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same evidence that I then had, to be honest with God and man I should
have to do as I have done.” “I hope that I have cleansed my garments
from the blood of souls. I feel that, as far as it was in my power, I have
freed myself from all guilt in their condemnation.” “Although I have
been twice disappointed,” wrote this man of God, “I am not yet cast
down or discouraged.... My hope in the coming of Christ is as strong as
ever. I have done only what, after years of solemn consideration, I felt it
my solemn duty to do. If I have erred, it has been on the side of charity,
love to my fellow men, and conviction of duty to God.” “One thing I do
know, I have preached nothing but what I believed; and God has been
with me; His power has been manifested in the work, and much good has
been effected.” “Many thousands, to all human appearance, have been
made to study the Scriptures by the preaching of the time; and by that
means, through faith and the sprinkling of the blood of Christ, have been
reconciled to God.”—Bliss, pages 256, 255, 277, 280, 281. “I have never
courted the smiles of the proud, nor quailed when the world frowned. I
shall not now purchase their favor, nor shall I go beyond duty to tempt
their hate. I shall never seek my life at their hands, nor shrink, I hope,
from losing it, if God in His good providence so orders.”—J. White, Life
of Wm. Miller, page 315.
God did not forsake His people; His Spirit still abode with those who
did not rashly deny the light which they had received, and denounce
the advent movement. In the Epistle to the Hebrews are words of
encouragement and warning for the tried, waiting ones at this crisis:
“Cast not away there