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 · en
“It was on this occasion that the writer of this became convinced that
the second advent is to be pre-millennial; and the first resurrection, a
‘resurrection out from among the dead.’ At the close of these labors, Mr.
M. returned to Low Hampton, for that rest which his overtasked frame now
greatly needed.
CHAPTER IX.
LECTURES IN NEW YORK—NEWARK—SARATOGA—NEWBURYPORT—PALMER—THE
EAST KINGSTON CAMP-MEETING—BRANDON—BENSON—CHICOPEE—NEW HAVEN,
ETC.
“On the 24th of April he commenced a course of lectures in the large hall
of the Apollo, 410 Broadway, in the city of New York, as usual to large
audiences, closing on the 10th of May.
“On the 7th of May, he visited Newark, N. J., and gave two discourses
in the Universalist chapel in that city. In compliance with three very
urgent requests from Rev. Joshua Fletcher, pastor, and the unanimous vote
of the Baptist church, in Saratoga, N. Y., Mr. M. again visited that
place, and lectured from the 14th to the 22d of May. From the 24th to
the 28th of May, he gave his seventh course of lectures in Boston; and
from the 29th of May to the 3d of June, 1842, he lectured in Newburyport,
Mass. At the commencement of his lecture, in the evening of the first
day, an egg was thrown into the hall, at him, but fell upon the side of
the desk. At the close, stones were thrown through the windows, by a mob
outside, who indulged in some characteristic hootings and kindred noises.
The congregation dispersed without damage, save the glass of lamps and
windows. Under those circumstances, the town authorities closed the hall,
and the lectures were adjourned to the chapel in Hale’s Court. They
continued till Friday, June 3, a goodly number having received Christ to
the joy of their souls.
“From the 4th to the 12th of June, he gave a second course of lectures in
the Casco-street church, Portland, Me. They were attended by crowds of
anxious hearers, and many Christians were refreshed, while some sinners
were converted to God. From the 16th to the 26th of June, he lectured
at Three Rivers (in Palmer, Mass.) A member of the Baptist church there
afterward wrote, through the _Christian Reflector_, the organ of that
denomination, as follows:—