In Defense of Joseph Bates
By John Hamilton
Dear Bro. White:—"Truth is the gem for which we seek," And it is in defense of truth, and the character of our beloved Bro. Joseph Bates, that I send you this statement for publication in the Review and Herald; for I learn that the article published in the Advent Harbinger of July 10th, entitled "Mr. Bates' Misrepresentations," signed by C. W. Low, C. Crawford Jr., M. Whitaker and N. Richardson, is made use of to prejudice the minds of many that otherwise might listen to the truth, and likewise to the injury of the character and influence of Bro. Bates. Therefore I feel constrained (painful as it is to publicly expose the errors of those we love) to say that their statement made in the Harbinger is not correct. It contains many errors and misstatements.—And I further say that the statement made by Bro. Bates in the Review and Herald of May 6th, of the manner in which that meeting commenced, and progressed to its painful close, was correct. We fully concur in the above. John Hamilton.
Olive Hamilton.
Adam Miller.
Eliza A. Miller.
P. Miller, Jr.