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Show r.Mi or tiik uoitt.n. WIIUAM lllbMIIAMI TIIK ll'S Mild 111 I.IEVtl Ilia IIIOI'IIOII. Tho homo w Into William Miller wm horn, on Witt tlreet, hat Leon toru iluwu. It wat near what It now llm ruldciicu of L. li. All.ro. Tltero I10 lint iw tuo llghlol day, 1'eli. In, 178J. In lilt tally ttotihood nit father n-luoviilto n-luoviilto Lnw lltuiptoii, Waahlnglon county, N. V, Atlbongu of twtuty. twoltuwai tetlleil III Koliltnej, VI., and waa for a tlnio ilii-rlir of tho county. Ho wat captain In tliu United Hlatia army during tliu war of 131!!. Ho aluajiliad 11 gnatloiofor tliu Hcrlji. turct, und at a i ry tally agu becamo agriatituikntoflliollltlo. Aflrrlilt roacarcliea lu tliu Look of Daniel for tttvoral ytara lio becamo corivlninl that tho ilflli monarchy pri'dlcled by Daniel to lio gleen to tho K0 lu of tliu rlalnUtofllio Mott High under Ihe wliolulicattii, for au ovcrloellng a-teHtlon, a-teHtlon, li about tu tat rcifiaunimatiil. Ho tlrong wm thla conviction Hint lut felt coinptlUHl lo reveal hit lo-llefalutlto lo-llefalutlto world, and lii tliu luimmr of 19.Ttl.el.i'gnii)irocltliig, at tint to lilt nelglitnrt and o.lu In Mt Ini-meillalo Ini-meillalo locnllty. At hit nanio lMcame moro widely known, liowoior, lio roil ro-il lvrd Invltatlontto princli In all inrU of Iho country, and oven lu Canada, Jin lalatrnl nlruoat eontlnually fur twelwiytan. Aflerlliofulluroof hit pro.l lotion nf tint und of tliu world In 1911 Im wrotu "An Atologyand l)rluuto,"urkiiow. iilgliigthalliliLulculatloni ut tu tho limit wi-iu wrong, but declaring (hut thunearueuoftnoeTout waiiuauilniHl by tcililuralcvldint'o. JlodlnlDec.:), IbW.atLovltainn. ton, llujWna a man devoted to hit family und agreeable In hit ki IaI rola-tlom, rola-tlom, aud wai 110I01I for hit tlrlit Inugrlty In all thlugt, HIi natural amiability waa rulllc.il only when lie fell lilmielf lultroprttoiiiHl or ridiculed, ridi-culed, aa ho wat tomelliuit, when ho wat prono to Indiilgn In nan ami at tliu ixjvuauof hltruvllert. .calling; Adveutlala of today Mlavu III William Miller nnd llm doilrlnea Im taught. 1 hey l-ellovo that llm time la net lardlatanl when thoro will Imun end ol nil thlugt. They further belleTn Unit tho only inlitaku Miller made wax In II 1 lug Iho datv. Tho early Ailvtlltl.lt who lived At (ho tliuo of Miller, uiauy of whom heard hluM irtitcli, lilllcrtvl In many nta-cla from Iho Adverillda of today At larlyna ISIu then, wrro Mllle-rllra tcatltriHl all uvur thla art of Now I.nglainl nnd Now York Hlale- and touio In Vermont niid onncctlrut Tim women rclally laramo much excltitl nlajiit lliat time, and II It thn common n .urt that many of them 1 x latli il eti ry nlRlit when they ntlrcil tint tho world may coino lonu t-iul be-fold be-fold runnilng, ami enry morning when they lookuil at the run they thought pnhnie they Lad tecii It ll-c for Ihe Ual lime-. Whether thn AUvcnllila really had their aai eualon robea ri ady. at la aomn-llmiwaeaerlrtl. aomn-llmiwaeaerlrtl. It not rajnbleol atwo-lutitnf. atwo-lutitnf. Thcrvnri', liowuver, tnany tlarlcaor trndltlont of the Adventlrli of tiny ymrt ago, II It -aid that tome famllict really hail In their pottc-aetoti aarenalon rnbiv. which wvrecartfully laid away unlll Iho tlino of tho ci mine; i.tdirl.t thould Ut followed by tho lgn In tint hrntcui when lln-yln. trn.lr.llo ut Hum on and Luluuadl-mat Luluuadl-mat for llm end nf tho world. Ono man In HttarUII tlatra that a 111 Ighber of hla fathot't, w ho Uiianui a oolite rttu Hilt iloi'ttll.e, litjln ted lilt bualiutaauil tpenl lilt whole lime lu ttudylng and 1 xajumllng Hip Mlllerllo ilocliliii-. It waa the ttory that thla man had naeutlon roUt pre;airittl for lilnm If and hi family, and that on tint Kieatelny In Is It, when It wat pip-illclitl pip-illclitl that tlm pri lit tin were about to latfulllllnl, helockiil hltrattloln tint In 111 and ho and hla family Iit 011 their roU-a and waited uulll lilo at nlghl, when, aa nuth-Int nuth-Int nccurml, they took them oirngaln. 1 1 may bo rrtneinbrcil by tome of llm oldctt Inliabliaiiui of New Knglnml lhat their wni n gnat Advent Hireling Hirel-ing hel I In Hotlou at Ihe very height of thn rxc Heine nl. Dclrarali'i from all luirlt of New ;nglnn I w rro rrai nt. Ononinii, who wai well educated, and had l-ena llnillat pnarher, lait hail U-eu convcttlii to Mlllcrltm, nltendetl thlt nieellng. He returned to hla homo full of cnlhuilaam 011 thetuh-Jeitof thetuh-Jeitof Mlllerlim, and with hit poektta full of gold. Win 11 Inquiry wat lundo aa to how ho obtnliieil thti money hit wl I that at Hut meeting liolaaly valued imuiuy, ai tho end of Ihewoild wat ao near, ami thai II1I1 wni given him by tome of Iho Liethtcn todelru lilacx-Hiiaet lilacx-Hiiaet home-, ami ua he had atirgo rainlly ho thought II might como handy during llm few wi eka that w ere lo lae la-fore tho cud of llm world, ot long nlur Ida return, on ono rol I w Inti r'a night, lio had atae uildnl hit ntlglibora and frlptuli at hit houii-. where l.o priacheil tu them and lalki-l Altiul tbu tienrneea cf tint Judgment day, Aluutliu'rlocklu the evening a bright light waa n thlulug lu the liravrni t imemllta wetl of hit houte. Tliu atleiitlon of Iho aiaembly wai calleilloll. " Mill li llm tlgu," tald he, "Them It llm Ilghll Tho nnd It near at hand, and w u niu.t pri ara f jr III" Then lln re u at iliuch exrlttment lu that houtthol.l. There waa prnylni; nnd crying, (hlldrvii wiro frlghteiieil, aud oven tlrong lue 11 wi 1 1, Hllll tho light grew In lirlghtnrta. ' Onefarmir, whowaa inoreitollduml le-M cxeltabli. than the leat, nfler caztrc; fur tome' time at tbli pheuomu. nun, ri marked that It wai hla ii Ititon that tho light canut from a lairning liulldilig. Us tald ho l-elktitl Im could M-o tho btau. Tho rxcllemilit among; thoothert wat to Inteiiai', how. ever, an I their Inialiiilhuit hi I to runaway wlllilhtui, lhat they aald ho w at roug; that, on the contrarj , they thought they could hut clmrlut whiola and oljictt moving In thehcaletia nnilnpi roaihlug 111 nnr nn.l nrarir. Theri wat untlteilnglii that neigh Iwrhooil that nlghl. Kviryllilng wat done to prern fur thn final tcviio. At llm light wore away thn light giew fainter, until It faded entirely away. II wai bar nod tho next morning that a large building hail U-rn Luim .linn village lomit mllea away, and that tho light moh had been IU rt flection on Ihe cloudi, Tim excitement of that tcene wat never forgotten by tho children put nil, aomo of whom aru now living ami ran touch for the truth of thla tlnry. Thu Advent utcl,er, who thought Iho woil 1 w at an rely roiulug tu an end nt that time', Lever fully l.i-on nil frum the thocli. Hit liieletett until the day of hit death that he waa right In theory, the-ory, and haa rcati.lly u-en heard lo lay that lie Mil vul hit (hlhlreu would live lu teo thu iivond i wiling of I'hrltl nnd the fiillllmint of Iho ropherlet found In Daniel and Jtoelalloui. liattOH Uttjt, |
