Angels From Pentecost to the Last Days
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and cutting words aroused their enmity. The opposition manifested by
church members toward his message emboldened the baser classes to
go to greater lengths; and enemies plotted to take his life as he should
leave the place of meeting. But holy angels were in the throng, and one
of these, in the form of a man, took the arm of this servant of the Lord,
and led him in safety from the angry mob.—
The Great Controversy,
336, 337
.
Many ministers would not accept this saving message themselves,
and those who would receive it, they hindered. The blood of souls is
upon them. Preachers and people joined to oppose this message from
heaven. They persecuted William Miller and those who united with
him in the work. Falsehoods were circulated to injure his influence,
and at different times after he had plainly declared the counsel of God,
applying cutting truths to the hearts of his hearers, great rage was
kindled against him, and as he left the place of meeting, some waylaid
him in order to take his life. But angels of God were sent to preserve
his life, and they led him safely away from the angry mob.—
Spiritual
Gifts 1:136
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