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July 25, 1839
Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Rev. Wm. Miller, a peculiar Christian lecturer in Lowell, predicts the world's end in 1840-1843 via a fiery purge at Christ's second coming, rejecting the traditional Millennium; local editors deem him a humbug.
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Singular Man.—There is a queer kind of a christian giving lectures in Lowell, on the theory that the world is to come to an end in 1840. Rev. Wm. Miller is his name. His belief is, that there will be no Millennium in the sense which that epoch is generally expected among Christians; that the second coming of Christ will take place on or about the year 1843, when the world will be purged, by some fiery ordeal, from all its sinful elements so as to render it a fit habitation for the Saints in glory. Some of the Lowell editors speak as though they consider the Rev. gentleman an arrant humbug.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Fate Providence
Providence Divine
What keywords are associated?
Rev Wm Miller
End Of World
Second Coming
Millennium Rejection
Fiery Purge
Lowell Lectures
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Wm. Miller
Where did it happen?
Lowell
Story Details
Key Persons
Rev. Wm. Miller
Location
Lowell
Event Date
1840 1843
Story Details
Rev. Wm. Miller lectures in Lowell on the end of the world in 1840, with Christ's second coming around 1843 purging sin through fire for saints' habitation, rejecting the Millennium; deemed a humbug by editors.