Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

the services on the Sabbath, I was requested to
remain and lecture during the week, with which I
complied. They flocked in from the neighboring
towns; a revival commenced, and it was said that in
thirteen families all but two persons were hopefully
converted.
“On the Monday following I returned home,
and found a letter from Elder Fuller, of Poultney,
Vt., requesting me to go and lecture there on the
same subject. They had not heard of my going to
Dresden. I went to Poultney, and lectured there
with similar effect.
“From thence I went, by invitation, to Pawlet,
and other towns in that vicinity. The churches of
Congregationalists, Baptists and Methodists, were
thrown open. In almost every place I visited my
labors resulted in the reclaiming of backsliders, and
the conversion of sinners. I was usually invited to
fields of labor by the ministers of the several
congregations whom I visited, who gave me their
countenance; and I have never labored in any place
to which I was not previously invited. The most
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