The report, based on the memory of one person, that
Ellen G. White stated in a dinner-table conversation that the inhabitants of
other worlds are gathering fruit for the Sabbath-day entertainment of the translated
saints en route to heaven, is without support. The assertion that the words
were stenographically reported also is without foundation. Ellen G. White makes
only the simple statement in Early Writings, page 16, that "We were
seven days ascending to the sea of glass." No mention is made by Ellen
G. White of the Sabbath spent en route.
Thought for the Day
As the people looked upon [Jesus], they saw a face where divine compassion was blended with conscious power. Every glance of the eye, every feature of the countenance, was marked with humility, and expressive of unutterable love. He seemed to be surrounded by an atmosphere of spiritual influence. While His manners were gentle and unassuming, He impressed men with a sense of power that was hidden, yet could not be wholly concealed. Desire of Ages, pp. 137, 138.