Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

and in a manner which showed that he was alike
unwilling to suffer the scandal of entertaining
gamblers, or to make a parade of his devotions,
“We were not gambling, sir!”
Capt. Miller was touched with his appearance.
But, still affecting greater severity than at first,
being determined to press him to a confession, he
said to the sergeant, “Yes, you were gambling!
And it won’t do! What else could have your tent
lighted up for, all the evening, if you were not
gambling?”
Sergeant Willey now felt himself under the
necessity of being a little more explicit, and
answered, in a manner deeply expressive of his
grief and innocence, “We were praying, sir!”
Capt. Miller, by this time, was almost in tears;
and indicating, by a motion of his hand, that he was
satisfied, and that the praying sergeant might
withdraw, he continued alone for some time,
sensibly affected by the courage manifested by
these Christians in that ungodly camp, by the
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