Eyewitness Accounts Of The March 8, 1891, Early Morning Meeting In Battle Creek, Michigan

by
A. T. Robinson
O. A. Olsen E. E. Gardner H. W. Cottrell
Edna Kilbourne Steele
O. A. Johnson and Others

The reader will note a number of unimportant inaccuracies or variations in the eyewitness accounts cited on the following pages. A. T. Robinson spoke of West Virginia when he should have said Virginia. O. A. Olsen thought the Salamanca meetings were held in October when, in fact, they were in November. He also recalled that Captain Eldridge was the first to respond when all others said it was Ballenger. A. T. Robinson declared that Ellen White began her writing at 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 8, while O. A. Olsen says it was 4:00 a.m. In general, however, the accounts are remarkably similar, and reflect an overall trustworthiness.SVD 71.1