By William Miller.

No.Names of Patriarchs, &c.Age.A. M.B. C.Reference.
Creation,14157Gen. i., ii.
2.Adam1301304027Gen. v. 3.
3.Enos903253832Gen. v. 6.
4.Cainan703953762Gen. v. 9.
5.Mahalaleel654603697Gen. v. 15.
6.Jared1626223535Gen. v. 18.
7.Enoch656873470Gen. v. 21.
8.Methuselah1878743283Gen. v. 25.
9.Lamech18210563101Gen. v. 28.
10.Noah60016562501Gen. vii. 6.
The Flood116572500Gen. viii. 13.
11.Shem216592498Gen. xi. 10.
12.Arphaxad3516942463Gen. xi. 12.
13.Salah3017242433Gen. xi. 14.
14.Heber3417582399Gen. xi. 16.
15.Peleg3017882369Gen. xi. 18.
16.Reu3218202337Gen. xi. 20.
17.Serug3018502307Gen. xi. 22.
18.Nahor2918792278Gen. xi. 24.
19.Terah's life205[4]20842073Gen. xi. 32.
20.Exode, &c.430[5]25141643Exod. xii. 40, 41.
21.Wilderness4025541603Josh. v. 6; xiv. 7.
22.Joshua25[6]25791578Josh. xxiv. 29.
1.Elders and Anarchy,[7]1825971560See Josephus.
2.Under Cushan826051552Judges iii. 8.
3.Othniel4026451512Judges iii. 11.
4.Eglon1826631494Judges iii. 14.
5.Ehud8027431414Judges iii. 30.
6.Jabin2027631394Judges iv. 3.
7.Barak4028031354Judges v. 31.
8.Midianites728101347Judges vi. 1.
9.Gideon4028501307Judges viii. 28.
10.Abimelech328531304Judges ix. 22.
11.Tola2328761281Judges x. 2.
12.Jair2228981259Judges x. 3.
13.Philistines1829161241Judges x. 8.
14.Jephthah629221235Judges xii. 7.
15.Ibzan729291228Judges xii. 9.
16.Elon1029391218Judges xii. 11.
17.Abdon829471210Judges xii. 14.
18.Philistines4029871170Judges xiii. 1.
19.Eli40[8]302711301 Sam. iv. 18.
20.Samuel, prophet24[9]305111061 Sam. vii. 2-17.
1.Saul, King4030911066Acts xiii. 21.
2.David40313110262 Sam. v. 4.
3.Solomon4031719861 Kings xi. 42.
4.Rehoboam1731889692 Chron. xii. 13.
5.Abijam331919661 Kings xv. 2.
6.Asa4132329251 Kings xv. 10.
7.Jehoshaphat2532579001 Kings xxii. 42.
8.Jehoram532628952 Kings viii. 17.
9.Ahaziah132638942 Kings viii. 26.
10.Athaliah, his mother632698882 Kings xi. 3, 4.
11.Joash4033098182 Kings xii. 1.
12.Amaziah2933388192 Kings xiv. 2.
Interregnum[10]1133498082 Kings xv. 1, 2.
13.Azariah5234017562 Kings xv. 2.
14.Jotham1634177402 Kings xv. 33.
15.Ahaz1634337242 Kings xvi. 2.
16.Hezekiah2934626952 Kings xviii. 2.
17.Manasseh5535176402 Kings xxi. 1.
18.Amon235196382 Kings xxi. 19.
19.Josiah3135506072 Kings xxii. 1.
20.Jehoahaz35506072 Kings xxiii. 31.
21.Jehoiakim1135615962 Kings xxiii. 36.
The 70 years of Captivity began7036315262 Chron. xxxvi. 5-10.
Cyrus63637520Rollin i. p. 354.
Cambyses73644513Rollin i. p. 366.
Darius Hystaspes363680477Rollin ii. p. 9.
Xerxes133693464Rollin ii. p. 9.
Artaxerxes Longimanus73700457Ezra vii. 10-13.
Birth of Christ[11]4574157
Add present year, 184018405997
To 184336000

Mr. Miller adduces the following texts of Scripture in support of his sentiments:—Rev. 22:20. Ps. 130:6. 1 Thess. 3:13. Ps. 50:4. Rev. 11:15. Isa. 2:19-21. John 5:28. 1 Thess. 4:17. 2 Thess. 1:5-7. 1 Cor. 15:52. Rev 5:9. Dan. 7:9-14. Rev. 14:14-16. Matt. 26:64. Isa. 27:13. Matt. 24:29. Rev. 20:11. Isa. 66:15, 16. Mal. 4:1. Isa. 5:24. Rev. 19:18. Ezek. 39:17-20. Dan. 2 35, 44. Isa. 17:13. Rev. 13:1-7; 20:10. Isa. 24:20, 23. 2 Pet. 3:13. Rev. 19:8; 21:2. Heb. 4:9-11; 6:2, 3. Isa. 35:10; 65:17. Rev. 20:6; 20:9. Zech. 8:5. Rev. 3:12; 5:10, 20:2, 3, 7; 21:1; 20:8, 9, 13. Rom. 7:5. 1 Pet. 4:6. Ps. 59:6-14. Jer. 4:12. Rev. 21:12, 27. Zech. 14:9-11. 1 Cor. 6:2. Rev. 20:9, 14, 15. Mal. 4:2. Isa. 4:3-5. Hos. 13:14. Rom. 8:17. Rev. 21:23; 22:5. Jer. 31:12-14. Eph. 1:10. Tit. 2:13. Rev. 4:11. Eph. 6:13. Heb. 10:36, 37.

The believers in Mr. Miller's theory are numerous, and converts to his doctrines are increasing.

Mr. Miller was born at Hampton, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1782. He is a farmer, of common school education, and possesses strong intellectual and colloquial powers. He is a man of unexceptionable character, is a member of the Baptist church, in good standing, and has a license to preach the gospel. For the last fifteen years, he has almost exclusively devoted himself to investigating Scripture prophecies, and in promulgating his peculiar views of them to the world.

The Rev J. V. Himes and Rev. J. Litch, No. 14 Devonshire Street, Boston, publish the Signs of the Times, a weekly paper, devoted to Miller's views. They also publish Miller's works, and a variety of other books, embracing similar sentiments.

Come-Outers.

This is a term which has been applied to a considerable number of persons in various parts of the Northern States, principally in New England, who have recently come out of the various religious denominations with which they were connected;—hence the name. They have not themselves assumed any distinctive name, not regarding themselves as a sect, as they have not formed, and do not contemplate forming, any religious organization. They have no creed, believing that every one should be left free to hold such opinions on religious subjects as he pleases, without being held accountable for the same to any human authority. Hence, as might be expected, they hold a diversity of opinions on many points of belief upon which agreement is considered essential by the generality of professing Christians. Amongst other subjects upon which they differ is that of the authority of the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments, some among them holding the prevailing belief of their divine inspiration, whilst others regard them as mere human compositions, and subject them to the same rules of criticism as they do any other book, attaching to them no authority any further than they find evidence of their truth. They believe the commonly-received opinion of the plenary inspiration of the writers of those books to be unfounded, not claimed by the writers themselves, and therefore unscriptural, as well as unreasonable. Whilst, then, they believe the authors of the Gospels to have been fallible men, liable to err both in relation to matters of fact and opinion, they believe they find in their writings abundant evidence of their honesty. Therefore they consider their testimony satisfactory as regards the main facts there stated of the life of Jesus Christ, at least so far, that there can be no difficulty in deducing therefrom the great principles of the religion which he taught. They all believe him to have been a divinely-inspired teacher, and his religion, therefore, to be a revelation of eternal truth. They [pg 178] regard him as the only authorized expositor of his own religion, and believe that to apply in practice its principles as promulgated by him, and as exemplified in his life, is all that is essential to constitute a Christian, according to his testimony, (Matt. 7:24,)—“Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock,” &c. Hence they believe that to make it essential to Christianity to assent to all the opinions expressed by certain men, good men though they were, who wrote either before or after his time, involves a denial of the words of Christ. They believe that, according to his teachings, true religion consists in purity of heart, holiness of life, and not in opinions; that Christianity, as it existed in the mind of Christ, is a life rather than a belief.

This class of persons agree in the opinion that he only is a Christian who has the spirit of Christ; that all such as these are members of his church, and that it is composed of none others; therefore that membership in the Christian church is not, and cannot, in the nature of things, be determined by any human authority. Hence they deem all attempts to render the church identical with any outward organizations as utterly futile, not warranted by Christ himself, and incompatible with its spiritual character. Having no organized society, they have no stations of authority or superiority, which they believe to be inconsistent with the Christian idea, (Matt. 23:8,)—“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.” (Matt. 20:25, 26,)—“Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you.”