not lost. Look at the movement you have begun. 936 01:03:11,125 --> 01:03:13,125 You have won thousands. 937 01:03:13,125 --> 01:03:15,667 And to what, Brother Himes, have I won them? 938 01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,333 Disappointment? Despair? 939 01:03:18,333 --> 01:03:21,208 To the truth of God's word. 940 01:03:21,208 --> 01:03:24,250 Setting a date has now made that appear untrustworthy. 941 01:03:24,250 --> 01:03:26,250 Why was I so weak to endorse one? 942 01:04:16,583 --> 01:04:18,333 We will keep waiting. 943 01:04:21,833 --> 01:04:28,208 For how long? 944 01:04:28,208 --> 01:04:30,375 For as long as it takes. 945 01:04:30,375 --> 01:04:32,792 (COUGHS) 946 01:04:49,083 --> 01:04:51,875 I see you're still with us this morning, Hiram. 947 01:04:51,875 --> 01:04:53,333 The chickens, too. 948 01:04:53,333 --> 01:04:56,167 Maybe Jesus will come if you fix Him some breakfast! 949 01:04:56,167 --> 01:05:00,167 (ALL LAUGH) 950 01:05:10,958 --> 01:05:13,667 Is this but a cunningly devised fable, Esther? 951 01:05:13,667 --> 01:05:15,875 Hiram, no. Don't say that. 952 01:05:15,875 --> 01:05:19,875 There is no reality to our fondest hope.... 953 01:05:19,875 --> 01:05:23,375 Oh, Hiram... 954 01:05:23,375 --> 01:05:29,583 What are we to do? 955 01:05:29,583 --> 01:05:33,125 We need to pray. 956 01:05:34,292 --> 01:05:40,000 Brothers, will you join us to pray for guidance? 957 01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:41,958 Guidance? 958 01:05:41,958 --> 01:05:44,125 Open your eyes, Hiram. 959 01:05:44,125 --> 01:05:46,375 But this is the time that we need to be together. 960 01:05:46,375 --> 01:05:49,417 We have been deceived. 961 01:05:49,417 --> 01:05:56,000 Do you suggest that we continue in this delusion? 962 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:59,125 If you would just give God a chance... 963 01:06:03,333 --> 01:06:07,375 I did that already. 964 01:06:30,875 --> 01:06:33,208 HIRAM: Our Father, how You have blessed us 965 01:06:33,208 --> 01:06:36,042 as we have waited upon Your return. 966 01:06:36,042 --> 01:06:39,333 Our hands have healed the sick. 967 01:06:39,333 --> 01:06:41,833 Our hearts have been lifted by the sight of so many others 968 01:06:41,833 --> 01:06:45,958 believing in You, in the hope of Your great return. 969 01:06:45,958 --> 01:06:48,958 Lord, we have not lost our faith, 970 01:06:48,958 --> 01:06:54,292 but we seek wisdom to understand why You have not returned. 971 01:06:54,292 --> 01:06:57,083 We need You to show us the way forward. 972 01:06:57,083 --> 01:06:59,542 Accept our prayer, Father, and send us your light 973 01:06:59,542 --> 01:07:03,375 that our great disappointment may be explained. 974 01:07:03,375 --> 01:07:09,667 All these things we ask in the name of Your loving Son, Jesus Christ. 975 01:07:09,667 --> 01:07:11,375 Come, brothers. 976 01:07:11,375 --> 01:07:17,458 Surely God has not forsaken us. 977 01:07:17,458 --> 01:07:20,125 Owen, come with me to the neighbours. 978 01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:25,458 Surely they must feel the sting of this sadness. 979 01:07:25,458 --> 01:07:29,125 We should all find comfort if we share in this experience. 980 01:07:29,125 --> 01:07:31,625 Of course. 981 01:07:53,250 --> 01:08:02,708 Hiram. 982 01:08:02,708 --> 01:08:05,042 Hiram! 983 01:08:05,042 --> 01:08:12,042 The Lord is answering our morning prayer. 984 01:08:12,042 --> 01:08:15,042 He gives light to our great disappointment. 985 01:08:18,250 --> 01:08:19,875 The early Christians thought that Jesus came 986 01:08:19,875 --> 01:08:23,332 to set up an earthly kingdom, not a heavenly kingdom. 987 01:08:23,332 --> 01:08:25,792 After His death on the cross, they were bitterly disappointed 988 01:08:25,792 --> 01:08:27,417 just as we are now. 989 01:08:27,417 --> 01:08:29,292 Clearly, we got the date wrong, Hiram. 990 01:08:29,292 --> 01:08:31,167 No, Dr Hahn, I think the day was correct. 991 01:08:31,167 --> 01:08:33,082 Then why has the Saviour not returned? 992 01:08:33,082 --> 01:08:36,167 Maybe we were wrong about what was supposed to happen on October 22nd. 993 01:08:36,167 --> 01:08:39,000 The early Christians got the date right for the Messiah, 994 01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:41,332 but their expectation was wrong. 995 01:08:41,332 --> 01:08:43,167 Perhaps the same is true for us. 996 01:08:43,167 --> 01:08:47,332 Daniel's prophecy states that at the end of the 2,300 days, 997 01:08:47,332 --> 01:08:49,417 the sanctuary will be cleansed. 998 01:08:49,417 --> 01:08:53,417 And what if we mistook the meaning of that word 'sanctuary'? 999 01:08:53,417 --> 01:08:55,917 - But the sanctuary is the earth. - Is it? 1000 01:08:55,917 --> 01:08:58,917 Daniel says, in chapter seven, 1001 01:08:58,917 --> 01:09:02,457 “And behold, one like the Son of man came to the Ancient of Days.” 1002 01:09:02,457 --> 01:09:04,625 Not to the earth, as we believed. 1003 01:09:04,625 --> 01:09:06,332 So, where is the Ancient of Days? 1004 01:09:06,332 --> 01:09:10,250 In heaven. 1005 01:09:10,250 --> 01:09:13,207 After His death on the cross, Jesus became our High Priest, 1006 01:09:13,207 --> 01:09:15,042 and the work of redemption 1007 01:09:15,042 --> 01:09:17,750 moved from the earthly sanctuary to the Heavenly Sanctuary. 1008 01:09:17,750 --> 01:09:19,082 That would make sense... 1009 01:09:19,082 --> 01:09:23,000 ..in the light of what it says in Hebrews chapter eight - 1010 01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:25,375 “We have such a high priest, 1011 01:09:25,375 --> 01:09:28,292 “a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, 1012 01:09:28,292 --> 01:09:30,792 “which the Lord pitched, and not man.” 1013 01:09:30,792 --> 01:09:35,875 So, Jesus is still coming back soon then. 1014 01:09:35,875 --> 01:09:38,707 We just don't know how quickly. 1015 01:09:38,707 --> 01:09:42,875 Exactly, and it's there, in the most holy of places 1016 01:09:42,875 --> 01:09:45,250 that His work of cleansing takes place. 1017 01:09:45,250 --> 01:09:47,542 (SIGHS) 1018 01:09:47,542 --> 01:09:49,917 (SIGHS) 1019 01:10:09,375 --> 01:10:15,375 Lucy, what have I done? 1020 01:10:15,375 --> 01:10:20,833 You have spoken from your heart and from the Bible, 1021 01:10:20,833 --> 01:10:25,417 words that have softened thousands of others' lives. 1022 01:10:25,417 --> 01:10:27,542 And will they harden their hearts again? 1023 01:10:27,542 --> 01:10:28,875 Perhaps. 1024 01:10:28,875 --> 01:10:30,542 And it's also possible that Brother Snow 1025 01:10:30,542 --> 01:10:33,250 will again arrive on horseback with a... 1026 01:10:33,250 --> 01:10:36,417 ..another selection of dates. 1027 01:10:36,417 --> 01:10:41,958 What is really important about the message God gave you? 1028 01:10:41,958 --> 01:10:55,333 That is what you should be thinking about. 1029 01:10:55,333 --> 01:10:57,083 Yes. 1030 01:11:08,667 --> 01:11:09,875 “Hold fast. 1031 01:11:09,875 --> 01:11:11,750 “Let no man take your crown. 1032 01:11:11,750 --> 01:11:15,000 “I have fixed my mind upon another time, 1033 01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:19,875 “and here I mean to stand until God gives me more light. 1034 01:11:19,875 --> 01:11:24,375 “And that is today, today, today, until He comes, 1035 01:11:24,375 --> 01:11:28,458 “and I see Him, for whom my soul yearns.” 1036 01:11:41,833 --> 01:11:44,458 MRS HAINES: Keep our faith strong in Your promises, Father. 1037 01:11:44,458 --> 01:11:46,375 Though we do not know why You did not come, 1038 01:11:46,375 --> 01:11:49,250 still we pray that You will do so quickly. 1039 01:11:49,250 --> 01:11:53,208 For our loved ones who have given up the Advent hope, 1040 01:11:53,208 --> 01:11:56,125 we ask a special measure in Your mercy. 1041 01:11:56,125 --> 01:11:57,375 Give us insight, oh, Lord... 1042 01:11:57,375 --> 01:12:00,000 Oh, no! Ellen! Ellen! What's wrong?! 1043 01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:02,292 WOMAN: Is she breathing? 1044 01:12:02,292 --> 01:12:05,833 ELIZABETH: I can't tell. 1045 01:12:05,833 --> 01:12:08,833 Ellen! Ellen! 1046 01:12:08,833 --> 01:12:11,000 Ellen! 1047 01:12:12,042 --> 01:12:16,750 ETHEREAL VOICE: I am the messenger of God. Look again. 1048 01:12:16,750 --> 01:12:27,917 A little higher. 1049 01:12:27,917 --> 01:12:31,625 Not the end, but the beginning. 1050 01:12:45,667 --> 01:12:49,250 Are you alright? Ellen, I was so worried. I thought we'd lost you. 1051 01:12:49,250 --> 01:12:50,542 I saw things. 1052 01:12:50,542 --> 01:12:56,417 I was taken to another place, 1053 01:12:56,417 --> 01:12:58,583 high above this world, and I...I... 1054 01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:04,875 ..I heard a voice. 1055 01:13:04,875 --> 01:13:07,458 The voice spoke to me. 1056 01:13:07,458 --> 01:13:09,833 Who spoke to you? Ellen, I was praying for you. 1057 01:13:09,833 --> 01:13:11,542 - Was it my voice you heard? - No. 1058 01:13:11,542 --> 01:13:16,500 I think it was an angel speaking. 1059 01:13:16,500 --> 01:13:19,208 (WOMEN GASP) 1060 01:13:19,208 --> 01:13:21,417 I've never heard anything like it. 1061 01:13:21,417 --> 01:13:25,000 She must have bumped her head, the poor dear. 1062 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:30,375 I saw the Advent believers walking on a path toward the heavenly city. 1063 01:13:30,375 --> 01:13:33,208 And as long as they kept their eyes on Jesus, 1064 01:13:33,208 --> 01:13:37,042 who was leading them to the city... 1065 01:13:37,042 --> 01:13:40,208 ..they were safe. 1066 01:13:40,208 --> 01:13:45,375 You are safe here now, Ellen. 1067 01:13:45,375 --> 01:13:49,583 This world is so dark. 1068 01:13:49,583 --> 01:13:54,583 I have seen a greater world and it has spoiled this one for me. 1069 01:14:04,583 --> 01:14:08,292 I feel as if my strength was renewed today, Elizabeth. 1070 01:14:08,292 --> 01:14:11,542 I saw such wondrous things. I heard things. 1071 01:14:11,542 --> 01:14:13,000 So you claim. 1072 01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:16,333 Elizabeth, I've never lied about anything. 1073 01:14:16,333 --> 01:14:18,167 I'm not saying you're lying now. 1074 01:14:18,167 --> 01:14:20,708 You collapsed from your illness. You are not of sound mind. 1075 01:14:20,708 --> 01:14:22,542 - You know not what you speak. - No. 1076 01:14:22,542 --> 01:14:26,417 Elizabeth, the Holy Spirit showed me a view of the Midnight Cry 1077 01:14:26,417 --> 01:14:28,042 and He explained our disappointment. 1078 01:14:28,042 --> 01:14:30,542 He encouraged our Advent hope. 1079 01:14:30,542 --> 01:14:32,542 There were people who didn't listen and they fell off the path. 1080 01:14:32,542 --> 01:14:34,542 You had an accident when you were young. It left you weak. 1081 01:14:34,542 --> 01:14:38,250 You won't have a regular life, Ellen. We understand that. 1082 01:14:38,250 --> 01:14:41,417 You won't marry. You won't be able to contribute. 1083 01:14:41,417 --> 01:14:45,667 But this is hardly a way to get attention. 1084 01:14:45,667 --> 01:14:48,333 Why are speaking to me like this? 1085 01:14:48,333 --> 01:14:49,750 I pledge to you that I'm telling the truth. 1086 01:14:49,750 --> 01:14:53,083 Well, here's my truth - Christ will not return to earth any time soon, 1087 01:14:53,083 --> 01:14:54,083 and I am done with prayer groups. 1088 01:14:54,083 --> 01:14:56,375 - But Elizabeth... - No, you heard what I said. 1089 01:14:56,375 --> 01:14:58,875 Consider me someone who's fallen off the path. 1090 01:15:15,250 --> 01:15:17,208 MRS PRESTON: With all this fuss about Jesus not returning in October, 1091 01:15:17,208 --> 01:15:20,375 it seems to me that I am alone in my commitment 1092 01:15:20,375 --> 01:15:22,125 to worship on the Sabbath. 1093 01:15:22,125 --> 01:15:23,750 Ah, but Mrs Preston, 1094 01:15:23,750 --> 01:15:27,958 I fear there are no churches here that meet on Saturday. 1095 01:15:27,958 --> 01:15:31,042 Hmm. If only Elder Wheeler in Hillsboro were closer. 1096 01:15:31,042 --> 01:15:33,708 Mother, please! 1097 01:15:33,708 --> 01:15:37,750 The Farnsworths have been so generous to let me stay here while I teach. 1098 01:15:37,750 --> 01:15:41,167 You'll likely offend them. 1099 01:15:41,167 --> 01:15:45,625 What is offensive to God is that we worship on the wrong day. 1100 01:15:45,625 --> 01:15:48,417 Good Elder Wheeler understood 1101 01:15:48,417 --> 01:15:52,375 that Saturday - Saturday - is the seventh day of the week. 1102 01:15:52,375 --> 01:15:55,875 It is written in the Commandments that we should rest and keep it holy. 1103 01:15:55,875 --> 01:15:58,250 What difference does it make to God 1104 01:15:58,250 --> 01:16:01,000 if we should worship Him one day or another? 1105 01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:05,458 Difference enough, William, to chisel it onto stone 1106 01:16:05,458 --> 01:16:07,917 and send it down the mountain with Moses. 1107 01:16:07,917 --> 01:16:13,583 Sabbath comes to us as a gift - we cannot stop or change it. 1108 01:16:13,583 --> 01:16:16,042 He even used the word 'remember'. 1109 01:16:16,042 --> 01:16:18,833 Even if Elder Wheeler's church were nearby, he's a Methodist, 1110 01:16:18,833 --> 01:16:21,333 and we belong to the Christian brethren. 1111 01:16:21,333 --> 01:16:24,208 His denomination matters not to God, 1112 01:16:24,208 --> 01:16:28,042 only that Elder Wheeler believes they're called Commandments. 1113 01:16:28,042 --> 01:16:31,000 If these were but the 'Ten Suggestions', 1114 01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:38,500 we may feel free to honour God whenever we please, or not at all. 1115 01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:40,083 Ah, the carriage is ready. 1116 01:16:40,083 --> 01:16:59,292 We may be headed to worship on the wrong day, but we shan't be late. 1117 01:16:59,292 --> 01:17:00,833 Along with the others gathered here, 1118 01:17:00,833 --> 01:17:04,625 I, too, was greatly disappointed, even ashamed, 1119 01:17:04,625 --> 01:17:07,958 that Jesus did not return last year. 1120 01:17:07,958 --> 01:17:09,917 I do not understand why He did not come, 1121 01:17:09,917 --> 01:17:12,917 but I still believe in the many promises in the Bible 1122 01:17:12,917 --> 01:17:15,083 that one day He will. 1123 01:17:15,083 --> 01:17:17,625 That is why I hold fast to the Advent hope. 1124 01:17:17,625 --> 01:17:20,417 Thank you, Mrs Cooch. 1125 01:17:20,417 --> 01:17:23,500 Does anyone else desire to speak today? 1126 01:17:27,500 --> 01:17:29,875 I choose to cast my lot 1127 01:17:29,875 --> 01:17:34,500 with those who keep God's holy Sabbath on the seventh day each week. 1128 01:17:35,375 --> 01:17:37,625 From this day forth, 1129 01:17:37,625 --> 01:17:42,042 I pledge to keep the Saturday Sabbath... 1130 01:17:42,042 --> 01:17:44,375 ..as God has commanded us to do. 1131 01:17:48,417 --> 01:17:53,750 And I, too, shall be a Sabbath-keeper... 1132 01:17:53,750 --> 01:17:55,917 ..from this day forward. 1133 01:17:55,917 --> 01:18:01,292 (“IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE” PLAYS) 1134 01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:10,042 “I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them 1135 01:18:10,042 --> 01:18:13,542 “that they might know that I am the Lord. 1136 01:18:13,542 --> 01:18:17,000 “Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath, 1137 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:21,042 “and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, 1138 01:18:21,042 --> 01:18:23,708 “because that in it He had rested from all His work, 1139 01:18:23,708 --> 01:18:25,583 “which God created and made, 1140 01:18:25,583 --> 01:18:28,708 “for in six days, the Lord made heaven and earth 1141 01:18:28,708 --> 01:18:32,250 “and rested on the seventh day.” 1142 01:18:33,458 --> 01:18:37,833 You have my word. I will return with fresh enthusiasm. 1143 01:18:37,833 --> 01:18:40,417 Spending time with Reverend Wheeler is what I need. 1144 01:18:40,417 --> 01:18:44,417 What we need is a way out of this predicament. 1145 01:18:44,417 --> 01:18:46,917 We're penniless, Joseph. 1146 01:18:46,917 --> 01:18:49,083 Where's all this Sabbath business going to lead you? 1147 01:18:49,083 --> 01:18:51,250 I'm following my heart. 1148 01:18:51,250 --> 01:18:53,375 I'm being convinced by the Word of God. 1149 01:18:53,375 --> 01:19:03,083 I know no other way to test error from truth. 1150 01:19:07,750 --> 01:19:09,417 Elder Wheeler shared the Scriptures with me, 1151 01:19:09,417 --> 01:19:12,458 and I found much peace that he is right. 1152 01:19:12,458 --> 01:19:16,375 Christ kept the seventh day. Following him is most important. 1153 01:19:16,375 --> 01:19:17,708 I support the Sabbath. 1154 01:19:17,708 --> 01:19:22,375 And what of this girl? 1155 01:19:22,375 --> 01:19:23,625 The one having visions in Maine. 1156 01:19:23,625 --> 01:19:25,542 Hmm. 1157 01:19:25,542 --> 01:19:29,208 I venture to make no opinion without seeing for myself first-hand. 1158 01:19:29,208 --> 01:19:30,833 However, I would say she is doubtful to me. 1159 01:19:30,833 --> 01:19:35,375 Quite doubtful. 1160 01:19:41,167 --> 01:19:43,708 We're here today, people of many faiths, 1161 01:19:43,708 --> 01:19:48,333 gathered together because of our commitment to Jesus 1162 01:19:48,333 --> 01:19:53,708 and our acceptance of the Bible as the Word of God to guide us. 1163 01:19:53,708 --> 01:19:58,208 This morning, a member of our community, Miss Ellen Harmon, 1164 01:19:58,208 --> 01:20:00,667 has been asked to speak to us. 1165 01:20:00,667 --> 01:20:04,208 She will share some of what God has blessed her with of late. 1166 01:20:04,208 --> 01:20:06,208 (OTHERS WHISPER INDISTINCTLY) 1167 01:20:06,208 --> 01:20:08,417 I don't think that I can do this. 1168 01:20:08,417 --> 01:20:09,875 Have faith. 1169 01:20:09,875 --> 01:20:13,833 Just being here is an act of courage. 1170 01:20:13,833 --> 01:20:15,250 Miss Harmon. 1171 01:20:28,292 --> 01:20:35,500 I was in prayer at the house of Mrs Haines in Portland. 1172 01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:42,250 I lost consciousness and I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. 1173 01:20:42,250 --> 01:20:44,500 (WHISPERING) 1174 01:20:44,500 --> 01:20:48,542 I rose high above the dark world 1175 01:20:48,542 --> 01:20:54,958 and I looked for the Advent believers, but I couldn't find them. 1176 01:20:54,958 --> 01:20:58,750 A voice, an angel, said to me, 1177 01:20:58,750 --> 01:21:05,125 “Look again, and look a little higher.” 1178 01:21:05,125 --> 01:21:11,167 I then saw a straight and narrow path far above the dark world. 1179 01:21:11,167 --> 01:21:13,958 The Advent people were travelling on a path 1180 01:21:13,958 --> 01:21:20,417 toward a bright and holy city. 1181 01:21:20,417 --> 01:21:22,083 There was a light behind the believers, 1182 01:21:22,083 --> 01:21:26,667 which the angel told me was the Midnight Cry. 1183 01:21:26,667 --> 01:21:28,958 The angel confirmed that Father Miller's message was light, 1184 01:21:28,958 --> 01:21:33,250 and that this date was the beginning of our journey, not the end. 1185 01:21:33,250 --> 01:21:38,458 And all were safe who kept their eyes fixed upon Jesus, 1186 01:21:38,458 --> 01:21:42,292 who was leading them to the Holy City. 1187 01:21:42,292 --> 01:21:44,792 Some grew weary - the city was a great way off, 1188 01:21:44,792 --> 01:21:47,792 and that they had expected to enter it before now. 1189 01:21:47,792 --> 01:21:53,583 But Jesus would encourage them... by raising His right arm, 1190 01:21:53,583 --> 01:21:58,250 from which came a wondrous light, 1191 01:21:58,250 --> 01:21:59,958 which poured over the Advent band, 1192 01:21:59,958 --> 01:22:06,875 and as it did, they shouted, “Hallelujah!” 1193 01:22:10,583 --> 01:22:13,292 OTIS: But Brother Sargent, if Miss Harmon's visions are from God... 1194 01:22:13,292 --> 01:22:17,583 Her visions do not come from God, Mr Nichols. 1195 01:22:17,583 --> 01:22:19,833 But, my friends, how can you be so sure? 1196 01:22:19,833 --> 01:22:23,958 Brother Otis, if Almighty God had a message for his people, 1197 01:22:23,958 --> 01:22:26,750 would he choose to send it in such a frail mouthpiece? 1198 01:22:26,750 --> 01:22:29,542 The girl can barely walk. 1199 01:22:29,542 --> 01:22:34,500 She stands yea high. Her father is a hat-maker. 1200 01:22:34,500 --> 01:22:37,708 She doesn't come from any kind of ministry background. 1201 01:22:37,708 --> 01:22:43,625 Brothers, our Lord Jesus Himself warned us, “Beware of false prophets, 1202 01:22:43,625 --> 01:22:45,625 “which come to you in sheep's clothing, 1203 01:22:45,625 --> 01:22:48,625 “but inwardly, they are ravening wolves.” 1204 01:22:48,625 --> 01:22:52,542 I have heard the visions overtake her, like a trance. 1205 01:22:52,542 --> 01:22:56,500 I'm acquainted with a neighbour. She found her to be credible. 1206 01:22:56,500 --> 01:22:58,500 Have either of you seen the young woman? 1207 01:22:58,500 --> 01:23:02,167 No! And we shall not. 1208 01:23:02,167 --> 01:23:05,250 Ellen Harmon's visions are a lie of the deceiver. 1209 01:23:05,250 --> 01:23:07,542 She would not dare to have one in my presence. 1210 01:23:07,542 --> 01:23:09,625 Aye, she COULD not, Mr Robbins! 1211 01:23:09,625 --> 01:23:13,625 The power of our faith would bind the Devil's work. 1212 01:23:13,625 --> 01:23:22,250 She speaks with great tenderness of the Word of the Lord. 1213 01:23:24,417 --> 01:23:29,375 Brother Nichols, do not be fooled. 1214 01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:50,000 Did you speak with them? Are they persuaded? 1215 01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:51,500 If only they would meet Ellen, 1216 01:23:51,500 --> 01:23:54,042 I believe they'd be convinced of God's truth. 1217 01:23:54,042 --> 01:23:55,167 Invite them here, then. 1218 01:23:55,167 --> 01:23:59,500 - Sargent and Robbins? - No, Ellen. 1219 01:23:59,500 --> 01:24:01,458 She travels with her older sister, Sarah. 1220 01:24:01,458 --> 01:24:03,708 Invite Miss Harmon here. 1221 01:24:03,708 --> 01:24:08,292 But what would Robbins and Sargent say? 1222 01:24:08,292 --> 01:24:11,792 We must let our friends hear her words for themselves. 1223 01:24:11,792 --> 01:24:14,542 She will minister hope to their hearts. 1224 01:24:14,542 --> 01:24:18,167 Yes. 1225 01:24:18,167 --> 01:24:21,417 If Ellen's message is of God... 1226 01:24:21,417 --> 01:24:25,917 ..no opposition from Sargent or Robbins will drown her out. 1227 01:24:37,500 --> 01:24:40,333 It's such a joy to have you with me today, Sarah. 1228 01:24:40,333 --> 01:24:42,917 There's no place I'd rather be, little sister. 1229 01:24:42,917 --> 01:24:45,833 So many are anxious to hear you. 1230 01:24:45,833 --> 01:24:48,708 I would be just as happy to stay home and take no part in this. 1231 01:24:48,708 --> 01:24:51,458 But you grow stronger every day. 1232 01:24:51,458 --> 01:24:53,750 You've said so yourself. 1233 01:24:53,750 --> 01:24:56,083 'Tis true. 1234 01:24:56,083 --> 01:24:59,625 But I do not want to add to our family's burden. 1235 01:24:59,625 --> 01:25:05,583 Ellen, do you not realise that the message God has given you 1236 01:25:05,583 --> 01:25:25,458 lifts up our hearts and spirits? 1237 01:25:25,458 --> 01:25:27,167 (SUBDUED CONVERSATION) 1238 01:25:27,167 --> 01:25:30,333 Have you yet had a chance to meet the Harmons yet? 1239 01:25:30,333 --> 01:25:31,792 Brother White, I said have you met the Harmons yet? 1240 01:25:31,792 --> 01:25:34,500 I've had tea, sir. Thank you for asking. 1241 01:25:34,500 --> 01:25:36,167 Why don't you go meet the ladies 1242 01:25:36,167 --> 01:25:39,833 before you get any more tongue-tied, lad. 1243 01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:48,958 What a pleasure to meet you again, Miss Harmon. 1244 01:25:48,958 --> 01:25:50,875 You might remember, I am James White. 1245 01:25:50,875 --> 01:25:52,292 I'm a pastor with the Christian Connection. 1246 01:25:52,292 --> 01:25:54,958 I've made the acquaintance of your father. 1247 01:25:54,958 --> 01:25:56,792 We distributed pamphlets together before... 1248 01:25:56,792 --> 01:26:00,792 Well, it's a pleasure, Mr White. 1249 01:26:00,792 --> 01:26:02,750 I've heard many good things about your work for the Lord. 1250 01:26:02,750 --> 01:26:08,625 I have heard such a thing before, 1251 01:26:08,625 --> 01:26:11,500 yet it comes as a true surprise to me. 1252 01:26:11,500 --> 01:26:18,417 Is it wrong for me to ask your age, Miss Harmon? 1253 01:26:18,417 --> 01:26:20,833 I will be 18 on my next birthday. 1254 01:26:20,833 --> 01:26:22,417 And you, Mr White - how old would you be? 1255 01:26:22,417 --> 01:26:25,042 I'm 23 years old. 1256 01:26:25,042 --> 01:26:27,458 And you have put yourself in the service of the Lord? 1257 01:26:27,458 --> 01:26:29,042 Yes. 1258 01:26:29,042 --> 01:26:30,667 I left teaching to spread the Word. 1259 01:26:30,667 --> 01:26:33,000 Hmm. 1260 01:26:52,625 --> 01:26:59,375 Welcome. Welcome. We are so honoured to have you here with us. 1261 01:26:59,375 --> 01:27:05,792 Thank you. The honour is ours. 1262 01:27:09,083 --> 01:27:13,417 Surely this humble, gentle girl is no child of Satan. 1263 01:27:37,833 --> 01:27:40,500 Mr Sargent, Mr Robbins, what a happy surprise. 1264 01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:42,833 We thought we might impose upon your generosity 1265 01:27:42,833 --> 01:27:44,583 and lodge with your family tonight. 1266 01:27:44,583 --> 01:27:47,125 I prayed that you might meet Ellen Harmon, 1267 01:27:47,125 --> 01:27:48,208 and God has answered my prayers. 1268 01:27:48,208 --> 01:27:50,250 - Come in, come in. - The Harmon girl... 1269 01:27:50,250 --> 01:27:52,500 ..is here? 1270 01:27:52,500 --> 01:27:54,667 She arrived a few days ago to share with us. 1271 01:27:54,667 --> 01:27:59,958 Uh, Mr Robbins, um... 1272 01:27:59,958 --> 01:28:03,167 ..we've forgotten to...to visit your sick friend. 1273 01:28:03,167 --> 01:28:05,958 Oh, uh, yes! 1274 01:28:05,958 --> 01:28:08,250 I have a friend. He is sick. And we had made a previous commitment. 1275 01:28:08,250 --> 01:28:12,458 You cannot come in, just for a few moments of introduction? 1276 01:28:12,458 --> 01:28:15,958 - Not possible. - No. With deepest regrets. 1277 01:28:15,958 --> 01:28:21,417 If you cannot stay, I could bring Miss Harmon worship with you. 1278 01:28:21,417 --> 01:28:24,292 This Sunday. We could take her to meet you in Boston. 1279 01:28:24,292 --> 01:28:26,167 - We would not allow... - Uh, uh... 1280 01:28:26,167 --> 01:28:28,750 Why, yes! That sounds like a fine plan. 1281 01:28:28,750 --> 01:28:30,500 (CHUCKLES) 1282 01:28:30,500 --> 01:28:35,333 Yes, yes. Bring the young Harmon woman to Boston. 1283 01:28:35,333 --> 01:28:39,000 We will, uh, meet with her on, uh, Sunday! 1284 01:28:39,000 --> 01:28:42,167 Travelling mercies, my brothers. 1285 01:28:42,167 --> 01:28:45,875 We shall...say a prayer of healing for your friend. 1286 01:28:54,917 --> 01:28:57,250 ETHEREAL VOICE: I am the messenger of God... 1287 01:28:57,250 --> 01:29:00,583 Go to Randolph... Follow the light before you. 1288 01:29:21,125 --> 01:29:22,250 Good morning, Ellen. 1289 01:29:22,250 --> 01:29:23,917 Did you sleep well? 1290 01:29:23,917 --> 01:29:26,083 I... Well... 1291 01:29:26,083 --> 01:29:30,083 What is it, dear? Tell us. 1292 01:29:30,083 --> 01:29:35,708 We are so grateful for your hospitality. 1293 01:29:35,708 --> 01:29:40,292 I know that you feel that we should go to Boston. 1294 01:29:40,292 --> 01:29:48,375 But I have been instructed to go to the township of Randolph. 1295 01:29:48,375 --> 01:29:50,917 Why...'tis nothing in Randolph for you, 1296 01:29:50,917 --> 01:29:53,875 unless you desire a new pair of leather boots. 1297 01:29:53,875 --> 01:29:55,125 Do you need new boots? 1298 01:29:55,125 --> 01:29:59,792 I would love new boots. 1299 01:29:59,792 --> 01:30:04,667 All I know is that I have been instructed in vision by the Lord. 1300 01:30:04,667 --> 01:30:07,417 We must go to the Thayer home in Randolph. 1301 01:30:07,417 --> 01:30:11,542 But to what end? Help us, Ellen. We do not understand. 1302 01:30:11,542 --> 01:30:16,583 Nor do I. 1303 01:30:16,583 --> 01:30:18,667 I have only enough light to see the step before me, 1304 01:30:18,667 --> 01:30:23,583 and that is to go to Randolph. 1305 01:30:23,583 --> 01:30:28,417 God has promised me that when I arrive there, He shall reveal why. 1306 01:30:35,458 --> 01:30:38,917 Why, it's the Nichols! 1307 01:30:38,917 --> 01:30:40,833 What brings you to Randolph? 1308 01:30:40,833 --> 01:30:43,000 - The Word of the Lord. - Oh! 1309 01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:46,542 We have Ellen Harmon and her sister, Sarah, with us from Maine. 1310 01:30:46,542 --> 01:30:50,917 I... Well... 1311 01:30:50,917 --> 01:30:52,792 We... 1312 01:30:52,792 --> 01:30:56,958 What can I say? 1313 01:30:56,958 --> 01:30:59,208 “Welcome” would be a start. 1314 01:30:59,208 --> 01:31:01,250 Oh... 1315 01:31:11,750 --> 01:31:16,583 SARGENT: Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus Himself warned us, 1316 01:31:16,583 --> 01:31:21,542 “Beware of false prophets who come in sheep's clothing, 1317 01:31:21,542 --> 01:31:25,792 “for inwardly, they are ravenous wolves.” 1318 01:31:27,958 --> 01:31:33,000 Our brother, Otis Nichols, and his wife, Mary, have brought guests. 1319 01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,750 Ellen Harmon and her sister, Sarah. 1320 01:31:45,542 --> 01:31:48,792 I thought you said they wanted us in Boston? 1321 01:31:48,792 --> 01:31:51,083 It is clear they do not want us at all. 1322 01:31:51,083 --> 01:31:55,083 Well, uh, brothers and sisters, as I was saying, 1323 01:31:55,083 --> 01:31:58,375 the Lord impresses upon my heart that we should adjourn. 1324 01:31:58,375 --> 01:32:05,375 After luncheon, we shall continue to...speak God's Word. 1325 01:32:15,583 --> 01:32:16,958 MR THAYER: Before you arrived, 1326 01:32:16,958 --> 01:32:20,042 they carried on for some time about Miss Harmon. 1327 01:32:20,042 --> 01:32:23,500 They said that her visions came from Satan. 1328 01:32:23,500 --> 01:32:26,250 Ellen Harmon can speak for herself. 1329 01:32:26,250 --> 01:32:30,792 It's all so confusing. I do not know what to believe. 1330 01:32:30,792 --> 01:32:37,000 Mr Sargent said that she would not dare have a vision in his presence, 1331 01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:39,625 because he walks uprightly. 1332 01:32:39,625 --> 01:32:41,917 And Mr Sargent told me just a few days ago 1333 01:32:41,917 --> 01:32:46,583 for me to bring Ellen to meet him and Mr Robbins today in Boston. 1334 01:32:46,583 --> 01:32:50,042 Then what has brought you to Randolph? 1335 01:32:50,042 --> 01:32:53,208 Ellen had instruction from God last night. 1336 01:32:53,208 --> 01:32:55,250 Oh... 1337 01:32:56,167 --> 01:32:59,208 ♪ O, when shall I see Jesus 1338 01:32:59,208 --> 01:33:01,375 ♪ And reign with Him above 1339 01:33:01,375 --> 01:33:08,458 ♪ And shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning? 1340 01:33:08,458 --> 01:33:13,125 ♪ And from the flowing fountain drink everlasting love 1341 01:33:13,125 --> 01:33:18,750 ♪ And shall hear the trumpet sound in that morning? 1342 01:33:18,750 --> 01:33:21,792 ♪ O, shout, glory! 1343 01:33:21,792 --> 01:33:23,750 ♪ For I shall mount above the skies... ♪ 1344 01:33:23,750 --> 01:33:25,208 Glory... 1345 01:33:25,208 --> 01:33:27,208 (SINGING FADES) 1346 01:33:27,208 --> 01:33:29,667 ELLEN: Glory. 1347 01:33:29,667 --> 01:33:30,750 Is she...? 1348 01:33:30,750 --> 01:33:33,375 Glory. 1349 01:33:37,667 --> 01:33:39,083 Let's sing! 1350 01:33:39,083 --> 01:33:41,625 ♪ O, shout glory! For I shall... ♪ 1351 01:33:41,625 --> 01:33:44,375 Stay clear of her! 1352 01:33:45,167 --> 01:33:47,833 Let us read from God's Word! 1353 01:33:47,833 --> 01:33:51,333 “Thou shalt...have no other gods before me. 1354 01:33:51,333 --> 01:33:53,667 “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 1355 01:33:53,667 --> 01:33:55,583 “or any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, 1356 01:33:55,583 --> 01:33:57,250 “or that is in the earth beneath, 1357 01:33:57,250 --> 01:33:59,167 “or that is in the water under the earth. 1358 01:33:59,167 --> 01:34:01,583 “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them for I, the Lord...” 1359 01:34:01,583 --> 01:34:04,125 - Oh, be quiet, you fool! - You are bowing to an idol! 1360 01:34:04,125 --> 01:34:08,458 Don't you see? You are worshipping a golden calf! 1361 01:34:08,458 --> 01:34:09,958 I have heard that visions from Satan 1362 01:34:09,958 --> 01:34:13,542 can be stopped by placing a Bible on the person... 1363 01:34:13,542 --> 01:34:16,000 Here. You place it on her. 1364 01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:17,458 No. No... 1365 01:34:17,458 --> 01:34:20,708 Very well. I will do it, then. 1366 01:34:42,375 --> 01:34:45,667 This is the inspired testimony of God. 1367 01:34:53,417 --> 01:34:58,750 “Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing. 1368 01:34:58,750 --> 01:35:02,875 “Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.” 1369 01:35:02,875 --> 01:35:10,625 Oh! 1370 01:35:10,625 --> 01:35:17,875 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, 1371 01:35:17,875 --> 01:35:22,625 “but to the end thereof are the ways of death.” 1372 01:35:22,625 --> 01:35:25,833 She quotes from the verse beneath her finger! 1373 01:35:25,833 --> 01:35:28,167 (ALL MURMUR EXCITEDLY) 1374 01:35:28,167 --> 01:35:31,333 Hallelujah. 1375 01:35:44,583 --> 01:35:47,583 I can make out none of the letters. 1376 01:35:47,583 --> 01:35:51,292 Shall I read it for you, my dear? 1377 01:35:55,833 --> 01:35:57,875 “Brother Miller, 1378 01:35:57,875 --> 01:36:03,292 “although a stranger to you, I have desired to write you a few words. 1379 01:36:03,292 --> 01:36:06,125 “I have always believed that God called you 1380 01:36:06,125 --> 01:36:11,417 “to preach the definite time of the Lord's coming in 1844, 1381 01:36:11,417 --> 01:36:16,000 “and that it was just as it should be. 1382 01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:17,875 “And if the time had not been preached then, 1383 01:36:17,875 --> 01:36:24,667 “the church and world would never have been effectually warned. 1384 01:36:24,667 --> 01:36:33,542 “I have enclosed part of a vision of Ellen Harmon of Portland. 1385 01:36:33,542 --> 01:36:38,083 “I fully believe that her visions are from Heaven. 1386 01:36:38,083 --> 01:36:40,542 “Sister Harmon has been a resident in my family home 1387 01:36:40,542 --> 01:36:44,167 “much of the time for about the past eight months. 1388 01:36:44,167 --> 01:36:49,208 “The spirit of God is with her and has been seen in a remarkable manner. 1389 01:36:49,208 --> 01:36:56,542 “I would ask you to lay aside prejudice and suspend judgement 1390 01:36:56,542 --> 01:37:02,042 “until you have read and compared them with the Scripture, and present truth. 1391 01:37:02,042 --> 01:37:07,625 “Yours, waiting, for the return of the Lord, Otis Nichols.” 1392 01:37:07,625 --> 01:37:09,667 Hmm. 1393 01:37:09,667 --> 01:37:11,833 Brother Nichols sounds sincere. 1394 01:37:11,833 --> 01:37:14,917 Surely they are just grasping at straws. 1395 01:37:16,167 --> 01:37:18,250 The Bible says that, in the last days, 1396 01:37:18,250 --> 01:37:23,375 some will receive visions from the Lord. 1397 01:37:23,375 --> 01:37:28,917 Soon, we shall see our smiling Saviour's face - of that I am certain. 1398 01:37:35,792 --> 01:37:38,042 PRUDENCE: Yet another letter? 1399 01:37:38,042 --> 01:37:42,917 Fanatics are out there spreading all kinds of nonsense to the people. 1400 01:37:42,917 --> 01:37:45,458 In this, you mean Ellen Harmon? 1401 01:37:45,458 --> 01:37:48,250 From all reports, she is sincere - a true believer. 1402 01:37:48,250 --> 01:37:50,250 But I'm alarmed about these so-called visions. 1403 01:37:50,250 --> 01:37:53,708 They say her longest vision lasted four hours. 1404 01:37:53,708 --> 01:37:56,083 But visions? 1405 01:37:56,083 --> 01:37:59,042 Condition of her poor health is more likely the explanation. 1406 01:37:59,042 --> 01:38:00,792 Will you seek her out? 1407 01:38:00,792 --> 01:38:04,125 She's invited to speak now with regularity. 1408 01:38:04,125 --> 01:38:09,833 I'm certain our paths will cross. 1409 01:38:09,833 --> 01:38:16,792 Joseph, I don't have enough flour to bake even one loaf of bread. 1410 01:38:16,792 --> 01:38:21,625 How much do you need? 1411 01:38:21,625 --> 01:38:24,333 At least two more cups. 1412 01:38:42,292 --> 01:38:44,208 Out searching for Jesus are we, Mr Bates? 1413 01:38:44,208 --> 01:38:46,833 - (MEN LAUGH NEARBY) - I think he went that way. 1414 01:38:46,833 --> 01:38:50,083 No, wait, maybe over there... 1415 01:38:50,083 --> 01:38:53,917 (MEN CONTINUE LAUGHING) 1416 01:38:56,125 --> 01:38:57,542 What can I do for you today, Joseph? 1417 01:38:57,542 --> 01:39:02,667 Just some flour. 1418 01:39:02,667 --> 01:39:08,125 However much this will buy. 1419 01:39:52,167 --> 01:39:53,583 Is this our evening supper? 1420 01:39:53,583 --> 01:39:55,417 It is that. 1421 01:39:55,417 --> 01:39:58,792 Do we have any jam or apple butter? 1422 01:39:58,792 --> 01:40:07,708 Not unless you picked some up while you were out. 1423 01:40:07,708 --> 01:40:11,125 Prudy... 1424 01:40:11,125 --> 01:40:22,667 I spent the last money I have on earth to buy that flour. 1425 01:40:22,667 --> 01:40:26,542 First the farm to the Millerite cause. 1426 01:40:26,542 --> 01:40:29,208 Then our friends and family to scorn us. 1427 01:40:29,208 --> 01:40:33,542 Our son to the sea. 1428 01:40:33,542 --> 01:40:37,542 Now all of our money is gone? 1429 01:40:37,542 --> 01:40:44,250 How much more of this do you think we can take? 1430 01:40:44,250 --> 01:40:46,833 We must pray. The Lord will provide. 1431 01:40:46,833 --> 01:40:53,083 Joseph, please... 1432 01:40:53,083 --> 01:40:57,833 ..have you nothing more to offer? 1433 01:40:57,833 --> 01:41:01,917 Perhaps the earth should swallow me whole. 1434 01:41:01,917 --> 01:41:04,750 Is that what I should pray for? 1435 01:41:24,333 --> 01:41:26,333 Do you have any mail for me, Mr Drew? 1436 01:41:26,333 --> 01:41:32,167 Oh, yes, Mr Bates. As a matter of fact, I do. 1437 01:41:36,125 --> 01:41:39,208 There's, uh, five cents postage due. 1438 01:41:39,208 --> 01:41:45,625 Sir, I... 1439 01:41:45,625 --> 01:41:49,458 ..I do not have the money. 1440 01:41:49,458 --> 01:41:53,458 You can bring it in when you see fit. 1441 01:41:53,458 --> 01:41:57,625 That would be wrong, sir. 1442 01:41:57,625 --> 01:42:05,167 I have not five cents to my name. 1443 01:42:05,167 --> 01:42:09,667 Joseph, I'll take your word that you'll find a way to repay the debt. 1444 01:42:11,250 --> 01:42:16,375 Matthew, if you... if you would open it... 1445 01:42:16,375 --> 01:42:18,458 ..I would be more comfortable. 1446 01:42:29,000 --> 01:42:30,875 (CHUCKLES) 1447 01:42:30,875 --> 01:42:32,958 “I send you this in the name of the Lord...” 1448 01:42:44,708 --> 01:42:47,958 When you deliver these goods to my home, 1449 01:42:47,958 --> 01:42:50,042 my wife will say you've made a mistake, but pay her no mind. 1450 01:42:50,042 --> 01:42:53,958 Certainly, Captain Bates. 1451 01:43:02,292 --> 01:43:04,167 Prudy! 1452 01:43:04,167 --> 01:43:07,333 (LAUGHS) 1453 01:43:07,333 --> 01:43:11,000 - Joseph, it's a miracle. - Indeed. 1454 01:43:57,208 --> 01:43:59,167 MAN: I now pronounce you husband and wife. 1455 01:43:59,167 --> 01:44:04,583 Mr and Mrs James White. 1456 01:44:06,583 --> 01:44:08,625 Congratulations. 1457 01:44:08,625 --> 01:44:11,000 Thank you. 1458 01:44:12,542 --> 01:44:16,375 Ellen White. It has a lovely ring to it, don't you think? 1459 01:44:16,375 --> 01:44:18,250 Yes, it does. 1460 01:44:18,250 --> 01:44:20,708 The name fits you well... 1461 01:44:20,708 --> 01:44:22,625 ..Mrs White. 1462 01:44:22,625 --> 01:44:24,333 (CHUCKLES) 1463 01:44:32,875 --> 01:44:38,083 What's wrong? 1464 01:44:38,083 --> 01:44:43,583 I had always imagined this moment in a church. 1465 01:44:43,583 --> 01:44:49,542 But we have none to call home. 1466 01:45:10,083 --> 01:45:14,583 What Brother Bates writes here stirs my heart. 1467 01:45:14,583 --> 01:45:18,208 Indeed. Everything he affirms is supported by Scripture. 1468 01:45:18,208 --> 01:45:20,333 Well, he traces the Sabbath back to its creation 1469 01:45:20,333 --> 01:45:24,667 and then reminds us it is at the heart of God's Ten Commandments. 1470 01:45:24,667 --> 01:45:26,667 If the early Church kept the seventh day as Sabbath, 1471 01:45:26,667 --> 01:45:29,833 then we shall cast our lot with them. 1472 01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:38,625 JOSEPH: It is clear that in the final days before Jesus returns, 1473 01:45:38,625 --> 01:45:42,250 the keeping of the Commandments will become a significant issue. 1474 01:45:42,250 --> 01:45:45,750 John, in Revelation, chapter 12, verse 17, describes a people, 1475 01:45:45,750 --> 01:45:50,917 “who keep the Commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.” 1476 01:45:50,917 --> 01:45:54,208 In the last days, these people are to become the objects of Satan's wrath. 1477 01:45:54,208 --> 01:45:56,875 Then chapter 14, verses 6 through 11, 1478 01:45:56,875 --> 01:45:59,500 John describes God's last warning message 1479 01:45:59,500 --> 01:46:02,042 to be given to the world before Jesus comes, 1480 01:46:02,042 --> 01:46:04,125 symbolised by the messages of the three angels. 1481 01:46:04,125 --> 01:46:09,000 Verse 12 tells of the people that will take that message to the world - 1482 01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:12,333 “Here are they that keep the Commandments of God 1483 01:46:12,333 --> 01:46:16,333 “and have the faith of Jesus.” 1484 01:46:16,333 --> 01:46:19,500 It is not one or the other. 1485 01:46:19,500 --> 01:46:21,042 Jesus himself says in the Gospel, 1486 01:46:21,042 --> 01:46:24,375 “If you love me, keep my Commandments.” 1487 01:46:25,500 --> 01:46:27,583 Thank you, and bless you, my brethren. 1488 01:46:27,583 --> 01:46:33,333 Thank you, Mr Bates. 1489 01:46:33,333 --> 01:46:35,750 That was truly inspiring, Brother Curtis. 1490 01:46:35,750 --> 01:46:39,792 We are so delighted to have you and your new husband here, Sister White. 1491 01:46:39,792 --> 01:46:40,875 The Lord has shown us the truth 1492 01:46:40,875 --> 01:46:43,458 in Brother Bates' message on the Sabbath. 1493 01:46:43,458 --> 01:46:46,375 Glory to God. 1494 01:46:46,375 --> 01:46:48,000 Ellen... 1495 01:46:49,625 --> 01:46:51,542 MR CURTIS: Give Sister White some room. 1496 01:46:54,208 --> 01:46:56,333 ELLEN: Twinkling lights. 1497 01:46:56,333 --> 01:47:04,167 Stars. 1498 01:47:04,167 --> 01:47:09,375 As many as the sands upon the shore. 1499 01:47:09,833 --> 01:47:15,500 ETHEREAL VOICE: Look upon the glory of God's creation. 1500 01:47:45,917 --> 01:47:47,917 - How is she? - Fine. 1501 01:47:47,917 --> 01:47:50,167 The visions never weaken her. 1502 01:47:50,167 --> 01:47:52,792 Often, in fact, she's healed. 1503 01:47:52,792 --> 01:47:55,333 The things she spoke of tonight, without ever leaving New England. 1504 01:47:55,333 --> 01:47:59,417 I...I spent 20 years at sea to learn the half of it. 1505 01:47:59,417 --> 01:48:02,250 You have been one of her loudest critics. 1506 01:48:02,250 --> 01:48:04,625 Until now, Brother White. 1507 01:48:04,625 --> 01:48:05,917 There's no way she could have known 1508 01:48:05,917 --> 01:48:07,958 about the stars and planets she described tonight, 1509 01:48:07,958 --> 01:48:10,292 except that God showed her. 1510 01:48:10,292 --> 01:48:13,292 You can count me in the camp of her strongest supporters. 1511 01:48:20,417 --> 01:48:21,500 BATES: I studied the Sabbath 1512 01:48:21,500 --> 01:48:23,208 with Brother Edson and Brother Crosier in Port Gibson, 1513 01:48:23,208 --> 01:48:27,125 then travelled on to the Curtis home in Topsham and met the Whites. 1514 01:48:27,125 --> 01:48:31,333 Did Mrs White have one of her fainting spells? 1515 01:48:31,333 --> 01:48:33,875 I was wrong to doubt her, Prudy. 1516 01:48:33,875 --> 01:48:38,500 She had a vision right in front of me. 1517 01:48:38,500 --> 01:48:39,708 I believe God is using her 1518 01:48:39,708 --> 01:48:44,292 to confirm the truths He is revealing in our study of Scripture. 1519 01:48:44,292 --> 01:48:46,917 I still have my doubts. 1520 01:48:46,917 --> 01:48:49,292 Perhaps reading my written account will better explain. 1521 01:48:49,292 --> 01:48:51,042 You're going to write of her visions? 1522 01:48:51,042 --> 01:48:55,333 Yes, and on the seventh-day Sabbath. 1523 01:49:01,708 --> 01:49:04,083 This is all Miller's fault. 1524 01:49:04,083 --> 01:49:07,708 Has anyone seen old William? 1525 01:49:07,708 --> 01:49:09,000 To think he started this madness. 1526 01:49:09,000 --> 01:49:12,000 Ah! There were lunatics long before him. 1527 01:49:12,000 --> 01:49:13,500 And many more after. 1528 01:49:13,500 --> 01:49:15,500 I hear he's been ill, doesn't leave his farm. 1529 01:49:15,500 --> 01:49:19,125 I'd say a prayer, but...then I'd be a hypocrite. 1530 01:49:19,125 --> 01:49:21,792 Why don't these disappointed Millerites 1531 01:49:21,792 --> 01:49:23,667 just go back to the churches they came from? 1532 01:49:23,667 --> 01:49:24,500 Some of them have. 1533 01:49:24,500 --> 01:49:26,042 But the others wouldn't go back even if they could. 1534 01:49:26,042 --> 01:49:29,500 Most of them still believe that Jesus is coming at any moment. 1535 01:49:29,500 --> 01:49:33,208 Still setting dates and searching the skies, I hear. 1536 01:49:33,208 --> 01:49:37,500 Poor William. What a shame all his hard work has come to this, eh? 1537 01:49:37,500 --> 01:49:40,500 At least he and that Himes chap had an organised movement. 1538 01:49:40,500 --> 01:49:42,125 - I mean, this is just... - A mess. 1539 01:49:42,125 --> 01:49:44,125 There's no leadership, no churches. 1540 01:49:44,125 --> 01:49:47,250 I hear there's a young woman having visions in Maine, 1541 01:49:47,250 --> 01:49:49,833 and a sea captain holding prayer meetings on Saturdays. 1542 01:49:49,833 --> 01:49:53,292 Saturdays? Well, that's one mob I won't be joining. 1543 01:49:53,292 --> 01:49:55,292 (ALL LAUGH) 1544 01:49:58,458 --> 01:50:02,917 (BABY GRIZZLES) 1545 01:50:16,500 --> 01:50:21,500 Bates has printed about the Sabbath again. 1546 01:50:21,500 --> 01:50:23,667 But how did he have the money? 1547 01:50:23,667 --> 01:50:25,417 JAMES: I... He didn't. 1548 01:50:25,417 --> 01:50:30,875 We still have to raise funds to pay the expenses. 1549 01:50:30,875 --> 01:50:39,208 How will we get $7.50? 1550 01:50:39,208 --> 01:50:41,375 The hour of judgement has come. The year's harvest... 1551 01:50:41,375 --> 01:50:46,542 (JOYFUL MUSIC PLAYS OVER DIALOGUE) 1552 01:50:59,500 --> 01:51:00,958 - Amen. - Amen. 1553 01:51:00,958 --> 01:51:02,417 Amen. 1554 01:51:06,292 --> 01:51:08,375 ELLEN: We work so hard to study God's work, 1555 01:51:08,375 --> 01:51:10,167 and yet I still cannot understand the Scriptures 1556 01:51:10,167 --> 01:51:12,792 that you and the others wrestle over. 1557 01:51:12,792 --> 01:51:16,333 I feel as if I am always on the outside, looking in. 1558 01:51:16,333 --> 01:51:18,083 Ellen, when we come into an impasse, 1559 01:51:18,083 --> 01:51:21,333 God gives you, in vision, the clarification from His Word. 1560 01:51:21,333 --> 01:51:22,458 But when I am not in vision, 1561 01:51:22,458 --> 01:51:25,625 it is as if my mind is locked to understanding the Scriptures. 1562 01:51:25,625 --> 01:51:28,208 (BABY CRIES) 1563 01:51:28,208 --> 01:51:29,958 JAMES: This may be a blessing. 1564 01:51:29,958 --> 01:51:31,167 Perhaps God is protecting you 1565 01:51:31,167 --> 01:51:33,125 so that people cannot falsely claim our message 1566 01:51:33,125 --> 01:51:35,833 is based on your visions instead of on God's Word. 1567 01:51:35,833 --> 01:51:40,625 (BABY CRIES) 1568 01:51:40,625 --> 01:51:42,125 We have already attended three gatherings 1569 01:51:42,125 --> 01:51:45,208 in search of our Bible truth. 1570 01:51:45,208 --> 01:51:48,583 Must we go to Connecticut for this conference at the Beldens'? 1571 01:51:48,583 --> 01:51:50,250 I think it would be wise to attend. 1572 01:51:50,250 --> 01:51:52,875 But we have no money for it, James. 1573 01:51:52,875 --> 01:51:54,375 I am to be paid next week for cutting wood. 1574 01:51:54,375 --> 01:51:58,958 I expect $10 for my labours. 1575 01:51:58,958 --> 01:52:03,958 I cannot mind my child and travel, James. I cannot. 1576 01:52:03,958 --> 01:52:07,792 Our Father has called us to this work. He will never leave us nor forsake us. 1577 01:52:07,792 --> 01:52:15,875 (BABY CONTINUES CRYING) 1578 01:52:24,917 --> 01:52:28,500 We had some very passionate discussions this morning. 1579 01:52:28,500 --> 01:52:30,917 We must keep our heads. 1580 01:52:30,917 --> 01:52:32,542 So many of the signs of His return 1581 01:52:32,542 --> 01:52:33,833 that Jesus gave to His disciples in Matthew 1582 01:52:33,833 --> 01:52:35,875 are being fulfilled around us, today. 1583 01:52:35,875 --> 01:52:39,750 Agreed. And we've made much progress. 1584 01:52:39,750 --> 01:52:43,000 Four years ago, who would have imagined worshipping on Saturday? 1585 01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:47,583 'Tis true. Common ground can be found when we come together. 1586 01:52:47,583 --> 01:52:51,125 We keep the Commandments not to BE saved, but because we ARE saved. 1587 01:52:51,125 --> 01:52:54,375 Exactly. As Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my...” 1588 01:52:54,375 --> 01:52:57,708 And if you love me, you'll wait till everybody's ready to eat. 1589 01:52:57,708 --> 01:52:59,208 (ALL CHUCKLE) 1590 01:52:59,208 --> 01:53:02,917 Bates. (LAUGHS) 1591 01:53:08,958 --> 01:53:12,250 OTIS: You and Ellen have spent so much time traveling to spread the word, 1592 01:53:12,250 --> 01:53:14,333 but you cannot be everywhere. 1593 01:53:14,333 --> 01:53:16,333 And neither do we wish to be. 1594 01:53:16,333 --> 01:53:18,500 Leaving our son behind each journey makes the wagon light, 1595 01:53:18,500 --> 01:53:20,625 but our hearts heavy. 1596 01:53:20,625 --> 01:53:24,167 The Lord has shown me a way that we can reach the Advent believers 1597 01:53:24,167 --> 01:53:27,500 without having to travel so frequently. 1598 01:53:27,500 --> 01:53:30,083 We must establish a newspaper. 1599 01:53:30,083 --> 01:53:32,083 But Brother Bates believes that we should put our efforts 1600 01:53:32,083 --> 01:53:33,917 towards pamphlets and books, 1601 01:53:33,917 --> 01:53:35,500 not to an ongoing paper. 1602 01:53:35,500 --> 01:53:37,417 Brother Nichols, two paths are but one. 1603 01:53:37,417 --> 01:53:40,000 We have no quarrel with his approach. 1604 01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:43,083 But my husband is prepared to start immediately on a periodical, 1605 01:53:43,083 --> 01:53:46,542 as books often suffer neglect on the shelf. 1606 01:53:46,542 --> 01:53:48,667 Where will the funds comes for this? 1607 01:53:48,667 --> 01:53:52,500 We'll let the paper be small at first. 1608 01:53:52,500 --> 01:53:54,792 As our people read, they will send means by which to print. 1609 01:53:54,792 --> 01:53:57,833 From a small beginning, God has shown me 1610 01:53:57,833 --> 01:54:01,583 that this little paper will go round the world. 1611 01:54:13,125 --> 01:54:17,375 ANNIE: How much did it cost? 1612 01:54:17,375 --> 01:54:19,125 $652, Annie. 1613 01:54:19,125 --> 01:54:21,500 600... 1614 01:54:21,500 --> 01:54:23,917 Oh, Lord have mercy. 1615 01:54:23,917 --> 01:54:25,458 Hiram Edson paid for it? 1616 01:54:25,458 --> 01:54:26,875 Yes. 1617 01:54:26,875 --> 01:54:28,250 But word has gone out in the “Review”, 1618 01:54:28,250 --> 01:54:31,667 and already funds are coming back to pay the loan. 1619 01:54:31,667 --> 01:54:33,250 It's a miracle. 1620 01:54:33,250 --> 01:54:35,417 JAMES: Yes. 1621 01:54:35,417 --> 01:54:38,958 And news of miracles travels fast. 1622 01:54:38,958 --> 01:54:43,667 Roll up your sleeves... 1623 01:54:43,667 --> 01:54:46,958 ..because our work has really begun. 1624 01:55:12,875 --> 01:55:14,708 ELLEN: They should call this paper the Messenger of Deception. 1625 01:55:14,708 --> 01:55:19,167 This article is filled with lies about God's work! 1626 01:55:19,167 --> 01:55:21,292 They have poisoned many hearts, James. 1627 01:55:21,292 --> 01:55:24,292 Good men whom we once published in the Review 1628 01:55:24,292 --> 01:55:25,833 now misinterpret Scripture, spreading error. 1629 01:55:25,833 --> 01:55:30,125 Here's more bad news. 1630 01:55:30,125 --> 01:55:32,750 In Wisconsin, the meeting tent has gone missing. 1631 01:55:32,750 --> 01:55:35,583 - We cannot allow this! - We cannot stop it. 1632 01:55:35,583 --> 01:55:37,292 We are not organised. We have no authority. 1633 01:55:37,292 --> 01:55:45,667 (COUGHS) 1634 01:55:45,667 --> 01:55:50,292 We must find a way to treat your lungs. 1635 01:55:50,292 --> 01:55:52,375 Here's another letter from John Andrews and John Loughborough. 1636 01:55:52,375 --> 01:55:55,125 - That can't be bad. - Read it. 1637 01:55:55,125 --> 01:55:57,125 They're both exhausted. 1638 01:55:57,125 --> 01:55:59,542 Brother Andrews labours all week to earn a living. 1639 01:55:59,542 --> 01:56:00,708 His eyesight is going. 1640 01:56:00,708 --> 01:56:03,042 His voice is nearly lost from preaching on weekends. 1641 01:56:03,042 --> 01:56:07,292 And I wish those were our only troubles. 1642 01:56:07,292 --> 01:56:09,458 What do you have to tell me? 1643 01:56:09,458 --> 01:56:15,792 The landlord has sent a notice regarding next year's rent. 1644 01:56:15,792 --> 01:56:17,958 $14.50 a month. 1645 01:56:17,958 --> 01:56:20,125 What are we to do? 1646 01:56:20,125 --> 01:56:21,375 We could move. 1647 01:56:21,375 --> 01:56:23,833 To Vermont? 1648 01:56:23,833 --> 01:56:25,458 Some have suggested Michigan. 1649 01:56:25,458 --> 01:56:27,792 You would pack up and go west? 1650 01:56:27,792 --> 01:56:30,375 You have visited before. 1651 01:56:30,375 --> 01:56:34,042 You, yourself, said the people were so kind. 1652 01:56:34,042 --> 01:56:37,333 The Battle Creek brethren want the responsibility of publishing. 1653 01:56:37,333 --> 01:56:40,083 Battle Creek. 1654 01:56:40,083 --> 01:56:41,917 Hardly sounds inviting. 1655 01:56:41,917 --> 01:56:44,708 (CHUCKLES) 1656 01:56:44,708 --> 01:56:47,750 Haven't you been battling most of your life? 1657 01:56:47,750 --> 01:56:50,125 Could suit you well to live in such a town. 1658 01:56:50,125 --> 01:56:52,667 Is that so? 1659 01:57:20,542 --> 01:57:22,208 The sisters are bringing over mattresses, 1660 01:57:22,208 --> 01:57:24,125 and a table with two chairs. 1661 01:57:24,125 --> 01:57:28,000 The building down the street has more room for the boys to run about. 1662 01:57:28,000 --> 01:57:30,625 Our first house of worship will be ready in a few weeks. 1663 01:57:30,625 --> 01:57:33,125 Thank you, Uriah. 1664 01:57:33,125 --> 01:57:35,792 You are a blessing to our family. 1665 01:57:35,792 --> 01:57:37,500 Before I go, I borrowed some money 1666 01:57:37,500 --> 01:57:41,000 to get several cakes of maple sugar and two bushels of wheat. 1667 01:57:41,000 --> 01:57:46,042 We will pay it all back. 1668 01:57:47,083 --> 01:57:50,125 (COUGHS) 1669 01:57:50,125 --> 01:57:52,375 Come. 1670 01:57:56,042 --> 01:57:57,792 Do you want to show Dad the window? 1671 01:58:05,917 --> 01:58:08,375 ELLEN: “Little heed is given to the Bible, 1672 01:58:08,375 --> 01:58:12,708 “and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and women 1673 01:58:12,708 --> 01:58:15,625 “to the greater light - the Bible. 1674 01:58:15,625 --> 01:58:18,875 “I do not ask you to take my words. 1675 01:58:18,875 --> 01:58:21,333 “Lay Sister White to one side. 1676 01:58:21,333 --> 01:58:25,292 “Don't quote my words until you can obey the Bible. 1677 01:58:25,292 --> 01:58:29,167 “I exalt the precious Word before you. 1678 01:58:29,167 --> 01:58:31,750 “Our position and faith is in the Bible.” 1679 01:58:39,250 --> 01:58:42,042 JAMES: I want you to know, I have put our house here in your name. 1680 01:58:45,792 --> 01:58:47,292 I will not hear such talk. 1681 01:58:47,292 --> 01:58:48,792 Hmm. 1682 01:58:48,792 --> 01:58:50,833 What choice have you now but to listen? 1683 01:58:50,833 --> 01:58:52,750 (COUGHS) 1684 01:58:52,750 --> 01:58:55,250 If you rest, your health will improve. 1685 01:58:58,167 --> 01:59:00,250 I have deeded the house to you. 1686 01:59:02,708 --> 01:59:04,500 If God should bid me rest in my grave, 1687 01:59:04,500 --> 01:59:06,917 I will not leave a widow with three children and no home. 1688 01:59:06,917 --> 01:59:08,625 I will not. 1689 01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:14,167 I have faith that the Lord will not take you from us. 1690 01:59:16,125 --> 01:59:18,875 There is much work left for you to do, Mr White. 1691 01:59:19,875 --> 01:59:22,833 We can now count more than 2,000 believers. 1692 01:59:24,583 --> 01:59:26,417 Ellen, I have tried to make this work... 1693 01:59:26,417 --> 01:59:28,042 No, you have succeeded. 1694 01:59:38,125 --> 01:59:40,625 We shall continue to wait upon the Lord. 1695 01:59:40,625 --> 01:59:43,458 (COUGHS) 1696 01:59:51,958 --> 01:59:55,833 Ownership must be taken out of the hands of the individuals. 1697 01:59:55,833 --> 01:59:59,083 I alone own the printing press, Brother Bell, and that is not right. 1698 01:59:59,083 --> 02:00:01,667 And I own the land the church is built on. 1699 02:00:01,667 --> 02:00:04,083 Under whose name should it stand? 1700 02:00:04,083 --> 02:00:06,208 No one man's, I think. 1701 02:00:06,208 --> 02:00:08,458 Brother Andrews has made the suggestion 1702 02:00:08,458 --> 02:00:11,000 that we need not organise legally as a church. 1703 02:00:11,000 --> 02:00:12,958 But we could be incorporated under the laws of Michigan 1704 02:00:12,958 --> 02:00:14,625 as an association. 1705 02:00:14,625 --> 02:00:16,375 An association? 1706 02:00:16,375 --> 02:00:18,958 The earliest of all Christians were set up as such. 1707 02:00:18,958 --> 02:00:21,083 The discussion must be had. 1708 02:00:22,333 --> 02:00:24,583 We shall call a conference to meet here in Battle Creek. 1709 02:00:24,583 --> 02:00:26,125 An agreement must be found, 1710 02:00:26,125 --> 02:00:28,500 even if we have to sit until the Lord returns to do so. 1711 02:00:33,417 --> 02:00:36,667 (MEN CHATTER) 1712 02:00:44,250 --> 02:00:46,750 (CHATTERING QUIETENS) 1713 02:00:46,750 --> 02:00:49,333 Do I have a motion to create a publishing association? 1714 02:00:49,333 --> 02:00:50,750 MEN: Aye. Aye. Aye. 1715 02:00:50,750 --> 02:00:54,792 ANDREWS: Gentlemen, under the laws of Michigan, 1716 02:00:54,792 --> 02:00:59,625 we cannot incorporate our publishing work until we choose a name. 1717 02:00:59,625 --> 02:01:02,042 - (OTHERS MUTTER) - MAN: Brother Andrews is right! 1718 02:01:02,042 --> 02:01:03,708 MAN: I agree with Brother Andrews. 1719 02:01:06,250 --> 02:01:12,500 Gentlemen, let us not back down from what we have spent two days resolving. 1720 02:01:12,500 --> 02:01:15,167 This child of ours has been created, 1721 02:01:15,167 --> 02:01:17,625 and is now so grown that it is exceedingly awkward 1722 02:01:17,625 --> 02:01:19,292 to have no name for it. 1723 02:01:22,458 --> 02:01:24,667 We have been called the people of the shut door... 1724 02:01:26,208 --> 02:01:29,125 ..because we believe that the door to the Holy Place was closed, 1725 02:01:29,125 --> 02:01:33,917 and the door to the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary was opened. 1726 02:01:33,917 --> 02:01:36,000 Should that be part of our name? 1727 02:01:37,500 --> 02:01:40,292 (MUTTERING) 1728 02:01:46,250 --> 02:01:47,875 Whatever name we choose... 1729 02:01:49,083 --> 02:01:52,250 ..it should not be objectionable to the world at large. 1730 02:01:52,250 --> 02:01:54,500 We've had two days of discussions. 1731 02:01:54,500 --> 02:01:56,708 And, yet, you are no closer? 1732 02:01:57,875 --> 02:01:59,708 Progress has been made. 1733 02:01:59,708 --> 02:02:02,708 But there are still objections. 1734 02:02:05,292 --> 02:02:08,833 It's important that everyone be heard, James. 1735 02:02:14,542 --> 02:02:16,167 (BABY COOS) 1736 02:02:16,167 --> 02:02:18,042 Yes, John Herbert, especially you. 1737 02:02:19,750 --> 02:02:23,792 Our fourth son is perhaps the loudest. 1738 02:02:23,792 --> 02:02:26,125 Now, where would he get that from? 1739 02:02:37,250 --> 02:02:39,333 (SIGHS) 1740 02:02:48,667 --> 02:02:49,958 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1741 02:02:49,958 --> 02:02:53,417 BATES: Gentlemen... Brothers, come to order. 1742 02:02:58,583 --> 02:03:02,750 I say we call our association The Church of God. 1743 02:03:02,750 --> 02:03:04,917 Others have that name already. 1744 02:03:04,917 --> 02:03:07,208 And doesn't that sound a bit boastful? 1745 02:03:07,208 --> 02:03:09,542 ‘Tis the case. 1746 02:03:09,542 --> 02:03:12,875 (MUTTERING) 1747 02:03:13,917 --> 02:03:16,208 (POUNDING ON DESK) 1748 02:03:21,250 --> 02:03:24,542 Perhaps we should look to our two pillars of faith - 1749 02:03:24,542 --> 02:03:27,542 the Sabbath and the Second Coming of Jesus. 1750 02:03:27,542 --> 02:03:30,958 What do we say to being called the Seventh-Day Adventists? 1751 02:03:30,958 --> 02:03:34,667 (MURMURS OF APPROVAL) 1752 02:03:36,167 --> 02:03:37,917 Do I have a motion? 1753 02:03:40,125 --> 02:03:43,750 I make a motion that we call ourselves Seventh-Day Adventists. 1754 02:03:43,750 --> 02:03:45,333 ALL: Aye! 1755 02:03:46,458 --> 02:03:50,458 (TRIUMPHANT MUSIC) 1756 02:04:17,083 --> 02:04:18,833 Wondrous day. Wondrous day, sir. 1757 02:04:18,833 --> 02:04:21,917 It has been a long, long time coming. 1758 02:04:24,708 --> 02:04:29,625 (BABY CRIES LOUDLY) 1759 02:04:31,625 --> 02:04:33,833 The infection spreads, and I can do nothing. 1760 02:04:33,833 --> 02:04:35,375 Only pray. 1761 02:04:35,375 --> 02:04:37,917 - (CONTINUES CRYING) - But our poor son is hot as fire. 1762 02:04:37,917 --> 02:04:40,750 (BABY COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS) 1763 02:04:42,333 --> 02:04:44,208 (CRIES) 1764 02:04:44,208 --> 02:04:46,000 Shhh... 1765 02:04:49,333 --> 02:04:51,000 ELLEN: James... 1766 02:04:51,000 --> 02:04:52,708 (SOBS) Not our son! 1767 02:04:52,708 --> 02:04:54,292 James... 1768 02:05:25,042 --> 02:05:27,125 ELLEN: 29 days ago... 1769 02:05:30,250 --> 02:05:32,250 ..we lost our baby boy, John. 1770 02:05:36,958 --> 02:05:43,292 I understand now the grief of King David, when he lost his child. 1771 02:05:45,833 --> 02:05:51,583 “My son... My son, would God I had died for thee.” 1772 02:05:53,792 --> 02:05:56,708 And yet I cling to the Father’s promise 1773 02:05:56,708 --> 02:06:02,083 that “all things work together for good to them that love God.” 1774 02:06:07,083 --> 02:06:14,833 But I come before you today, January 12th 1861... 1775 02:06:16,375 --> 02:06:18,875 ..to tell you I have been shown in vision 1776 02:06:18,875 --> 02:06:23,167 that more States will join South Carolina in the secession, 1777 02:06:23,167 --> 02:06:26,000 and a terrible war will result. 1778 02:06:30,375 --> 02:06:34,500 I saw large armies raised by both North and South. 1779 02:06:34,500 --> 02:06:38,917 I saw the battle raging, I heard the booming cannon. 1780 02:06:40,542 --> 02:06:42,542 The dead and wounded falling on every side. 1781 02:06:43,958 --> 02:06:45,875 And I was taken in vision to the homes 1782 02:06:45,875 --> 02:06:50,875 of those who lost brothers, sons and husbands in the war. 1783 02:06:52,750 --> 02:06:54,417 And there are... 1784 02:06:56,042 --> 02:06:58,000 ..men and women in this house today, 1785 02:06:58,000 --> 02:07:00,417 who will lose their loved ones in the days to come. 1786 02:07:04,042 --> 02:07:07,417 This war will be fought over slavery 1787 02:07:07,417 --> 02:07:12,750 and the stubbornness of those who refuse to see the truth of God. 1788 02:07:14,375 --> 02:07:18,417 The law requiring us to return a slave back to his master, 1789 02:07:18,417 --> 02:07:21,042 we must never obey. 1790 02:07:22,542 --> 02:07:28,708 “Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 1791 02:07:28,708 --> 02:07:30,917 “by virtue of the power in me 1792 02:07:30,917 --> 02:07:33,625 “vested by the Constitution and the laws, 1793 02:07:33,625 --> 02:07:35,667 “have thought fit to call forth, 1794 02:07:35,667 --> 02:07:38,583 “and hereby do call forth... 1795 02:07:39,875 --> 02:07:42,833 “..the militia of the several States of the Union, 1796 02:07:42,833 --> 02:07:46,917 “to the aggregate number of 75,000... 1797 02:07:48,708 --> 02:07:51,792 “..in order to suppress said combinations, 1798 02:07:51,792 --> 02:07:55,250 “and to cause the laws to be duly executed.” 1799 02:07:56,458 --> 02:07:59,375 JAMES: This war is a terrible tragedy for our nation. 1800 02:07:59,375 --> 02:08:02,500 JOSEPH: That it is. How I wish man would heed the Word of God. 1801 02:08:07,292 --> 02:08:11,208 How is your health, Brother White? You need more rest. 1802 02:08:11,208 --> 02:08:15,667 Today, six local conferences voted to form a general conference 1803 02:08:15,667 --> 02:08:18,000 with John Byington as our first president. 1804 02:08:19,500 --> 02:08:21,875 That fact alone steadies my step. 1805 02:08:23,167 --> 02:08:26,542 God’s work can truly move forward without hindrance. 1806 02:08:26,542 --> 02:08:28,458 The Lord leads and we follow. 1807 02:08:38,667 --> 02:08:41,625 But he seemed fine when we left him. And that was only days ago! 1808 02:08:41,625 --> 02:08:43,958 - He WAS fine. Yes. He... - The doctor says it’s pneumonia? 1809 02:08:43,958 --> 02:08:45,750 Are you certain? 1810 02:08:46,875 --> 02:08:49,917 Mother! Thank goodness you're both here. 1811 02:08:58,542 --> 02:09:00,042 Henry? 1812 02:09:02,167 --> 02:09:04,958 Henry, can you hear me? 1813 02:09:06,875 --> 02:09:09,042 Promise me...Mother... 1814 02:09:10,125 --> 02:09:16,625 that if I die...I'm laid by the side of my little brother, John Herbert... 1815 02:09:17,833 --> 02:09:20,875 ..that we may come up together... 1816 02:09:22,083 --> 02:09:23,875 ..in the morning of the Resurrection. 1817 02:09:26,417 --> 02:09:29,000 God will do all things well, my son. 1818 02:09:30,500 --> 02:09:32,167 I cannot bear it. 1819 02:09:34,500 --> 02:09:38,792 To lose sweet baby John three months after his birth... 1820 02:09:41,042 --> 02:09:44,208 It was as if we had only borrowed him from God. But this! 1821 02:09:45,250 --> 02:09:46,542 Mother... 1822 02:09:48,042 --> 02:09:50,500 ..I will meet you in Heaven, 1823 02:09:50,500 --> 02:09:53,083 for I know you will be there.... 1824 02:09:56,625 --> 02:10:00,542 (SOBS) No, Henry! 1825 02:10:04,375 --> 02:10:06,208 Henry! 1826 02:10:06,208 --> 02:10:08,875 Henry! (SOBS) 1827 02:10:13,250 --> 02:10:16,583 (SOBBING CONTINUES) 1828 02:11:14,250 --> 02:11:15,875 Still, you are writing. 1829 02:11:15,875 --> 02:11:18,750 It seems months you've been at that desk. 1830 02:11:19,917 --> 02:11:22,667 I understand it better when I put the ideas on paper. 1831 02:11:27,875 --> 02:11:30,125 It was a vision concerning our health. 1832 02:11:30,125 --> 02:11:32,292 Will you read me some of it? 1833 02:11:32,292 --> 02:11:34,625 The heart of the message received 1834 02:11:34,625 --> 02:11:38,625 is the connection between caring for our souls and our bodies. 1835 02:11:38,625 --> 02:11:42,417 So many of us are nearly used up in our service of the Lord. 1836 02:11:42,417 --> 02:11:46,958 I saw that tobacco in any form is a slow and malignant poison. 1837 02:11:46,958 --> 02:11:49,083 But ‘tis often said tobacco has healing value... 1838 02:11:49,083 --> 02:11:52,042 I am only telling you what I have seen. (CHUCKLES) 1839 02:11:52,042 --> 02:11:54,542 Alcohol, tea and coffee are to be avoided. 1840 02:11:54,542 --> 02:11:56,792 Ah. Continue. 1841 02:11:58,792 --> 02:12:00,750 We should dispense of meat, 1842 02:12:00,750 --> 02:12:03,167 and return instead to the diet of Eden - 1843 02:12:03,167 --> 02:12:06,208 grains, vegetables, nuts, fruit. 1844 02:12:06,208 --> 02:12:08,292 JAMES: Did the Lord really show you that? 1845 02:12:08,292 --> 02:12:10,125 (CHUCKLES) 1846 02:12:11,500 --> 02:12:13,833 How are we to live without meat? 1847 02:12:13,833 --> 02:12:16,167 - It gets worse. - Ah. 1848 02:12:16,167 --> 02:12:19,375 Rich cakes and sweet pies are to be avoided. 1849 02:12:19,375 --> 02:12:21,875 (BOTH LAUGH) 1850 02:12:24,958 --> 02:12:29,125 You will have the butchers, the smoke-shop owners, 1851 02:12:29,125 --> 02:12:32,083 the saloons...all after us, now. 1852 02:12:32,083 --> 02:12:34,708 - Oh, the bakers, too. - There’s more. 1853 02:12:34,708 --> 02:12:38,667 Our body requires pure water, exercise and clean air. 1854 02:12:42,708 --> 02:12:45,375 Caring for our health is a spiritual matter. 1855 02:12:48,792 --> 02:12:52,667 I have seen that it is a sacred duty to care not only for our own health, 1856 02:12:52,667 --> 02:12:54,917 but to teach others how to care for theirs. 1857 02:13:08,458 --> 02:13:10,333 ELLEN: Edson! 1858 02:13:20,292 --> 02:13:21,708 Hands. 1859 02:13:35,750 --> 02:13:37,542 Our Heavenly Father, 1860 02:13:37,542 --> 02:13:40,542 we thank You for blessing us with this nourishment 1861 02:13:40,542 --> 02:13:42,000 and this delicious meal. 1862 02:13:42,000 --> 02:13:44,833 In Your name, we thank You. Amen. 1863 02:13:44,833 --> 02:13:46,625 BOTH: Amen. 1864 02:13:53,667 --> 02:13:56,875 Edson, why don’t you eat? 1865 02:13:56,875 --> 02:13:59,708 Because he’s full of all the food he shouldn’t be eating. 1866 02:13:59,708 --> 02:14:01,875 Now, Willie, stop trying to get your brother in trouble. 1867 02:14:03,167 --> 02:14:05,750 Our focus should not be on a list of bad foods. 1868 02:14:05,750 --> 02:14:08,083 It is more important that you understand 1869 02:14:08,083 --> 02:14:11,250 your body is the temple of God, and you must treat it accordingly. 1870 02:14:11,250 --> 02:14:12,792 Do you understand? 1871 02:14:12,792 --> 02:14:14,417 - Yes. - ELLEN: Good. 1872 02:14:15,458 --> 02:14:17,750 Father, will you pass the onions? 1873 02:14:19,875 --> 02:14:21,542 (CRASHES) 1874 02:14:21,542 --> 02:14:23,708 ELLEN: James. James! 1875 02:14:23,708 --> 02:14:26,333 - James! - Father! 1876 02:14:26,333 --> 02:14:28,417 Boys, go get the doctor. James! 1877 02:14:30,167 --> 02:14:31,333 James... 1878 02:14:31,333 --> 02:14:33,667 Hey, hey. I'm right here. I'm right here. 1879 02:14:33,667 --> 02:14:35,458 James, look at me. 1880 02:14:38,375 --> 02:14:41,500 Your husband has had another stroke. 1881 02:14:42,667 --> 02:14:45,250 - He's already much improv... - (JAMES MUMBLES) 1882 02:14:45,250 --> 02:14:48,750 No, don't try now. You have facial paralysis. 1883 02:14:48,750 --> 02:14:50,417 It's common after this kind of incident. 1884 02:14:59,667 --> 02:15:01,417 Tell me now what we must do. 1885 02:15:01,417 --> 02:15:04,625 Well, rest is the most important thing. Lots of it. 1886 02:15:04,625 --> 02:15:06,292 And then I’m in favour of bloodletting. 1887 02:15:06,292 --> 02:15:09,125 Bloodletting? I don't think that that is an option. 1888 02:15:09,125 --> 02:15:11,958 The barber on Main Street will receive my instructions. 1889 02:15:11,958 --> 02:15:14,792 He has the proper instruments for the incisions. 1890 02:15:14,792 --> 02:15:18,625 Draining blood is known to be most effective treatment following stroke. 1891 02:15:18,625 --> 02:15:20,667 We shall consider that avenue 1892 02:15:20,667 --> 02:15:22,750 once James is well enough for such a procedure. 1893 02:15:22,750 --> 02:15:26,542 You are not a physician, Mrs White. Now, I’ll be back in the morning. 1894 02:15:26,542 --> 02:15:31,583 A stroke is a powerful thing. You are lucky to be alive, Mr White. 1895 02:15:31,583 --> 02:15:35,417 ELLEN: Thank you. Boys, please show the good doctor to the door. 1896 02:16:05,500 --> 02:16:08,750 I have put two sons in the ground, Mr White. 1897 02:16:08,750 --> 02:16:10,583 You are going nowhere. 1898 02:16:10,583 --> 02:16:14,417 The good Lord has borrowed the use of your right side to see to that. 1899 02:16:14,417 --> 02:16:17,125 He will find the best way to bring you back to good health. 1900 02:16:38,208 --> 02:16:42,541 (MUSIC PLAYS OVER DIALOGUE) 1901 02:17:13,833 --> 02:17:17,041 Today we inaugurate the Western Health Reform Institute. 1902 02:17:18,291 --> 02:17:20,958 We have only to look for inspiration in this project 1903 02:17:20,958 --> 02:17:24,250 at the progress in health made by our dear brother, James. 1904 02:17:25,375 --> 02:17:29,583 Sister White, using principles given her in vision by God, 1905 02:17:29,583 --> 02:17:32,541 has demonstrated that we have much work to do. 1906 02:17:33,708 --> 02:17:38,250 Moving forward, health care will be a principal concern for our church. 1907 02:17:44,291 --> 02:17:49,791 I have seen that complete rest alone does not bring healing. 1908 02:17:50,916 --> 02:17:54,875 It needs to be linked with exercise, diet and faith in God. 1909 02:17:56,625 --> 02:18:00,166 And many of you already know the importance of water, 1910 02:18:00,166 --> 02:18:03,625 and using fruit, grains, nuts and vegetables. 1911 02:18:05,041 --> 02:18:08,666 What we eat is of paramount importance. 1912 02:18:09,708 --> 02:18:12,958 These plans are not only for healing but for prevention. 1913 02:18:12,958 --> 02:18:14,958 May God bless our obedience, 1914 02:18:14,958 --> 02:18:17,708 and give us the inner strength to continue His work 1915 02:18:17,708 --> 02:18:21,250 of spreading the good message of the Second Coming to the world. 1916 02:18:21,250 --> 02:18:23,708 (APPLAUSE) 1917 02:18:34,458 --> 02:18:37,458 (APPLAUSE) 1918 02:18:48,458 --> 02:18:50,250 That is Bourdeau. 1919 02:18:50,250 --> 02:18:54,458 B-O-U-R-D-E-A-U. 1920 02:18:56,708 --> 02:18:59,208 Brother Loughborough and Brother Bourdeau have gone to California, 1921 02:18:59,208 --> 02:19:02,208 but where are the others who will say, “Here I am, Lord. Send me”? 1922 02:19:04,541 --> 02:19:07,333 We should not turn away those in need. 1923 02:19:07,333 --> 02:19:09,833 Education and healing go hand in hand. 1924 02:19:11,083 --> 02:19:13,958 How can we heal the body and leave the mind to waste? 1925 02:19:14,958 --> 02:19:17,416 Jesus spent much more time healing than he did preaching. 1926 02:19:18,416 --> 02:19:19,875 'Tis true. 1927 02:19:19,875 --> 02:19:21,916 We need more able workers. 1928 02:19:21,916 --> 02:19:23,916 (SIGHS) Yes. 1929 02:19:25,375 --> 02:19:27,875 We must train more young men for service. 1930 02:19:29,625 --> 02:19:32,166 Our young people begin work right after grammar school. 1931 02:19:32,166 --> 02:19:34,333 There should be a way to give them a better education. 1932 02:19:48,041 --> 02:19:50,208 I could use a little help stacking this wood. 1933 02:20:03,458 --> 02:20:06,500 Thank you kindly. I'm Bell. Goodloe Bell. 1934 02:20:06,500 --> 02:20:08,833 How'd you get stuck chopping this wood? 1935 02:20:10,292 --> 02:20:14,125 - I'm not stuck, Master... - States. He's George States. 1936 02:20:14,125 --> 02:20:15,542 I'm Edson White. 1937 02:20:16,625 --> 02:20:18,625 Chopping wood's good for my health. 1938 02:20:19,750 --> 02:20:21,500 My wife died last year. 1939 02:20:24,875 --> 02:20:26,750 And I stopped caring for my health. 1940 02:20:27,875 --> 02:20:29,708 Sorry to hear that. 1941 02:20:29,708 --> 02:20:32,042 But...well, how does chopping wood help? 1942 02:20:33,167 --> 02:20:37,625 Instead of being dosed with compounds, I've learned to use my limbs outdoors. 1943 02:20:38,667 --> 02:20:41,000 And now you're here, doing chores? 1944 02:20:41,000 --> 02:20:43,417 Sharp mind is as good a tool as a sharp axe. 1945 02:20:46,917 --> 02:20:48,750 What did you do before you came here to chop wood? 1946 02:20:49,750 --> 02:20:51,125 I was a teacher for many years. 1947 02:20:52,250 --> 02:20:54,375 And then a school inspector. 1948 02:21:01,625 --> 02:21:03,833 I met a fine man at the Health Institute this week. 1949 02:21:03,833 --> 02:21:06,250 - Mm. - His name is Goodloe Bell. 1950 02:21:06,250 --> 02:21:08,083 - I believe I've seen him. - Yes. 1951 02:21:08,083 --> 02:21:10,417 He arrived in poor health, with frayed nerves. 1952 02:21:10,417 --> 02:21:12,417 Chopped wood for better than an hour. 1953 02:21:12,417 --> 02:21:16,583 Mm, yes - exercise and being outdoors is a wonder for good health. 1954 02:21:17,833 --> 02:21:21,750 After we talked to him, George and I got to thinking... 1955 02:21:21,750 --> 02:21:23,500 ELLEN: Mm-hm? 1956 02:21:23,500 --> 02:21:25,333 About chopping wood? 1957 02:21:25,333 --> 02:21:28,000 No, Willie - about going to school. 1958 02:21:36,625 --> 02:21:40,833 ELLEN: “Teaching is the most precise work ever assumed by men and women 1959 02:21:40,833 --> 02:21:42,542 “to deal with youthful minds. 1960 02:21:42,542 --> 02:21:46,125 “The greatest care should be taken in the education of youth - 1961 02:21:46,125 --> 02:21:47,958 “to so vary the manner of instruction 1962 02:21:47,958 --> 02:21:51,375 “as to call forth the high and noble powers of the mind.” 1963 02:22:03,125 --> 02:22:05,125 John Harvey Kellogg. 1964 02:22:06,958 --> 02:22:08,833 William K. Kellogg. 1965 02:22:10,250 --> 02:22:12,042 George States. 1966 02:22:14,708 --> 02:22:16,500 Edson White. 1967 02:22:18,250 --> 02:22:20,125 William White. 1968 02:22:32,750 --> 02:22:35,833 ETHEREAL VOICE: Your house is the world. 1969 02:22:35,833 --> 02:22:37,917 (UPLIFTING MUSIC) 1970 02:23:00,292 --> 02:23:01,958 It has been two years 1971 02:23:01,958 --> 02:23:04,833 since the death of our pioneering brother, Joseph Bates... 1972 02:23:06,000 --> 02:23:10,625 ..and 30 years since God raised up this pioneering people. 1973 02:23:12,708 --> 02:23:17,292 In my most recent vision, the heavenly messenger said, 1974 02:23:17,292 --> 02:23:21,708 “You are entertaining ideas that are too limited for this time. 1975 02:23:21,708 --> 02:23:24,208 “Your house is the world.” 1976 02:23:24,208 --> 02:23:28,458 We have just placed many resources into publishing “Signs of the Times”. 1977 02:23:29,542 --> 02:23:31,167 MAN: What of our plans for the Pacific Press? 1978 02:23:31,167 --> 02:23:34,125 Have we sent Brothers Loughborough and Bourdeau to California - 1979 02:23:34,125 --> 02:23:35,792 at great cost - 1980 02:23:35,792 --> 02:23:37,500 only to have it stretch across the ocean? 1981 02:23:37,500 --> 02:23:39,042 - (MURMURING) - Where's the money coming from? 1982 02:23:39,042 --> 02:23:41,208 (MURMURING CONTINUES) 1983 02:23:44,708 --> 02:23:48,750 Surely our resources are better used here - at home. 1984 02:23:51,042 --> 02:23:53,083 “Your house is the world.” 1985 02:23:54,458 --> 02:23:56,708 We are to hold forth so that all may have an opportunity 1986 02:23:56,708 --> 02:23:58,792 to receive the truth. 1987 02:24:00,958 --> 02:24:04,125 The message we bear is a worldwide message. 1988 02:24:05,250 --> 02:24:07,792 It will go in power to distant Oregon, 1989 02:24:07,792 --> 02:24:11,667 to Europe, to Australia, to the islands of the seas, 1990 02:24:11,667 --> 02:24:14,125 to all nations, tongues and peoples. 1991 02:24:14,125 --> 02:24:17,125 (MURMURING) 1992 02:24:17,125 --> 02:24:18,583 Order! 1993 02:24:21,458 --> 02:24:23,542 ANDREWS: How can we question this duty? 1994 02:24:26,125 --> 02:24:29,292 Souls are perishing that may now be reached. 1995 02:24:30,917 --> 02:24:32,708 Brother Andrews, I move that we take up the issue 1996 02:24:32,708 --> 02:24:34,458 at our general conference in August. 1997 02:24:35,667 --> 02:24:39,000 We shall put to a vote expansion into the foreign field. 1998 02:24:56,125 --> 02:24:58,417 In order to expand, everyone will feel the stretch. 1999 02:24:59,875 --> 02:25:02,542 They're sending Brother Andrews to Switzerland! 2000 02:25:02,542 --> 02:25:04,708 (EXCLAMATIONS AND APPLAUSE) 2001 02:25:10,500 --> 02:25:12,250 (SIGHS) 2002 02:25:18,333 --> 02:25:22,333 An adventure on the high seas - how Brother Bates would have loved that. 2003 02:25:22,333 --> 02:25:23,875 Indeed. 2004 02:25:23,875 --> 02:25:26,667 We feel confident that the Lord is leading us. 2005 02:25:26,667 --> 02:25:28,208 JAMES: Well, travel safely, Brother Andrews - 2006 02:25:28,208 --> 02:25:29,958 you will be in our family's prayers. 2007 02:25:31,958 --> 02:25:33,583 Mind your step. 2008 02:25:40,625 --> 02:25:42,167 Farewell. 2009 02:25:46,667 --> 02:25:50,333 He will spread the good news of Christ's soon return to Europe. 2010 02:25:50,333 --> 02:25:52,333 And beyond that, we must tell the world. 2011 02:26:00,042 --> 02:26:02,458 ELLEN: “We have nothing to fear for the future 2012 02:26:02,458 --> 02:26:05,208 “unless we forget the way the Lord has led us, 2013 02:26:05,208 --> 02:26:08,333 “and His teaching in our past history.” 2014 02:26:10,458 --> 02:26:16,458 (TRIUMPHANT MUSIC RISES) 2015 02:26:19,458 --> 02:26:25,833 (“LIFT UP THE TRUMPET” PLAYS)