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Sketches of the Christian Life and Public Labors of William Miller

INTRODUCTION

1. ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE - MARRIAGE - DEISTICAL SENTIMENTS - MILITARY LIFE

2. REMOVAL TO LOW HAMPTON - HIS CONVERSION - STUDY OF THE BIBLE - RULES OF INTERPRETATION, ETC

“RULES OF INTERPRETATION

“‘ARTICLE ONE

“‘ARTICLE TWO

“‘ARTICLE THREE

“‘ARTICLE FOUR

“‘ARTICLE FIVE

“‘ARTICLE SIX

“‘ARTICLE SEVEN

“‘ARTICLE EIGHT

“‘ARTICLE NINE

“‘ARTICLE TEN

“‘ARTICLE ELEVEN

“‘ARTICLE TWELVE

“‘ARTICLE THIRTEEN

“‘ARTICLE FOURTEEN

“‘ARTICLE FIFTEEN

“‘ARTICLE SIXTEEN

“‘ARTICLE SEVENTEEN

“‘ARTICLE EIGHTEEN

“‘ARTICLE NINETEEN

“‘ARTICLE TWENTY

3. INTERVAL BETWEEN HIS CONVERSION AND HIS PUBLIC LABORS - CORRESPONDENCE - DIALOGUE WITH A PHYSICIAN

4. COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC LABORS - PUBLISHES HIS VIEWS IN PAMPHLET - INTERVIEW ON THE HUDSON RIVER BOAT - HIS REGARD FOR THE BIBLE - CORRESPONDENCE - BECOMES A LICENSED PREACHER - LETTER ON UNIVERSALISM - RECORD OF HIS LABORS

5. NEW DOORS OPEN - HIS LABORS COUNTENANCED BY MINISTERS OF HIS DENOMINATION - HIS FIRST DONATION OF TWO HALF-DOLLARS - DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - INCIDENT AT SHAFTSBURY - RESULTS OF HIS LABORS - TESTIMONY OF A CONVERT FROM INFIDELITY - LETTERS OF REV. C. FITCH - URGENT APPEALS TO VISIT VARIOUS TOWNS, ETC

6. VISITS MASSACHUSETTS - INVITATION TO LOWELL - EXTRACT FROM THE LYNN RECORD - IS INVITED TO BOSTON - CONVERSATION WITH ELDER HIMES - PUBLICATION OF HIS LECTURES BY MR. MUSSEY - LABORS IN PORTSMOUTH - INTERVIEW WITH ELDER ROBINSON, ETC

“‘MILLER AND THE PROPHECIES

7. PUBLICATION OF THE “SIGNS OF THE TIMES” - VISIT TO WATERTOWN, PORTLAND, NEW YORK CITY, AND OTHER PLACES - LETTERS OF ELDERS MEDBURY, FLEMING, AND GREEN - HIS SICKNESS, RESIGNATION, ETC

8. LECTURES IN BOSTON (4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH COURSES), IN ANDOVER, PROVIDENCE, GALWAY, N.Y., CLAREMONT, N.H., BENSON, VT., - HIS ILLNESS - INCIDENT AT SANDY HILL, AT WORCESTER - THE PHRENOLOGIST - MEETINGS AT HARTFORD

9. LECTURES IN NEW YORK - NEWARK - SARATOGA - NEWBURYPORT - PALMER - THE EAST KINGSTON CAMP-MEETING - BRANDON - BENSON - CHICKOPEE - NEW HAVEN, ETC

10. SYNOPSIS OF HIS VIEWS - ADDRESS TO BELIEVERS IN THE NEAR ADVENT - INTERVIEW AT WATERFORD - UTICA - DISTURBANCE AT PHILADELPHIA - THE THIRD OF APRIL - STATEMENT OF HIS AFFAIRS, ETC

SYNOPSIS OF HIS VIEWS

ADDRESS TO BELIEVERS IN THE NEAR ADVENT

“‘FATHER MILLER

11. DR. MILLER AND HIS REVIEWERS - DOCTORS DOWLING, CHASE, JARVIS, ETC. - THE FOURTH KINGDOM - THE LITTLE HORN - PROPHETIC NUMBERS - SEVENTY WEEKS - COMING OF CHRIST, ETC

12. HIS TREATMENT OF OPPONENTS - SPECIMENS OF HIS PREACHING - COLLOQUIAL, EXPOSTULATORY, EXPOSITORY, ETC

13. HIS SICKNESS - VISIT TO MASSACHUSETTS - FANATICISM - MR. MILLER REPUDIATES IT

14. HOME OF MR. MILLER - TOUR INTO WESTERN NEW YORK - HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE - ADDRESS TO ALL DENOMINATIONS - VISIT TO WASHINGTON, ETC

15. THE PASSING OF THE TIME - HIS POSITION - LINES ON HIS DISAPPOINTMENT - CONFESSION - VISIT OF ELD. LITCH - MR. MILLER AND THE METHODIST MINISTERS - TOUR TO OHIO - RETURN, ETC

16. THE SEVENTH MONTH MOVEMENT - DISAPPOINTMENT - THE NOBLEMAN AND HIS SERVANTS - NEED OF PATIENCE - CONFERENCE AT LOW HAMPTON - ETC

“‘ADDRESS TO ADVENT BELIEVERS

17. MUTUAL CONFERENCE AT ALBANY - DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES - PLAN OF OPERATIONS - ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN - ACTION OF THE CONFERENCE DEFENDED BY MR. MILLER, ETC

“‘REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE CONFERENCE

“‘IMPORTANT TRUTHS

“‘ASSOCIATED ACTION

“‘PLAN OF OPERATIONS

“‘ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN

18. HIS APOLOGY AND DEFENSE - DEFINITENESS OF PROPHETIC TIME - ERRONEOUS VIEWS CONNECTED WITH THE DOCTRINE, ETC

“‘DEFINITENESS OF PROPHETIC TIME

19. HIS FAITH IN HIS PAST WORK - VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY - PHILADELPHIA, ETC. - ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC - VISIT TO CANADA, ETC

“‘ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC

20. LOSS OF SIGHT - HEALTH DECLINES - EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY - HIS REPLY - HIS LAST SICKNESS AND DEATH - FUNERAL - LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO SURVIVING FRIENDS

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

&ldquo;Mr. Miller had not been sufficiently definite respecting the time of the advent, in the estimation of some who embraced his views. The expression &lsquo;about the year 1843&rsquo; they regarded as too general. As he was about to enter on the long-looked-for year, he prepared and published the following

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10. SYNOPSIS OF HIS VIEWS - ADDRESS TO BELIEVERS IN THE NEAR ADVENT - INTERVIEW AT WATERFORD - UTICA - DISTURBANCE AT PHILADELPHIA - THE THIRD OF APRIL - STATEMENT OF HIS AFFAIRS, ETC