Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

ecame what the influences around him naturally
determined. To give the true state of the case, the
darker shades must appear with the lighter. He took
the position of an unbeliever. But that he was not a
deist of the rank type, will appear more fully from
his own statements, especially in his letters while
in the army, which will be presented in the next
chapter.
We have thus stated Mr. Miller’s social and
public position; his worldly prospects, and his
religious state. The long-suffering of God was still
to be exercised towards him. He was to become
satisfied with the insufficiency of the world. Then
the light which had become darkness was to be
revived within him; the breath of life from God
would disclose the all-sufficient portion, and he
would go forth to build again the faith he had
destroyed.
Many were the prayers that ascended in his
behalf; and some of those who were the most
deeply interested for him would pass away before
their prayers would be answered. But the great
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