“‘Is your name Miller?’
“Mr. M. replied in the affirmative, and kept on reading.
“He then asked him if he was the Miller who had prophesied the end of the world.
“Mr. M. said he did not prophesy, but supposed that he was the one to whom he referred.
“The minister said that he did not believe we could know when the world was to end.
“Mr. M., thinking he had a right to his unbelief, made no reply.
“The minister then said he did not believe God had revealed the time.
“Mr. M. replied that he could prove by the Bible that God had revealed it; and that, if he was an honest man, he would make him acknowledge it, by asking him a few questions in reference to the Bible, if he would answer them.
“The man retired, procured his Bible, and returned with about twenty other ministers, who gathered around him. An elderly one, who looked like an honest man, took his seat in front, on the capstan. All were attention. Mr. M. asked the man to read the first three verses of Dan. 12.
“This he did aloud.