Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Joseph Bates
Born: July 8, 1792
Died: March 19, 1872 (aged 79)
Bio: Joseph Bates was an American seaman and revivalist minister. He was the founder and developer of Sabbatarian Adventism, a strain of religious thinking that evolved into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Bates is also credited with convincing James White and Ellen G.
Known for:
- A Word to the Little Flock (1847)
- A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath
- Tomorrowland








