Sketches of the Christian life and public labors of William Miller : $b Gathered from his memoir by the late Sylvester Bliss, and from other sourcesWhite, James
Philosophy
Sketches of the Christian life and public labors of William Miller : $b Gathered from his memoir by the late Sylvester Bliss, and from other sources
White, James
Miller, William, 1782-1849
“‘Therefore, let us all be modest, unassuming, and godlike,
pressing on to the mark. Let us not, therefore, judge one
another any more. Rom. 14:13: “But judge this rather, that
no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in his
brother’s way.” 1 Cor. 8:9-13: “But take heed lest by any means
this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are
weak. For if any man see thee, which hast knowledge, sit at
meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him that
is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered
to idols; and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother
perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the
brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against
Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will
eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother
to offend. If my brother is truly perfect in every good work,
he will bear with me and my weakness.” Rom. 15:1: “We, then,
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and
not to please ourselves.” 1 Cor. 9:22: “To the weak became I as
weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all
men, that I might by all means save some.”
“‘I have not written this to condemn my “perfect” brother,
or to call out a reply. He may call one thing perfect
sanctification, and I another. If he is “perfect” and strong,
he can bear my weakness. If he wants contention, it will show
that he is not perfect, but contentious. I beg of my brother to
let me follow on to know the Lord; and God forbid that I should
call him back. I hope he will not boastingly exclude me from
the path he would tread. May God sanctify and prepare us for
his own use, and deliver us from the wrath to come.
“‘Yours, in the blessed hope,
WM. MILLER.
“‘_Castleton, Vt., Oct. 12, 1843._’
“Not only Mr. Miller, but all who were in his confidence, took a decided
position against all fanatical extravagances. They never gave them any
quarter; while those who regarded them with favor soon arrayed themselves
against Mr. Miller and his adherents. Their fanaticism increased; and
though opposed by Mr. Miller and his friends, the religious and secular
press very generally, but unjustly, connected his name with it;—he being
no more responsible for it than Luther and Wesley were for similar
manifestations in their day.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOME OF MR. MILLER—TOUR INTO WESTERN NEW YORK—HIS PERSONAL
APPEARANCE—ADDRESS TO ALL DENOMINATIONS—VISIT TO WASHINGTON,
ETC.
“In the interval between Mr. Miller’s return from Boston to his home at
Low Hampton and the recommencement of his public labors, he was visited
by his dearly beloved friend, the late Elder Nathaniel Southard, who
wrote as follows of
“‘THE HOME OF WILLIAM MILLER.
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