Miller’s Works. Volume 1. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology

Views of the prophecies and prophetic chronology, selected from manuscripts of William Miller;

with a
memoir of his life. edited by

JOSHUA V. HIMES.

VOLUME I.

JOSHUA V. HIMES

1842

TO ALL THEM
WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE
AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE
GREAT GOD, AND OUR SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST AT HAND,
THESE WORKS
ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE EDITOR.

PART FIRST	7
MEMOIR OF WILLIAM MILLER	7
MR. MILLER’S INFLUENCE UPON THE PEOPLE	15
RULES OF INTERPRETATION	20
EXPLANATION OF PROPHETIC FIGURES	25
SYNOPSIS OF MR. MILLER’S VIEWS	32
A BIBLE CHRONOLOGY FROM ADAM TO CHRIST	36
A DISSERTATION ON PROPHETIC CHRONOLOGY	40
PART SECOND. ADDRESS AND LECTURES	54
AN ADDRESS TO THE BELIEVERS IN THE SECOND ADVENT NEAR, SCATTERED ABROAD	54
LECTURE ON THE BATTLE OF GOG	67
LECTURE ON THE TWO STICKS	85
LECTURE ON THE TIMES AND ITS DUTIES	101
LECTURE ON TRUTH	111
LECTURE ON THE VISIONS OF EZEKIEL	118
LECTURE ON THE HARVEST OF THE WORLD	132
LECTURE ON THE FINAL JUDGMENT	145
LECTURE ON THE GREAT SABBATH. Ezekiel 20:12	157
PART THIRD. REVIEWS AND LETTERS	172
A REVIEW OF ETHAN SMITH’S AND DAVID CAMBELL’S EXPOSITION OF THE “LITTLE HORN,” AND RETURN OF THE JEWS	172
BRIEF REVIEW OF DOWLING’S REPLY TO MILLER. No.I	182
REVIEW OF DOWLING. No. II	187
BRIEF REVIEW OF S. COBB’S LECTURES ON THE “MILLER MANIA.”	192
REVIEW OF “A BIBLE READER” ON THE TWO WITNESSES, Revelation 11:8	198
REMARKABLE FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY, RELATING TO FRANCE AND THE “TWO WITNESSES.”	203
LETTER I. ON THE SECOND ADVENT	212
LETTER II. ON THE RETURN OF THE JEWS	225
LETTER III. TO MR. CAMBELL, ON THE LITTLE HORN, THE EVENING AND MORNING VISION, JEWS’ RETURN, AND MILLENNIUM BEFORE THE RESURRECTION	232
LETTER IV. PREFATORY REMARKS-CLOSING UP OF THE DOOR OF MERCY-MILLENNIUM-THE CHRONOLOGY	236
LETTER V. MR. MILLER RECOVERING-DISAPPOINTMENT IN BEING DEPRIVED OF MEETING THE CONFERENCE-HIS RESIGNATION-HIS FRIENDS	241
APPENDIX	244
No. I. EXTRACT FROM FERGUSON’S ASTRONOMY	244
No. II. EXTRACT FROM THE “PRESENT CRISIS”	249
No. III. VIEWS OF THE CLOSING OF THE DOOR OF MERCY	251