Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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








