Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

graves open, and the loved forms of our relations
arise from their dusty beds in immortal bloom and
eternal life, and we ourselves pass the sudden
change from mortality to immortality, from time to
eternity. Then, as we verily thought, we had bid
adieu to this world of sin, of misery, and woe, and
expected to be ushered into the new heavens and
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. O,
blissful day! How solemn, yet how interesting! I
hope to see another day like this, and to literally
realize what I then expected. It was a day long to
be remembered, and I cannot account for it on any
other principle than to suppose that God’s
benevolent hand and wisdom were in the
movement.”
He then recapitulated the arguments which
were drawn from the types in reference to the
seventh month, showing their plausibility, and
proceeded to the second point in the controversy,
thus:
“But you ask why I do not show whether the
probation of sinners is ended. I answer, It is a close
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