Life and labors of Miles Grant, with New-Year glimpses from his daily journal through fifty years, 1859-1908 . DER MILES GRANT Doors soon opened in neighboring districtsand towns, and to him such openings wereprovidential and a divine indication for themeasure of his service. In this spirit he en-tered with earnest enthusiasm, giving his mes-sage lovingly but fearlessly, and he generallysaw a revival awakening and excellent was it long before he entered a broaderfield, answering calls to churches in bothConnecticut and Massachusetts, and associat-ing himself with the Advent Christi
Life and labors of Miles Grant, with New-Year glimpses from his daily journal through fifty years, 1859-1908 . DER MILES GRANT Doors soon opened in neighboring districtsand towns, and to him such openings wereprovidential and a divine indication for themeasure of his service. In this spirit he en-tered with earnest enthusiasm, giving his mes-sage lovingly but fearlessly, and he generallysaw a revival awakening and excellent was it long before he entered a broaderfield, answering calls to churches in bothConnecticut and Massachusetts, and associat-ing himself with the Advent Christian Con-ference of the latter State. Early in the fifties he had one of hisgreatest revivals in the old Newfield Church,in his home town. The old church had comeinto the hands of Adventists, and it became acenter of religious awakening. Aided byElder S. G. Mathewson, Elder Grant con-ducted revival services here for weeks. Hardlya young person was left in the whole com-munity that did not accept Christ. JudgeFyler was among the young men reached, andscores were turned from sin to God in the greatrevival. 38. The Old Newfield Church CHAPTER IV. PASTOR AND EDITOR. IN January, 1854, the first number of TheWorlds Crisis, was issued in Lowell,Mass. This was a religious weekly whichlater opened another field for Elder Grantsgrowing activities. The paper was launchedto give larger testimony for a time movementthat had once more come to the front. Asection of the Advent body, not discouragedby the disappointment of ten years before,had again come to believe that the SecondAdvent was at hand and that the event wouldprobably come during the year 1854. Thenew paper at once became the organ of thesebelievers. Another feature that called the new religiousweekly into service, and which constituted amotive and issue not limited to any year orperiod, was the growing question of Condi-tional Immortality. This new, or renewed,viewpoint in Christian eschatology, had beenbrought prominently before A
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