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
Heaven's work never ceases, and men should never rest from doing good. The Sabbath is not intended to be a period of useless inactivity. The law forbids secular labor on the rest day of the Lord; the toil that gains a livelihood must cease; no labor for worldly pleasure or profit is lawful upon that day; but as God ceased His labor of creating, and rested upon the Sabbath and blessed it, so man is to leave the occupations of his daily life, and devote those sacred hours to healthful rest, to worship, and to holy deeds. Desire of Ages, p. 207