Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

silence, for hours, -- yes, days, -- to hear the old
stammering man talk about the second coming of
Christ, and show the manner, object, time, and
signs of his coming. O, my brother! it makes me
feel like a worm, -- a poor, feeble creature; for it is
God only who could produce such an effect on
such audiences. Yet it gives me confidence; for I
solemnly believe it is truth; and God will support
his word, and will be present where it is preached,
however feeble the instrument; for ‘Lo, I am with
you even to the end of the world.’ Therefore, if I
were preaching before all the kings of the earth,
why should I fear? for the King of kings is with
me. If all the lords were there, yet He is Lord of
lords, and of the great men of the earth.”
Mr. Miller again lectured in Dresden, N. Y., on
the 7th of August; in Orwell, Vt., on the 11th of
September; and in Keesville, N. Y. on the 18th. He
then gave courses of lectures, beginning at
Lawrence, N. Y., on the 22nd; Stockholm, on the
29th; Parishville, on the 7th of October; Massena,
N. Y., on the 14th. He gave ten lectures at Fort
Covington, N. Y., beginning on the 20th, and was
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