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Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

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ealizing a thousand pieces <strong>of</strong> silver from her own.<br />

She is truly a changeable being, carried about by<br />

the slightest circumstances.”<br />

_______________<br />

The following extract from a discourse, is<br />

another specimen <strong>of</strong> this mode <strong>of</strong> address:<br />

“‘Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he<br />

hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and<br />

he will bind us up. After two days will he revive<br />

us; in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall<br />

live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow<br />

on to know the Lord; his going forth is prepared as<br />

the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain,<br />

as the latter and former rain unto the earth.’ (Hosea<br />

6:1-3)<br />

“The text to which I have directed your<br />

attention, in the above paragraph, is one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

richest and most interesting prophecies that was<br />

ever delivered to mortals by any prophet since the<br />

world began. Every word speaks, and is full <strong>of</strong><br />

meaning; every sentence is a volume <strong>of</strong> instruction.<br />

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