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

@Then came also the other virgins, sayin Lord, Lord,
open to us But he answered and said,kerily, I ma,
unto you, I know you not Watch, therefore, hr ye
know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
Man cometh." *But the wiae shall undere&nd," mpl
Daniel, xii. 10.
And now, my Christian friends, let a~ ibqnire, Are
your lamps trimmed and burning And have you oil
, in your vessels Are you preparod for the coming
Bridegroom And are you awake to this important sub-
'ect What say you If this parable, to which I
have directed your minds, has reference to the last day
and the coming of Christ ; if the virgim ' has reference
to all men in thie probationary state, and dividing them
into two classes, wise and foolish; if the lamp" is tbe
word of Go& and oil " means ftith in his word, or grace
in the heart, as some my,-then my conclllsiona are
just, and the evidence is strong that we live at the end
of the wospel kingdom, and upon the threaho1d of the
l6rifid state of the righteous. Then examine your
Bibles, and if you can aa fairly rove any other ex+
tion of thie parable, as I have $is, then believe you*
and time must settle the issue ; but if you can find mtbing
in the Scriptures to controvert plainly my explanation,
then believe, and prepare to go out to meet the
Bridegroom; for behold he corneth. Awake, ye fathem
and mothers in Zion ; you have 1 looked and prayed
for this day. Behold the signs!%e ia near, even at
the door. And, ye children of God, liR up your heaQ
and rejoice, for your redemption draweth nigh. For
these things have he un to come to pasa And ye,
little lamb. of the fl& remember Jesus hu p r o d
to carry you m his arms, and that he will come and
take you to himself, that where he is there ye may be
also. But remember, all of you, the wise had od In
their lamps, and they were trimmed and burning. Search
deep ; examine yourselves closely, be not deceived ; and
may tile Spirit which searcheth all thinge, and knowetb
what is in the mind of man, nssist you.
But, my hipenitent friends, what shall I say to ou
8b.LL I my, u the master in the parable,d~~tbe