Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

“We must not forget to mention that Emanor
was pious. His was not that ostentatious piety
which says, ‘Stand by thyself ’ -- ‘I am more holy
than thou;’ nor that sectarian piety which
denounces all that will not ‘follow us.’ No, my
kind reader, he had not that dogmatical piety which
lords it over fellow-worshippers, and says, ‘This
you must do, and that you may leave undone; you
must support this improvement, that institution, or
join such a social compact, or we can have no
fellowship with you as Christians. You must
forbear to eat or drink any of the good things of
life, if your masters say forbear.’ Neither had he
that proud, scholastic piety, which knows no
greater depths than the wisdom of man, supported
by vain philosophy, and has no higher motive than
self-aggrandizement at the expense of others. No,
his piety was that of the heart, founded on the first
grand principle of his Father’s kingdom, namely, to
‘love God with all the heart, and our neighbor as
ourselves.’ It manifested itself in his constant, daily
submission to the commands and dealings of God,
and in diligently inquiring after and relieving the
wants of his fellow-creatures. ‘He went about
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