“‘I _confess my error_ and acknowledge _my disappointment_; yet I still believe that the day of the Lord is near, even at the door; and I exhort you, my brethren, to be watchful, and not let that day come upon you unawares. The wicked, the proud, and the bigot, will exult over us. I will try to be patient. God will deliver the godly out of temptation, and will reserve the unjust to be punished at Christ’s appearing. “‘I want you, my brethren, not to be drawn away from the truth. Do not, I pray you, neglect the Scriptures. They are able to make you wise unto eternal life. Let us be careful not to be drawn away from the manner and object of Christ’s coming; for the next attack of the adversary will be to induce unbelief respecting these. The manner of Christ’s coming has been well discussed.’ “Shortly after this he wrote the following lines respecting his disappointment:— “‘How tedious and lonesome the hours, While Jesus, my Saviour, delays! I have sought him in solitude’s bowers, And looked for him all the long days. “‘Yet he lingers—I pray tell me why His chariot no sooner returns? To see him in clouds of the sky, My soul with intensity burns. “‘I long to be with him at home, My heart swallowed up in his love, On the fields of New Eden to roam, And to dwell with my Saviour above.’ “During the last week of May, the Annual Conference of Adventists was held in the Tabernacle at Boston. Mr. Miller was present, and, at the close of one of the meetings, in accordance with a previous notice, arose, and frankly confessed his mistake in the definite time at which he supposed the prophetic periods would have terminated. The following notice of this confession, written by a hearer, appeared in the _Boston Post_ on the 1st of June following:—