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instead of divine, but being broken with arduous labor in his Master’s
cause and by age, he was not as accountable as those who kept him
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from the truth. They are responsible; the sin rests upon them.
If William Miller could have seen the light of the third message,
many things which looked dark and mysterious to him would have
been explained. But his brethren professed so deep love and interest
for him, that he thought he could not tear away from them. His heart
would incline toward the truth, and then he looked at his brethren;
they opposed it. Could he tear away from those who had stood side
by side with him in proclaiming the coming of Jesus? He thought
they surely would not lead him astray.
God suffered him to fall under the power of Satan, the dominion
of death, and hid him in the grave from those who were constantly
drawing him from the truth. Moses erred as he was about to enter
the Promised Land. So also, I saw that William Miller erred as he
was soon to enter the heavenly Canaan, in suffering his influence to
go against the truth. Others led him to this; others must account for
it. But angels watch the precious dust of this servant of God, and he
will come forth at the sound of the last trump.