Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

thoughts through the press, and often, for his own
private amusement, or for the entertainment of
friends, indulged in various poetical effusions,
which, for unstudied productions, are possessed of
some merit; but his principal enjoyment was
derived from the study of the Bible. His state of
mind at this time can be better given in his own
language.
“With the solemn conviction,” writes Mr.
Miller,
“That such momentous events were predicted
in the Scriptures, to be fulfilled in so short a space
of time, the question came home to me with mighty
power regarding my duty to the world, in view of
the evidence that had affected my own mind. If the
end was so near, it was important that the world
should know it. I supposed that it would call forth
the opposition of the ungodly; but it never came
into my mind that any Christian would oppose it. I
supposed that all such would be so rejoiced, in
view of the glorious prospect, that it would only be
necessary to present it, for them to receive it. My
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