The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . s memorable because of the re-ligious excitement caused by the Mil-lerite Adventists. Where the slaveryquestion was not all-engrossing, this hadroom to prevail, and worked a good dealof mischief in the Church. The founderof these Millerites was William Miller,who was born at Pittsfield, Massachu-setts, in the year 1782, and
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . s memorable because of the re-ligious excitement caused by the Mil-lerite Adventists. Where the slaveryquestion was not all-engrossing, this hadroom to prevail, and worked a good dealof mischief in the Church. The founderof these Millerites was William Miller,who was born at Pittsfield, Massachu-setts, in the year 1782, and served in theWar of 1812. Almost twenty years later,while resident at Dow Hampton, NewYork, he began to expound views re-specting the second coming of his calculations on passages inDaniel (viii. 14, and ix. 24), he declaredthat in the year 1843 the world wouldcome to an end. It is said that no fewerthan fifty thousand people in the UnitedStates, British America, and Canadalooked with certainty for the speedy fulfill-ment of the prophecy. Miller survived theeventful year, saw most of his followersforsake him, and died in 1849 at the ageof sixty-six. He is said to have enjoyedhigh esteem for his personal worth. The Illustrated History of Methodism. 527. LEADERS IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1844-1. E. R. Ames, of the Indiana Conference. 2. John F. Durbin, of the Philadelphia Conference. 3. Jesse , of the Troy Conference. 4. L. T. Hamlixe, of the Ohio Conference. 5. Levi Scott, of the Philadelphia Con-ference. 6. J. M. Trimble, of the Ohio Conference. 7. Phineas Rice, of the New York Conference. S. HenrySlicer, of the Baltimore Conference. 9. Glezen Fillmore, of the Genesee Conference. 10. J. B. Finley, of theOhio Conference, n. James Havens, of the Indiana Conference. 12. George Peck, of the New York E- Thomson, of the North Ohio Conference. 528 The Illustrated History of Methodism. To come now to the overwhelmingquestion of that era. The great
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