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