Significance of the Time of Publication of the Early Visions
- Introduction
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- Ellen Harmon’s First Vision—December, 1844
- Related Orally, but not Written Out for a Full Year
- The Earliest Published References to the Vision
- How Firmly Was the Door Closed?
- The Vision of the Heavenly Sanctuary—February, 1845
- The Experience of Paris, Maine, in 1845
- Significance of the Time of Publication of the Early Visions
- The Changing Meaning of the “Shut Door” in 1848
- The Vision of Streams of Light Around the World
- The Vision of “The Open and Shut Door,” March 24, 1849
- Labor for Sinners 1845-1851
- The 1851 Developments
- The First Vision as Published in Mrs. White’s First Book
- A Closer Look at the Deleted Words
- Ellen G. White’s Explanation
- The “Shut Door” Defined
- Ellen White Looks Back to Soul-Winning Work from 1845 On
- In Summation
- Exhibit 1—Ellen Harmon’s First Vision
- Exhibit 2—Otis Nichols’ Letter to William Miller, April 20, 1846
- Exhibit 3—Ellen G. White Letter to Joseph Bates
- Exhibit 4—The Open and the Shut Door
- Exhibit 5—Letter Concerning The Publication Of “Experience And Views”
- Exhibit 6—The Shut Door Position of Leaders in the Millerite Movement
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Significance of the Time of Publication of the Early Visions
While we speak of Ellen Harmon’s first vision being given in 1844 and the response in early 1845, and while we speak of the vision given to her in Exeter, Maine, in mid-February, 1845, and of its fruitage, we must keep clearly in mind that in this perplexing and confusing period, neither of these visions was printed until a full year after they were received by Ellen Harmon and their influence was quite limited through the year 1845.EGWSDQ 27.2
As the first vision was published initially in the Day Star of January 24, 1846, 4Note: In actuality what appears in Early Writings under the title of “My First Vision” (pp. 13-20) is her first vision and the account of what was shown to her about a year later regarding the new earth. She placed the two together in her December 20, 1845, letter to Enoch Jacobs, and as this was reprinted by James White no separation was made until the issuance of the more definitive biographical work Spiritual Gifts, volume 2, in 1860. As evidenced in this source and in the biographical sketch in Testimonies for the Church, volume 1, the account of the first vision closes with the words “made heaven’s arches ring.” (Early Writings, 17; Spiritual Gifts 2:35; Testimonies for the Church 1:61). The vision of the New Earth in the two last named sources appears a few pages later. The seeming technicality here described is of insignificant importance, but one which cannot be ignored in a complete statement and the vision given at Exeter in February, 1845, was published on March 14, 1846—in both cases this was months after the experience at Paris, Maine, reported by Mrs. Truesdail.EGWSDQ 27.3