[88] God in his providence is justifying the preaching of time by the light of the heavenly sanctuary, in connection with the third angel’s message.
J. W.
[89] Mr. Bliss, Mr. Miller’s biographer, served a party who held the popular views of consciousness in death. This is also true of Eld. Himes, who professed faith in the same views of man in death at that time. This accounts for the decided efforts of both these friends of Mr. Miller to use his last experience on the side of natural immortality. It is proper, however, here to state that Eld. Himes, when differently related to the Advent people, was suddenly and unexpectedly found on the other side of the immortality question, and has since given his pen and voice in support of unconsciousness in death and immortality alone through Christ. The effort to use the honest convictions of this aged and wornout pilgrim before and at his last sickness on the side of popular error shows a want of plain Bible testimony to sustain a sinking cause.
The state between the cessation of the mortal life and the resurrection to immortal life being unconsciousness, hence no apparent lapse of time do those who sleep in Jesus, it seems most reasonable that the Holy Spirit should impress the dying Christian with the scenes of glory which he is next to witness at the resurrection of the just, whether the time of that resurrection to consciousness be near or distant. And how very natural for those who die in the faith of consciousness in death to suppose that they immediately enter upon the glories of the heavenly world.
J. W.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
- Articles of belief, [pp. 59-64]
- Address to believers in the advent near, [173-176]
- Admissions of a lawyer, [155]
- Address to Christians of all denominations, [272-277]
- Address concerning the disappointment, [282]
- An illustration of the Advent message, [304]
- Address to believers, after the passing of the time, [320-334]
- Answer to letter of N. N. Whiting on the subject of the “shut door”, [335-338]
- Albany Conference—Declaration of principles, [344-350]
- Albany Conference—Miller’s address, [350-355]
- Associated action, [347]
- Apology and defense, [359-362]
- Address to the public, [381-385]
- Boston Investigator, letter in, [101]
- Boston Post, letter in, [162]
- Conversion, [43], [357]
- Conviction of duty to preach, [65], [72]
- Correspondence on his views, [68]
- Calls for labor in many places, [102]
- Christian Secretary, [159]
- Christian Reflector, account of labor in, [191]
- Camp-meeting, East Kingston, N. H., [162]
- Exeter, N. H., [248]
- Plainfield, Ct., [254]
- Conference address, [249]
- Counsel to believers, [315-319]
- Conference at Albany, [343]
- Conference letter to his family, [407-408]
- Deistical Sentiments, [25-32]
- Difficulties in his study, [66], [67]
- Death of his mother—his impression, [105-107]
- Dr. Dowling, [190], [195], [200], [204], [205], [206], [211], [213]
- Dr. Chase, [190], [192], [193], [195]
- Dr. Jarvis, [190], [193], [196], [199], [205], [211], [215]
- Dr. Hamilton, [190], [193], [204], [205]
- Disappointment of seventh month movement, [300]
- Definiteness of prophetic time, [362]
- Death and funeral, [405-407]
- Early life, [13-18]
- Early Christian life, [64-66]
- Eld. Hendryx’ first acquaintance with Miller, [73]
- Eld. T. Cole, Lowell, his disappointment, &c., [122]
- Eld. Himes’ first acquaintance, [127]
- Extension of labors, [128]
- Eld. David Millard, testimony of, [131]
- Eld. D. I. Robinson, letter of, [133]
- Eld. L. D. Fleming, Portland, Me., his account of labor, [139]
- Four fundamental points, [7]
- First public lecture, [80]
- Fanaticism, its commencement, [249]
- False reports of Mr. Miller’s property, [267]
- Faith in his experience in the work, [369-374]
- Gazette and Advertiser, Long Island, testimony of, [245]
- Home of Mr. Miller, [262]
- How to deal with those in error, [385], [386]
- His last sickness—described by Eld. Himes, [403-405]
- Interview on a Hudson River steamer, [91]
- Interesting conversation with ministers, [177]
- Illustration by time of Noah, [222]
- Interview with Methodist ministers on a steamer, [286-289]
- Interesting letter from Harrisburg, [291]
- John Starkweather, leader in fanaticism in Boston, [251]
- Low Hampton, settlement there, [39]
- Labor in a revival, [71]
- License to preach, Baptist churches in Hampton and Whitehall, [93]
- Letter to Eld. Hendryx, [75], [82], [88], [91], [96], [98], [101], [102], [106], [108]
- Letter from Charles Fitch, [113]
- Letter from pastor in West Troy, [115]
- Letter from pastor of Baptist church in Rome, N. Y., [117]
- Letter to his son, from Burlington, Vt., [118]
- Letter from Boston, [121]
- Lynn Record, notice in the, [124]
- Letter of S. Hawley, Cong. minister, Groton, Mass., [126]
- Lectured on steamboat, [166]
- Letter from home, [169]
- Letter from Mr. Miller on false reports of time, [182]
- Letter of Miller on the fanaticism, [255]
- Letter to I. E. Jones in Advent Herald, [311]
- Letter to the Boston Investigator, [339-342]
- Loss of sight, [392]
- Letter written when he was blind, [394]
- Military life, [33-38]
- “Monomaniac:” interview with a physician, [76-78]
- Memoranda of preaching, [98]
- Ministers of various denominations approve his labors, [104]
- Maine Wesleyan Journal, testimony of, [141]
- “Midnight Cry,” letter from a member of Yale College, [168]
- Miller and his reviewers, [188]
- Mr. Shimeal, [193], [199], [205], [206]
- Miller’s views sustained by the great body of expositors, [189-216]
- Newark, N. J., meeting in the “big tent”, [166]
- N. Y. Herald’s false report of the time set, [181]
- N. Y. Observer on same, [181]
- Notes on points of doctrine, [52-54]
- on prophetic periods, [56]
- on money received, [110]
- on replying to questions, [177]
- on Hebrew word hhatak, determined, cut off, Dan. 9:24, [202]
- on the fanaticism, [249]
- on Miller’s views of spiritual gifts, [256], [257]
- from Signs of Times on the types, [295], [296]
- on the disappointment, [307]
- on Mr. Miller’s humility and kindness of spirit, [337]
- on Scripture citations on points of doctrine, [345-349]
- on drawing back from Advent faith, [355], [356]
- on the subject of Babylon, [363], [364]
- on the “shut door”, [368-370]
- on the sanctuary and time, [8], [372]
- on the intermediate state, [402]
- Patriotic sentiments, [21-24]
- Prophecies, his first views of the, [51-59]
- Public labors, commencement of, [79]
- Publication of lectures, [130]
- Pittsburgh Gazette, testimony of, [186]
- Prof. Stuart, [190], [192], [193], [194], [197], [199]
- Prof. Hinton, [191], [192]
- Prof. Bush, [196], [197], [198]
- his letter to Wm. Miller, [8], [9]
- Prof. Pond, [196]
- Phrenological Examination in Boston, [156-158]
- Passing of the time, [278]
- Patience under disappointment, [306]
- Religious Impressions, [41-43]
- Rules of Interpretation, [48-51]
- Results of early labors, [83-101]
- Reverend, repudiates the title of, [97]
- Reproof of various errors, [364-367]
- Resolution of sympathy in his blindness, of N. Y. Conf., [395]
- Response to resolutions of N. Y. Conf., [396-399]
- Study of the Scriptures, [46]
- Signs of The Times, publication of, [134]
- Synopsis of his views, [170-173]
- Sandy Hill Herald, remarks of, [183-185]
- Seventy weeks and 2300 days, [217-221], [372]
- Specimens of his preaching, [228-245]
- Sickness of Mr. Miller, [247]
- Seventh month movement—his view of it, [375-379]
- Sickness in Canada, [386-388]
- The Scriptures, his love of, [92], [93]
- The Fountain, temperance paper, testimony of, [167]
- The Countryman, testimony of, [186]
- Treatment of opponents, [217]
- The seventh-month movement, [295]
- Universalism, letter on, [87]
- Universalist exhorted, [95]
- Visit of Lafayette, [70]
- Visits to Massachusetts, [121]
- Visit to his house, by D. I. Robinson, [400]
- Way opens for public labors, [102]
- Watertown, Mass., account of Mr. Medbury, Baptist minister, [136]
- Whittier, the poet, letter of, [163]
- Washington City, labors in, [277]
- “What I have not done”—an interesting letter, [388-390]