We have no means of ascertaining the precise effect of these meetings on this community, but we know that many minds have been induced to contemplate the Scripture prophecies in a new light, and not a few are studying the Bible with unwonted interest. For our own part, this new view of the world's destiny is so completely at variance with previous habits of thought and anticipation, that we are not prepared to give it entire credence, though we should not dare hazard an attempt to disprove it.

"The best part of the story is, that a powerful revival has followed the labors of Messrs. Miller and company. We learn that over fifty persons presented themselves for prayers at the altar of the Methodist church on Sunday evening. On Monday evening the number was about eighty."

In the month of May following, Rev. A. A. Stevens (Orthodox Cong.), then a member of Yale College, in a letter to the "Midnight Cry," stated that "the powerful and glorious revival which then commenced continued for some two months, with almost unabated interest."

At the close of these lectures, Mr. M. returned to New York city, where he gave six discourses, from the 27th to the 29th of November, and then returned to Low Hampton. Arriving home, he wrote as follows:

Low Hampton, December 7th, 1842. "DEAR BROTHER HIMES. I did not get home till 10 o'clock on Saturday night. On Wednesday, at 6 o'clock, P. M., same day we left New York, we were brought up all standing in a snow-bank, which we kept bunting, with two or three locomotives, until the next evening at 6 o'clock. On Thursday, by the mighty power of three locomotives, we gained twelve miles from Great Barrington, where we were brought up the night before, to the state line, where they left us and we waited for the Boston cars, which had been due thirty hours. That night we slept in the cars, as the night before, and Friday we got as far as Lansingburg. Saturday I came home, cold and weary, worn out and exhausted. On my arrival, I found a messenger after me and my wife, to visit her mother, who was supposed to be dying; my wife went, and soon returned with the news of her death. After attending the funeral, we

came home on Monday night, and yesterday I got some rest. This morning I feel some refreshed. But the fatigue of body and mind has almost unnerved this old frame, and unfitted me to endure the burdens which Providence calls upon me to bear. I find that, as I grow old, I grow more peevish, and cannot bear so much contradiction. Therefore I am called uncharitable and severe. No matter; this frail life will soon be over. My Master will soon call me home, and soon the scoffer and I shall be in another world, to render our account before a righteous tribunal. I will therefore appeal to the Supreme Court of the Universe for the redress of grievances, and the rendering of judgment in my favor, by a revocation of the judgment in the court below. World and Clergy vs. Miller.

"I remain, looking for the blessed hope,

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MR. MILLER had not been sufficiently definite respecting the time of the Advent, in the estimation of some who embraced his views. The expression "about the year 1843" they regarded as too general. As he was about to enter on the long looked-for year, he prepared and published the following

SYNOPSIS OF HIS VIEWS.

"I. I believe Jesus Christ will come again to this earth. -Proof. John 14: 3; Acts 1: 11; 1 Thess. 4: 16; Rev. 1: 7.

"II. I believe he will come in all the glory of his Father. Matt. 16: 27; Mark 8: 38.

"III. I believe he will come in the clouds of heaven. Matt. 24: 30; Mark 13: 26; Dan. 7: 13..

"IV. I believe he will then receive his kingdom, which will be eternal. Dan. 7: 14; Luke 19:12, 15; 2 Tim. 4: 1. "V. I believe the saints will then possess the kingdom forever. Dan. 7: 18, 22, 27; Matt. 24: 34; Luke 12: 22, 29; 1 Cor. 9: 25; 2 Tim. 4: 8; Jas. 1: 12; 1 Pet. 5: 4.

"VI. I believe at Christ's second coming the body of every departed saint will be raised, like Christ's glorious body.1 Cor. 15: 20-29; 1 Cor. 3: 2.

VII. I believe that the righteous who are living on the earth when he comes will be changed from mortal to immortal bodies, and, with them who are raised from the dead, will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and so be forever with the Lord.-1 Cor. 15: 51-53; Phil. 3: 20, 21; 1 Thess. 4: 14-17.

"VIII. I believe the saints will then be presented to God blameless, without spot or wrinkle, in love. - 1 Cor. 4: 14; Eph. 5: 27; Col. 1: 22; Jude 24; 1 Thess. 3: 13; 1 Cor. 1: 7, 8.

"IX. I believe, when Christ comes the second time, he will come to finish the controversy of Zion, to deliver his children from all bondage, to conquer their last enemy, and to deliver them from the power of the tempter, which is the devil. Deut. 24: 1; Isa. 34:8; 40: 2, 5; 41: 10— 12: Rom. 8: 21-23; Heb. 2: 13-15; 1 Cor. 15: 54, 56; Rev. 20: 1–6.

"X. I believe that when Christ comes he will destroy the bodies of the living wicked by fire, as those of the old world were destroyed by water, and shut up their souls in the pit of woe, until their resurrection unto damnation. Psa. 50: 3; 97: 3; Isa. 66: 15, 16; Dan. 7: 10; Mal. 4:1; Matt. 3: 12; 1 Cor. 3: 13; 1 Thess. 5: 2, 3; 2 Thess. 1: 7-9; 1 Pet. 1: 7; 2 Pet. 3: 7, 10; Isa. 24: 21, 22; Jude 6-15; Rev. 20: 3-15; John 5: 29; Acts 24: 15.

"XI. I believe, when the earth is cleansed by fire, that Christ and his saints will then take possession of the earth, and dwell therein forever. Then the kingdom will be given to the saints. Psa. 37: 9-11, 22-34; Prov. 2: 21, 22; 10: 30; Isa. 60: 21; Matt. 5: 5; Rev. 5: 10.

"XII. I believe the time is appointed of God when these things shall be accomplished. Acts 17: 31; Job 7: 1;

14: 14; Psa. 81: 3; Isa. 40: 2; Dan. 8: 19; 10: 1; 11: 35; Hab. 2: 3; Acts 17: 26.

"XIII. I believe God has revealed the time. - Isa. 44: 7, 8; 45: 20, 21; Dan. 12: 10; Amos 3: 7; 1 Thess. 5: 4.

"XIV. I believe many who are professors and preachers will never believe or know the time until it comes upon them. Jer. 8: 7; Matt. 24: 50; Jer. 25: 34-37.

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"XV. I believe the wise, they who are to shine as the brightness of the firmament, Dan. 12: 3, will understand the time. Eccl. 8: 5; Dan. 12: 10; Matt. 24: 43-45; 25: 6-10; 1 Thess. 5: 4; 1 Pet. 1: 9-13.

"XVI. I believe the time can be known by all who desire to understand and to be ready for his coming. And I am fully convinced that some time between March 21st, 1843, and March 21st, 1844, according to the Jewish mode of computation of time, Christ will come, and bring all his saints with him; and that then he will reward every man as his works shall be. Matt. 16: 27; Rev. 22: 12."

With the commencement of the new year, he issued the following

ADDRESS TO BELIEVERS IN THE NEAR ADVENT.

"DEAR BRETHREN:- This year, according to our faith, is the last year that Satan will reign in our earth. Jesus Christ will come, and bruise his head. The kingdom of the earth will be dashed to pieces, which is the same thing. And he, whose right it is to reign, will take the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever.

"And the God of peace shall tread Satan under your feet shortly. Therefore, we have but a little time more to do as our good brother, Paul, was commanded, Acts 26: 18,

'to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.' Let us then put forth our best energies in this cause; let every one of us try, by persuasion, by the help and grace of God, to get one, at least, of our friends to come to Christ, in this last year of redemption; and, if we succeed, what an army of regenerated souls may we not hail in the new heavens and new

earth! I pray God, my brethren, that nothing may deter you from this work. Let scoffers scoff, and liars tell lies;

we must not suffer ourselves to be drawn from our work. Yes, the glorious work of salvation, within a few short months, will be finished forever. Then I need not exhort you more on this point; you yourselves know the value of this great salvation.

"And another thing it is well for us to remember. The world will watch for our halting. They cannot think we believe what we speak, for they count our faith a strange faith; and now beware, and not give them any vantage-ground over us. They will, perhaps, look for the halting and falling away of many. But I hope none who are looking for the glorious appearing will let their faith waver. Keep cool; let patience have its perfect work; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. This year will try our faith; we must be tried, purified and made white; and if there should be any among us who do not in heart believe, they will go out from us: but I am persuaded that there cannot be many such; for it is a doctrine so repugnant to the carnal heart, so opposite to the worldly-minded, so far from the cold professor, the bigot and hypocrite, that none of them will, or can, believe in a doctrine so searching as the immediate appearing of Jesus Christ to judge the world. I am, therefore, persuaded better things of you, brethren, although I thus speak. I beseech you, my dear brethren, be careful that Satan get no advantage over you by scattering coals of wild-fire among you; for, if he cannot drive you into unbelief and doubt, he will try his wild-fire of fanaticism and speculation to get us from the word of God. Be watchful and sober, and hope to the end, for the grace that shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

"Think not, my brethren, that I stand in doubt of your perseverance. I know your faith, your love, and hope, to be rooted and grounded on the word of the Almighty; you are not dependent on the wisdom or commandments of men; many, if not all of you, have examined for yourselves; you have studied, and found true, what at first was only reported unto you; you have found the Bible much more precious than you had before conceived; its doctrines to be congenial