Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

“Yours, as ever, looking, etc.,
William Miller.”
On the 18th of November he wrote an article
for the Herald on the necessity of exercising
patience unto the coming of the Lord. He
characterized that as the time of patience, when “ye
have need of patience, that, after ye have done the
will of God, ye might receive the promise; for yet a
little while, and he that shall come will come, and
will not tarry.” -- Hebrews 10:36, 37. Therefore he
exhorted them, saying, “Be ye also patient:
establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh.” (James 5:8)
There was at that time, certainly, great need of
the exercise of patience; for taunting expressions,
like “You have not gone up yet!” or “When are you
going up, now?” were no uncommon salutation,
even from some who professed to believe that God
has “appointed a day in the which he will judge the
world;” when the saints will “be caught up together
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