Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

preachers had confirmed this assurance. We were
somewhat surprised to hear him converse on
religious subjects with a coolness and soundness of
judgment which made us whisper to ourselves,
‘If this be madness, then there is method in ’t.’
“When our interview closed, we were left
wondering at the cause of that malignant spirit of
slander and falsehood with which a man has been
assailed, who has spent his time and substance in a
course of unceasing toils to persuade men ‘to flee
from the wrath to come.’”
From New York, Mr. M. went up the Hudson
river as far as Lansingburg, N. Y., where he
lectured from the 17th to the 21st of February. The
day following, in compliance with the urgent
request of the Baptist church in Half Moon, N. Y.,
he visited that place, and commenced a course of
lectures, which continued till the 5th of March.
At the request of Mr. Davis, pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Ballston Centre, Mr. M.
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