Second Advent Way Marks and High Heaps

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Second Advent Way Marks and High Heaps is written by Joseph Bates and published by Waymark Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1611045436 (ISBN 10) and 9781611045437 (ISBN 13).

Joseph Bates 1850 memoir, "Second Advent Way Marks and High Heaps," was written to strengthen and encourage believers after the "Great Disappointment" of 1844. The title of Bates book was based on Jeremiah 31:21, where the God's followers are admonished to "set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps." This text, which is reminiscent of the crossing of the river Jordan, came to have special meaning to the Adventist pioneers in their struggle to tell the story of Jesus' soon coming while also developing a church organization. In this book, Bates goes over the doctrinal landmarks, or stones from the river Jordan, that formed the foundation of his faith in the soon coming of Jesus. Bates, a well-to-do former sea captain, sold his home in 1844 and traveled to Maryland to preach the news of the Second Advent to slaves and slave masters. Birthed with a compelling sense of urgency to tell the world the good news of a soon-coming Savior, the Second Advent movement was spread with a gritty determination and great personal sacrifice. In the words of Bates, "Who does not still remember how [the] message flew as it were upon the wings of the wind - men and women ... going with all the speed of locomotives, in steamboats, and rail cars, freighted with bundles of books and papers, wherever they went distributing them almost as profusely as the flying leaves of autumn." This book provides an important explanation of the Second Advent movement, and the scriptural foundation behind it.