Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

pleasant-looking old man, a friend to freemen, a
terror to tyrants, and one that has spent his
treasures, his blood, and the best part of his life in
the cause of freedom and the rights of man. He has
suffered much; yet he retains a good constitution.
He goes a little lame, occasioned by wounds he
received in the Revolution. He deserves the thanks
of Americans, and he has received a general burst
of gratitude from Maine to the Mississippi. He has
visited every State in the Union and almost every
important town. I had the pleasure of dining with
him; and after dinner he took a passage for New
York.
“Yours, etc., Wm. Miller.”
That Mr. M. was one of the men prominent in
his section of the country is shown by his mingling
with them, as above, on the various public
occasions.
He derived such pleasure from the study of the
Bible, that it was almost his constant companion;
and a portion of each day was devoted to its private
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