Incidents in the Life of Wm. Miller.
WHEN Wm. Miller was preaching at Troy, N. Y., to a large congregation, on the second advent of Christ, a collection was taken for him. There were about $200 collected. The amount was handed to him, when he counted out $2.50—that being the amount for stage fare to the next place—of his destination, and returned the rest of the money. He was once preaching in New York city to a very large assembly. His audience gave good attention, but there was assembled outside a large crowd, determined to seize him as soon as he came from the house of worship. He, however, retained his self-possession, and walked deliberately from the pulpit through the bloodthirsty mob, who were threatening to destroy him; but just as he passed the door, two men, one before, and the other behind, accompanied him through the crowd, kept with him till past danger, and then left him. Who the two men were he could never learn, although particular inquiry the next day was made to find them out. His self-denying life showed faith in his work of proclaiming the evidences of the coming Saviour, and under his portrait, as it hangs in his son’s room in Batavia, Ill., is subscribed the dying sentiment of this faithful disciple of Christ, in the following words:— “I remain as ever looking for the Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.