Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

“‘It is a small thing to be judged of man’s
judgment,’ says the apostle; so that you need not
fear man. I have often been consigned to perdition,
and yet I have a blessed hope. I often think, when I
hear a brother judging and condemning another,
what an excellent Pope he would make. Therefore,
fear them not; for if we judge and condemn our
brother, we are making ourselves ‘judges of the
law, rather than doers of the law.’ ... Wm. Miller.
“Low Hampton, April 7, 1845.”
In connection with the great variety of views
received by those who adhered to the “Shut Door,”
there was issued a great variety of papers
attempting to sustain them. These, being circulated
in every direction, created great confusion, and
made it difficult for those not initiated to
understand the true position of believers in the
Second Advent. This was illustrated by the
following anecdote related by Mr. Miller.
The first person in his own parish who fully
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