1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

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with ten tborndTtheir papila, rb nll
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diligently, my young fiieods, and eee to it tb.t ye believc
in this word, = which m able to & yoa rm
unto ral~ation.~
5. Tract mcietier are of much use, and are an &isd
[new to help trim the lamps; like muffera tht take
away the preventives to the light, so are tncta
take away from the mind the pre'udice that tho2z
have a g ~ reading ~ t the word O* ~od. They rrnas
those rooted and groundless opinions which many hre
that they cannot understand the Bible; they serve to
excite the mind to tbi kind of reading; they cnhghtcn
tlle undcmtanding into some ecriptural truths ; they ue
pioncere, in many instanceq to conversion ; they can be
norit whcro the word of God cannot a. firat be received;
111 one word, they are the harbingers of light, the faenlnrlorn
of the Bible. And in this, too, all men in thia
prohatiorinry state ocrm to be more or lew engaged,
from tho king on tl~o throne down to the poor peasant
in 910 cottage writing, printin folding, transporting,
Iihytng, or tcadinr, these Bilent fde mesengem d t.be
vir~i~' lanip. Thp all those vigine amee ud
tril~~~rtotl thoir lamps. Has not God's hand been seen
In nll tl~ir Yon, glory be to him who hath disposed
tlio hrnrtr of nion to work the work that God bib them,
UIIJ 10 hlnl Lhu blessed word wlrich he hath given
~IIUIII. Tltiu iiistitutioli took its rise about the sams
tir~lcr witli tliu Biblo aociety.
(L T~~~~~l)orollco societies. Thosc m e one p~rpac
In hUng tlbe lamp and prepring thc wmy fat tbo