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
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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
“‘DEAR BRO. HENDRYX:—I received your favor of the 19th inst.
day before yesterday, and should have begun to answer it then,
but, on coming home, I found Bro. D. at my house, a licentiate
from Hamilton, who came on purpose to learn these strange
notions of “crazy Miller,” or at least to save Bro. Miller,
if possible, from going down to the grave with such an error.
He was a stranger to me; but, after he introduced himself, we
went to work, night and day, and he has just left me,—Monday,
3 o’clock P. M. He has got his load, and, as he says, he never
was so loaded before.
“‘You may say this is boasting. No, no, Bro. Hendryx, you
know better. I only made him read the Bible, and I held the
concordance. No praise to me; give God the glory. At any rate,
he will find it hard to resist the truth. He wants me to let
him come and board with me, two or three months, to study the
Bible. He is a young man, of brilliant talents; he preached two
sermons here yesterday, and they were very well done. I have
somebody to labor with almost daily. I have been into Poultney,
and some other places, to lecture on the coming of Christ;
and, in every instance, I have had large assemblies. There is
increasing anxiety on the subject in this quarter; but they
will see greater signs of these times soon, so that Christians
will believe in his coming and kingdom. The harvest is about
closing up, and the wrath of God is about to be poured upon our
world. Pestilence, sword, and famine, will succeed each other
in swift succession, and the kingdoms of this world will soon
be destroyed by the “stone cut out of the mountain without
hands.” Yes, brother, it will soon be over when sinners can be
converted. I would, therefore, advise you to lead your hearers
by slow and sure steps to Jesus Christ.
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