“‘I hereby acknowledge that I have long believed it my duty ... to leave, for the inspection of my brethren, friends and children, a brief statement of my faith (and which ought to be my practice); and I pray God to forgive me where I go astray. I made it a subject of prayer and meditation, and, therefore, leave the following as my faith,—reserving the privilege of correction.
“‘(Signed,) Wm. Miller.
“‘Article One.
“‘I believe the Bible is given by God to man, as a rule for our practice, and a guide to our faith—that it is a revelation of God to man.
“‘Article Two.
“‘I believe in one living and true God, and that there are three persons in the Godhead—as there is in man, the body, soul, and spirit. And if any one will tell me how these exist, I will tell him how the three persons of the Triune God are connected.
“‘Article Three.
“‘I believe that God, by his Son, created man in the image of the Triune God, with a body, soul, and spirit; and that he was created a moral agent, capable of living, of obeying, or transgressing the laws of his Maker.
“‘Article Four.