Most Adventists Held Shut Door Views.
On January 24, 1845, Joseph Turner wrote in the Hope of Israel: SDD 8.1
In every place I visited I found a goodly number, I think quite a majority, who were and are now believing that our work is all done for this world.—Quoted by L. E. From, Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. IV, p. 839.