Sketches of the Christian Life and Public Labors of William Miller
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE - MARRIAGE - DEISTICAL SENTIMENTS - MILITARY LIFE
- 2. REMOVAL TO LOW HAMPTON - HIS CONVERSION - STUDY OF THE BIBLE - RULES OF INTERPRETATION, ETC
- 3. INTERVAL BETWEEN HIS CONVERSION AND HIS PUBLIC LABORS - CORRESPONDENCE - DIALOGUE WITH A PHYSICIAN
- 4. COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC LABORS - PUBLISHES HIS VIEWS IN PAMPHLET - INTERVIEW ON THE HUDSON RIVER BOAT - HIS REGARD FOR THE BIBLE - CORRESPONDENCE - BECOMES A LICENSED PREACHER - LETTER ON UNIVERSALISM - RECORD OF HIS LABORS
- 5. NEW DOORS OPEN - HIS LABORS COUNTENANCED BY MINISTERS OF HIS DENOMINATION - HIS FIRST DONATION OF TWO HALF-DOLLARS - DEATH OF HIS MOTHER - INCIDENT AT SHAFTSBURY - RESULTS OF HIS LABORS - TESTIMONY OF A CONVERT FROM INFIDELITY - LETTERS OF REV. C. FITCH - URGENT APPEALS TO VISIT VARIOUS TOWNS, ETC
- 6. VISITS MASSACHUSETTS - INVITATION TO LOWELL - EXTRACT FROM THE LYNN RECORD - IS INVITED TO BOSTON - CONVERSATION WITH ELDER HIMES - PUBLICATION OF HIS LECTURES BY MR. MUSSEY - LABORS IN PORTSMOUTH - INTERVIEW WITH ELDER ROBINSON, ETC
- 7. PUBLICATION OF THE “SIGNS OF THE TIMES” - VISIT TO WATERTOWN, PORTLAND, NEW YORK CITY, AND OTHER PLACES - LETTERS OF ELDERS MEDBURY, FLEMING, AND GREEN - HIS SICKNESS, RESIGNATION, ETC
- 8. LECTURES IN BOSTON (4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH COURSES), IN ANDOVER, PROVIDENCE, GALWAY, N.Y., CLAREMONT, N.H., BENSON, VT., - HIS ILLNESS - INCIDENT AT SANDY HILL, AT WORCESTER - THE PHRENOLOGIST - MEETINGS AT HARTFORD
- 9. LECTURES IN NEW YORK - NEWARK - SARATOGA - NEWBURYPORT - PALMER - THE EAST KINGSTON CAMP-MEETING - BRANDON - BENSON - CHICKOPEE - NEW HAVEN, ETC
- 10. SYNOPSIS OF HIS VIEWS - ADDRESS TO BELIEVERS IN THE NEAR ADVENT - INTERVIEW AT WATERFORD - UTICA - DISTURBANCE AT PHILADELPHIA - THE THIRD OF APRIL - STATEMENT OF HIS AFFAIRS, ETC
- 11. DR. MILLER AND HIS REVIEWERS - DOCTORS DOWLING, CHASE, JARVIS, ETC. - THE FOURTH KINGDOM - THE LITTLE HORN - PROPHETIC NUMBERS - SEVENTY WEEKS - COMING OF CHRIST, ETC
- 12. HIS TREATMENT OF OPPONENTS - SPECIMENS OF HIS PREACHING - COLLOQUIAL, EXPOSTULATORY, EXPOSITORY, ETC
- 13. HIS SICKNESS - VISIT TO MASSACHUSETTS - FANATICISM - MR. MILLER REPUDIATES IT
- 14. HOME OF MR. MILLER - TOUR INTO WESTERN NEW YORK - HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE - ADDRESS TO ALL DENOMINATIONS - VISIT TO WASHINGTON, ETC
- 15. THE PASSING OF THE TIME - HIS POSITION - LINES ON HIS DISAPPOINTMENT - CONFESSION - VISIT OF ELD. LITCH - MR. MILLER AND THE METHODIST MINISTERS - TOUR TO OHIO - RETURN, ETC
- 16. THE SEVENTH MONTH MOVEMENT - DISAPPOINTMENT - THE NOBLEMAN AND HIS SERVANTS - NEED OF PATIENCE - CONFERENCE AT LOW HAMPTON - ETC
- 17. MUTUAL CONFERENCE AT ALBANY - DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES - PLAN OF OPERATIONS - ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN - ACTION OF THE CONFERENCE DEFENDED BY MR. MILLER, ETC
- 18. HIS APOLOGY AND DEFENSE - DEFINITENESS OF PROPHETIC TIME - ERRONEOUS VIEWS CONNECTED WITH THE DOCTRINE, ETC
- 19. HIS FAITH IN HIS PAST WORK - VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY - PHILADELPHIA, ETC. - ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC - VISIT TO CANADA, ETC
- 20. LOSS OF SIGHT - HEALTH DECLINES - EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY - HIS REPLY - HIS LAST SICKNESS AND DEATH - FUNERAL - LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO SURVIVING FRIENDS
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS