Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

the Conference. No allusion was made to it either
in their doings or speeches. They expressed, what
all Adventists believe, that the time of the entrance
of departed saints into their inheritance is at the
resurrection. But the question, whether the
intermediate state of the dead is a conscious or an
unconscious one, was not even mooted there. This
shows the necessity of great cautiousness in stating
objections against what is not perfectly understood.
“6. Another objection is, that the proceedings
‘look like doing something in the future;’ ‘seem
like aiming at something which we shall not
approve.’ Well, as those are not objections to what
was there done, and are only fears of what may be
done, arising out of the jealousy of the human
heart, I shall not spend any time in replying to
them; for all magnanimous minds are content with
pointing to actual transgressions, and never allude
to future fancied ones, unless they are very
desirous of finding something to find fault with, in
accordance with their pre-judgment.
“The above are all the objections I recollect to
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