Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

at Chatauguay, N. Y., on the 27th. This terminated
his labors for the year 1836. In allusion to these last
visits, he wrote on the 23rd of December:
“I have not visited a place where the Lord has
not given me one or two souls for my hire. I have
spent eight weeks in St. Lawrence county, and
delivered eighty-two lectures this fall. Next week I
am going to Shaftsbury and vicinity.”
He visited Shaftsbury, Vt., the 23rd of January,
1837, and gave his full course of sixteen lectures.
At the close of one lecture, a Baptist clergyman
arose, and stated that he had come there for the
purpose of exposing the folly of Mr. M., but had to
confess that he was confounded, convicted and
converted. He acknowledged that he had applied
various unhandsome appellations to Mr. Miller,
calling him “the end of the world man,” “the old
visionary,” “dreamer,” “fanatic,” and for which he
felt covered with shame and confusion. That
confession, evidently so honest, was like a
thunderbolt on the audience.
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