Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

cannot here withhold my testimony to the
efficiency and integrity of my Bro. Himes. He has
stood by me at all times, perilled his reputation,
and, by the position in which he has been placed,
has been more instrumental in the spread of these
views than any other ten men who have embarked
in the cause. His course, both in laboring as a
lecturer and in the manner that he has managed his
publications, meets my full approval.”[1]
After the issue of the first No., its printers,
Messrs. Dow & Jackson, proposed to Elder Himes
to issue the paper semi-monthly for one year, he to
furnish the editorial matter gratuitously, and they to
have all the proceeds of it. These terms being
accepted, they reissued the first No. on the 20th of
March, and continued it, as per agreement, for one
year, when it reverted to Elder Himes, its projector,
by whom it has been continued to the present time
[1853].
On the 1st of March, 1840, Mr. M. visited
Watertown, Mass., and commenced his first course
of lectures in that place. These continued nine
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