Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

Chapter 22
Definiteness of Prophetic
Time
After the Boston Conference, Mr. Miller
accompanied Mr. Himes to Portland, Me., where
he gave discourses in the afternoon and evening of
Sunday, June 1st, to crowded audiences. Many of
those present, doubtless, were drawn to hear him
by motives of curiosity, because of the
disappointment in time. The necessity of patience
and of watchfulness were subjects on which he
discoursed.
He returned to Boston, and from thence went to
a camp-meeting at Champlain, N. Y., on the 10th
of June. After this he returned home, in the
enjoyment of good general health, but somewhat
afflicted by boils.
As the author of a movement which had
resulted in disappointment, and, in some respects,
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