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
The bitterness of grief and humiliation is better than the indulgences of sin. Through affliction God reveals to us the plague spots in our characters, that by His grace we may overcome our faults. Unknown chapters in regard to ourselves are opened to us, and the test comes, whether we will accept the reproof and the counsel of God. When brought into trial, we are not to fret and complain. We should not rebel, or worry ourselves out of the hand of Christ. We are to humble the soul before God. Desire of Ages, p. 301