1842_William Miller Views of the Prophecies.pdf

VIEWS

OF TH.

PROPHECIES

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PROPHETIC CHRONOLOGY,

BLLEOmD ?POX

PANUSCBIPTB OF

WILLIAM MILLER.

WITH A

MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE;

BY JOSHUA V. HIMES.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY JOSHUA V. HIMES,

14 I*ro~h

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1842.

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TO ALL THEM

WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE BLESSED HOPE

AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE

GREAT GOD: AND OUR SAVI0.R

JESUS -CHRIST AT HAND,

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. . BY THE EDITOR.

THE E;PITOR'S BEUKS.

WE hold the doctrine of a man's responsibility for the

sentiments which he publishes, whether they are. his own

or another's. He is accountable to the community, and

will be held accountable at the great ttibunal, for the good

or the evil they produce. We have had this thought in

view in all that we have done to give publicity to Mr.

Miller's writings; both in the publication of the Boston

edition of his Lectures, and of the numerous Essays and

Letters from his pen which have appeared in the LISigns

of the Ties" during the past year.

Notwithstanding the fears of many, esteemed mse and

good, that the effect of this class of writings upon the com-

munity would be deleterious; we have, on the contrary,

witnessed, as we expected, the most happy results. Their

moral and religious influeqce upon all classes who have

given 'them a candid examisation has been most salutary.

We are now induced to add a second volume on hniila;r

subjects, with a short memoir of Mr. Miier's lie. We

send it forth with the fullest assurance of its usefulness to

the church and the world. It will be a valuable aid to

an understanding of the chronology of his Lectures; as

also the dictionary of prophetic jgures, and principles of inter:

preiation, will be of great service to the biblical student.

As it respects the general views of Mr. Miller, we con-

sider them in the main to be in accordance with the word

of God. We do not, howevei, adopt the peculiarities of

any man. We call no man master. Yet we frankly avow

that there is much in his theory that we approve and

embrace as gospel truth. For example : His liiews of the

literal interpretation of the prophecies-The character and

divinity of Christ, and his personal reign on the earth-

The restoration of Israel according to the faith of Abraham,

with the rejection of the " judaizing notion " of the return

of the carnal Jew to Palestine-The true millennium of

the saints in the resnrrection state ; and the utter rejection

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