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6921 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 191.5 (Sylvester Bliss)
… by argument .” Again he says: “Mede is very far from being the first who adopted this solution of the symbolic term, day. It is the solution naturally arising from …
6922 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 194.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
The argument which Mr. Miller used in support of this point was based upon the literal meaning of the Hebrew word, which, in our version of Daniel 9:24, is rendered …
6923 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 204.3 (Sylvester Bliss)
… the arguments of their opponents, nor can they do it on the ground which they themselves professedly occupy in respect to a millennium. Assuming that that …
6924 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 206.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
… his arguments with the utmost fairness; and, in speaking of them, he sometimes retorted in terms of great severity. Considering his treatment, by the religious …
6925 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 213.3 (Sylvester Bliss)
… sceptic argument, - ‘this is your construction,’ - and then not dare to tell us what it means! Awake, awake, ye shepherds of the flock! Come, tell us why these things are …
6926 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 226.2 (Sylvester Bliss)
“Are these your arguments, sinner?
6927 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 226.4 (Sylvester Bliss)
… stronger arguments than these, I would not blame you for not believing, for not one of yours can you or have you supported with a particle of proof. They are mere …
6928 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 236.2 (Sylvester Bliss)
… their arguments, to lower down the standard of holiness to their present capacity. Instead of looking for a blessed hope at the appearing of Jesus Christ …
6929 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 256.3 (Sylvester Bliss)
… weighty arguments. It was evidently guess-work with them; and I then thought, and do now, that their denial was based more on an unwillingness for the Lord to …
6930 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 270.3 (Sylvester Bliss)
… . No arguments are used or needed: all seem convinced that they have the truth. There is no clashing of sentiments: all are of one heart and of one mind. Our meetings …
6931 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 282.3 (Sylvester Bliss)
… in argument over our opponents to ourselves. We were seeking the honors or applause of men, more than of God. We were, some of us, seeking to be leaders, instead …
6932 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 295.2 (Sylvester Bliss)
He then recapitulated the arguments which were drawn from the types in reference to the seventh month, showing their plausibility, and proceeded to the second point in the controversy, thus:
6933 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 295.5 (Sylvester Bliss)
… his arguments, and contended that probation only terminated with the personal coming of Christ. His letter, as published, gave little satisfaction to either …
6934 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 297.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
“The arguments, in my humble opinion, on both sides, want a great quantity of brotherly love to make them digest easily. I, then, beg and pray my brethren we may let …
6935 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 322.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
… an argument against its being applied to other uses, is to set up a man of straw which cannot stand alone, and, in knocking it down, take to one’s self the credit …
6936 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 334.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
… the arguments in its favor rest on a certain meaning attached to such words as perish, destroy, death, etc. But when we find that the old world, being only overflowed …
6937 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 339.1 (Sylvester Bliss)
… no arguments that were sustained by the Scriptures that, in my opinion, invalidated my position. I cannot, therefore, conscientiously refrain from looking …
6938 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 350.5 (Sylvester Bliss)
… an argument.
6939 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 350.6 (Sylvester Bliss)
… study, argument, or reason, rejected the (to me at least) glorious news of the coming Saviour. Neither did I suppose that a man or woman could have been found on …
6940 Refutation of Forty-Four So-Called Objections Against the Ancient Sabbath, p. iii.2 (Daniel T. Bourdeau)
… affirmative arguments of the Sabbath, as well as its seemingly objectionable features.