In preaching the doctrine of the second advent, William Miller and his associates had labored with the SOLE PURPOSE of AROUSING men to a PREPARATION for the JUDGEMENT. They had sought to awaken professors of religion to the true hope of THE CHURCH and to their need of a deeper Christian experience, and they labored also to awaken the unconverted to the duty of immediate repentance and conversion to God. “They made NO ATTEMPT to convert men to a SECT or PARTY in religion. Hence they labored among all parties and sects, WITHOUT interfering with their ORGANIZATION or DISCIPLINE.” {GC 375.1} “In all my labors,” said Miller, “I NEVER had the DESIRE or THOUGHT to ESTABLISH any SEPARATE INTEREST from that of EXISTING denominations, or to benefit one at the expense of another. I thought to benefit all. Supposing that all Christians would rejoice in the prospect of Christ’s coming, and that those who could not see as I did would not love any the less those who should embrace this doctrine, I did not conceive there would ever be any necessity for separate meetings. My whole object was a desire to convert souls to God, to notify the world of a coming judgment, and to induce my fellow men to make that preparation of heart which will enable them to meet their God in peace. The great majority of those who were converted under my labors united with the various EXISTING churches.”—Bliss, page 328. {GC 375.2}
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