![]() But in the resulting confusion, Ellen claimed to have received visions that were soon accepted as God-given revelation. ![]() When Christ did not return, a non-event that would become known as The Great Disappointment, most people abandoned Adventism. Miller had dedicated himself to the study of biblical prophecy and was convinced that Christ would return on October 22, 1844. In 18 she and her family attended Adventist meetings and become devotees of William Miller. ![]() When Ellen was twelve, she and her family attended a Methodist camp meeting in Buxton, Maine, and there she had a formative religious experience in which she professed faith in Jesus Christ. ![]() The rock put her into a coma that lasted several weeks and forced her to miss a long period of schooling. When Ellen was nine she was permanently disfigured when a fellow student maliciously hit her in the head with a rock. Only a few years after her birth, her parents Robert and Eunice Harmon gave up farming to move to the nearby town of Portland where her father became a hat maker. WhiteĮllen Gould Harmon was born on a small farm near the village of Gorham, Maine, on November 26, 1827. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron Ellen G.
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