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 — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
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
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“‘I would now beg and pray, my brethren, that we may humble
ourselves, avoid disputes, and enter into our chambers, and
hide ourselves for a little while until the danger is over.
Hold no unnecessary controversy with the despisers of our
blessed hope, let us separate ourselves from them in very deed.
We have thus far done all we could—and now is the time of their
triumph, but it will be short. I am determined by the grace of
God to follow this rule. God will fight our battles for us, and
in due time we shall see who is the only Potentate. Now let
patience have its perfect work. Our duty now is to comfort
one another with these words, strengthen those that are weak
among us, comfort the feeble, establish the wavering, raise up
the bowed down, speak often one to another, and forsake not
the assembling of ourselves together; let our conversation be
in Heaven from whence we look for the Saviour, for the time
has now come for us to live by faith, _a faith_ that is tried
like gold seven times purified. Let us hold fast our profession
without wrath or doubting, for he is faithful who has promised,
and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Let us
be careful that we become not overcharged with the things of
this world, and so that day come upon us unawares; but know,
brethren, that the day will not come upon you as a thief; you
will see and know the sign of the Son of man.
“‘I would advise you, Bro. Himes, to continue publishing
your papers in Boston and New York. We must have a medium of
communication with one another, so that amid the moral darkness
which has shrouded the people on the prophecies, we may have
light in all our dwellings. This cannot be far from the time.
I feel confident that God will justify his word, and the time
which we have preached; for we cannot have varied far from the
truth in our own views of the seven times, the 2300 days, the
1335 days, the trumpets, &c.
“‘_Brethren_, hold fast; let no man take your crown. I have
fixed my mind upon another time, and here I mean to stand until
God gives me more light—and that is _To-day_, TO-DAY, and
TO-DAY, until he comes, and I see HIM for whom my soul yearns.
Permit me to illustrate by parable.