Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

“As it respects your first question, whether, in
my judgment, ‘the time of probation came to an
end on the 22nd of October or not,’ I answer, my
mind was not definite on that day. But the
experience and scenes of that month were
astounding to me, and my mind was brought to a
conclusion that God, by his invisible angels, was
separating the two classes of men, the chaff from
the wheat. But to say my judgment was fully
convinced that it was closed, I must say no. I know
it is true that, in answer to a score of letters,
making the same inquiries as yourself, in my letter,
published in the Herald of February 12, I gave
several texts, which, to me, were evidence that,
before Christ came, there would be a time when
men would seek, knock, and cry, and it would not
be opened; for, how sinners could or would knock
in the eternal state, I have no means of knowing.
The editors of the Herald, knowing more about the
controversy which had begun in the ranks of the
Adventists than I did or could, in order to prevent
the mischief or harm which they supposed my
letter might do, attached their notes, which gave
the brethren on the other side of the question more
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