Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

affected. My view of exact time depended entirely
upon the accuracy of chronology; of this I had no
absolute demonstration; but as no evidence was
presented to invalidate it, I deemed it my duty to
rely on it as certain, until it should be disproved.
Besides, I not only rested on received chronology,
but I selected the earliest dates in the circle of a
few years on which chronologers have relied for
the date of the events from which to reckon,
because I believed them to be best sustained, and
because I wished to have my eye on the earliest
time at which the Lord might be expected. Other
chronologers had assigned later dates for the events
from which I reckoned; and if they are correct we
are only brought into the circle of a few years,
during which we may rationally look for the Lord’s
appearing. As the prophetic periods, counting from
the dates from which I have reckoned, have not
brought us to the end, and as I cannot tell the exact
time that chronology may vary from my
calculations, I can only live in continual
expectation of the event. I am persuaded that I
cannot be far out of the way, and I believe that God
will still justify my preaching to the world.
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