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
“On the 14th of November, the First Baptist Church, Mr. Parker, pastor,
in Cambridgeport, Mass., voted unanimously to renew an invitation, which
they had some time before extended to Mr. Miller, and with which he had
been unable to comply, to give a course of lectures there. In compliance
with that request, he made arrangements to commence there on Sunday, the
21st of November; but, in consequence of the breaking down of the stage
on Saturday, he was detained in Nashua over the Sabbath, and gave three
lectures to the citizens of that place. He reached Cambridgeport on the
23d, and continued till the 28th. On the day following, he commenced his
sixth course of lectures in Boston, at Boylston Hall, where he addressed
large audiences each day and evening till the 9th of December.
“These repeated series of discourses in Boston had a powerful effect
on the community. As usual, large numbers went away, unable to gain
admittance, and many were hopefully converted from sin to holiness. This
last was a common feature in all his labors, and was one great reason
why calls from those who did not entertain his views were so frequent
and urgent. This reason is given in an invitation extended to him by the
Baptist church in New Ipswich, N. H., November 29, 1841. Their pastor, J.
M. Willmarth, thus writes: ‘The majority desire you to come, principally
because they have understood that your addresses to sinners are plain
and pungent, and frequently attended with the divine blessing in the
conversion of souls.’
“A course of lectures in Dover, N. H., continuing from the 11th to the
19th of December, terminated his labors for the year 1841.
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