Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

to have been much engaged in attending protracted
meetings, which were at that time very common in
many parts of the country. Under date of
“Hampton, Oct. 1, 1832,” he wrote to Elder
Hendryx:
“... When your letter arrived I was attending a
protracted meeting, in Westport; and the next day
after I got home I went to Poultney, to attend one
there. I went to Keesville, to attend one, as soon as
we left Poultney, and only arrived home last
Saturday ... I have spent a great share of my time in
attending protracted meetings this summer and
fall.”
In the same letter he thus exhibits his fondness
for the Bible, and points out the great doctrines
which he believed it inculcated:
“I want to see you more than ever, and when
we have less company, so that we can sit down and
have a good dish of Bible together. The light is
continually breaking in; and I am more and more
confirmed in those things of which I told you,
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