"Third,
thousands
who
have
been
looking
for
the
personal
appearing
of
the
Lord
Jesus
from
heaven
in
these
last
days,
have,
in
their
dissapointment
about
his
coming,
given
up
the
only
Scriptural
view,
ami
are
not
teaching
that
he
has
come
in
spirit
and
this
is
all
we
shall
ever
see
of
him
here."
Preface
to
The
Opening
Heavens,
Joseph
Bates,
published
in
New
Bedford,
1846
dated
May
8,
1846,
BYBERGENDEE
"The
editor
of
the
Day
Star
asks,
'why
we
stand
gazing
up
into
heaven;
can
you
(meanin
I
suppose,
any
one)
tell
where
this
same
Jesus
is
coming
from?!
s
p
s
y
2d.
'Can
you
prove
God
the
Father
to
be
in
one
place,
in
any
greater
degree
and
power,
than
he
is
in
any
and
every,
and
every
other
place?!
".
«
«
.if
we
cannot
undeestand.
.
.the
location
of
the
heavenly
Sanctuary,
the
new
Jerusalem,
God's
dwelling
place,
other
than
is
figuratively
discerned,
then,
I
say,
we
that
truly
believe
in
God,
'are
of
all
men
the
most
miserable;
and
the
sooner
we
hoist
the
Shaker's
flag,
and
bring
too
under
the
lee
of
thier
camp,
the
better."
ibid,,
p.
16.
"Another
writer
in
the
same
paper
undertakes
to
prove
that
this
same
City
has
began
to
appear;
has
been
developing
itself
since
the
fall
of
1844.
Who
has
seen
this
City?
Oh,
he
says,
it
is
evident,
that
it
is
the
saints,
Is
it
possible
that
the
Saints
have
been
coming
down
from
Heaven
this
eighteen
months’
Why,
there
is
not
the
least
particle
of
proof
that
the
righteous
dead
have
vet
been
rx
caught
up?
Thes,
iv:16,17."
ibid,
p.19
¥x
"The
handling
of
God's
word
deceitfully,
.
.
.has
led
the
professed
world
into
this
ldbyrinth;
and
men
are
now
being
ridiculed
and
laughed
at
(not
only
because
they
believe
and
are
looking
for
the
Lord
himself
to
descend
from
heaven)because