Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

30th, when he was taken sick with a painful
inflammation in his left limb. He immediately
returned home, when the other limb was similarly
affected. This terminated in painful swellings and
copious discharges, which began to heal about the
10th of June, but confined him to his room till the
last of August; so that he rested from labor during
the summer.
From the 12th to the 20th of September he
lectured in Hartford, N. Y., to crowded houses. On
the 26th of September, and onward to October 6th,
he lectured at Ballston, N. Y.; and, on the 10th of
October, he commenced a course of lectures at
Galway, N. Y., which closed on the 17th. With
these lectures a revival commenced, which,
according to a letter from Rev. Wm. B. Curtis,
pastor of the Baptist church, extended into the
neighboring towns. Under date of March 12th,
1842, he wrote to Mr. Miller as follows:
“The glorious work soon became general and
powerful, and we continued our meetings
(including the week you were with us) eight weeks,
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