Miller made a practical application of Scripture truth to the hearts of his hearers, reproving their sins and disturbing their self-satisfaction, and his plain and cutting words aroused their enmity.
In 1833 Miller received a license to preach, from the Baptist Church, of which he was a member.
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 judgment.
Entering upon the study of the Scriptures as he had done, in order to prove that they were a revelation from God, Miller had not, at the outset, the slightest expectation of reaching the conclusion at which he had now arrived.
In 1833, two years after Miller began to present in public the evidences of Christ’s soon coming, the last of the signs appeared which were promised by the Saviour as tokens of His second advent.
Like many other reformers, William Miller had in early life battled with poverty, and had thus learned the great lessons of energy and self-denial.
With a new and deeper earnestness, Miller continued the examination of the prophecies, whole nights as well as days being devoted to the study of what now appeared of such stupendous importance and all-absorbing interest.
The message given by Miller and his associates announced the termination of the 2300 days of Dan.
Miller publicly professed his faith in the religion which he had despised.
Miller at first no thought of separating from, 375.
By association with these men, Miller was led to adopt their sentiments.
When it became known, multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus was given to the Advent Movement.
The writings of Miller and his associates were carried to distant lands.
The driver of the car was the miller at Dorfli and was taking home his sacks of flour.
Then the miller put in his word, "Did I not tell you so from the first?
Hugh Miller had one from which he often drew a profitable work as he was sitting on a stone for a few moments' rest from his hard toils.
Just then Langlume, themiller of Les Aigues, passed the tavern.
The miller had bought the right to the hay of certain fields for his horses, and Sibilet could not sell it except to him.
Not only were the interests of mayor and miller diametrically opposed, but Langlume had long hatched swindling projects with Rigou, who lent him money to carry on his business, or to acquire property.
The miller of Soulanges, possessing an income of fifty thousand francs, had an only daughter whom Lupin desired for his son Amaury, since he had lost the hope of marrying him to Gaubertin's daughter.
The miller of Les Aigues, who was also assistant-mayor, and his men came there.
Besides all this, he knew how to play the clarionet, and he went about with his friend Vermichel, the miller of Soulanges, to village weddings and the grand balls given at the Tivoli of Soulanges.
He was cousin of the miller and cousin of the Sarcuses, and belonged therefore to the neighborhood and to its mediocracy.
Hugh Millercites the instance of fossil dung being found as proving to the anti-geologists that these fossils were once real living creatures, and not mere freaks of nature.
The miller and two or three peasants, who were living in this lonely spot, were Christians.
The old miller was very much interested, and asked many questions about the Islands and the land and crops there.
The door burst open and the miller went down headlong under Le Marchant's savage blow.
And, thinking it over since, I have thought it possible that the treacherous old miller may have signalled them by a light in the top of the mill, which would be seen a very long way.
Then a sound reached us that there was no mistaking, the tiny click of the strap-ring of a musket against the barrel, and a peaceful miller has no need of muskets.
And, making a bow, with profound humility, the miller withdrew.
The Millerheld his peace; for, as his usual conversation turned chiefly on his clapper and toll-dish, he had no mind to brag of his wealth in presence of Christie of the Clinthill, or to intrude his discourse on the English cavalier.
But then a miller should always be of manly make, and has been described so since the days of Chaucer and James I.
With that the Millerhung his ample cloak without farther ceremony upon a huge pair of stag's antlers, which adorned at once the naked walls of the tower, and served for what we vulgarly call cloak-pins.
The Miller was of manly make, To meet him was na mows; There durst na ten come him to take, Sae noited he their pows.
Jordan eyed the miller with a critical eye, and a plan was instantly formed.
The miller was a tall, gaunt man, and his clothes would fit the scout.
Even if he is surprised he will escape suspicion, for the miller is a pronounced disunionist, and he looks his very image.
In fact, so fearful was Captain Millerafter that first try that he called for a kick.
The old woman stood as straight as she could and looked at the grim miller with shining eyes.
Before supper time a man on horseback came to the mill and cried a warning to the miller and his family: "Look out for your stables and pigpens.
Uncle Jabez's second opinion of him was so favorable that the miller might employ him for a time as the harvesting and other fall work came on.
Not one too many," said the miller gravely: "and not one too few.
Bartle stood looking from the wicket until the miller had turned the corner.
What he said I do not know, but thereupon ourmiller snatched one of the large bottles from the table, and coming forward held out his hand to me.
A broad glare of red light instantly burst forth upon the darkness, and the precise scene of "The Miller and his Men" presented itself in the interior.
The progressive milleris a close student of the wheat berry.
The miller is usually blamed for these results, which in reality are not caused by the flour, but by the improper use of the ingredients and methods of handling.
But, coming down from the hilltop, I heard afar below, How busy the jolly miller was, And how the wheel did go.
The Millerof Hofbau, the Miller of Hofbau, O my Princess!
A miller by inheritance and training, he had learned the cooper's trade like any journeyman, when he decided that the company should manufacture its own barrels.
But there was in the oldmiller a Covenanter fiber tough as ironwood.
An Indian camp of about twenty lodges, belonging to the Yonktonna tribe of the Dakotas, had located within easy distance of Cantonment Miller and remained there until the following spring.
There was an officer at Cantonment Miller named James Curtis who was the First Lieutenant of Company B.
Our food was more abundant and much better than at Cantonment Miller the previous winter.
We received orders to abandon Cantonment Miller and return to Fort Pierre, where all of General Harney's troops were to be assembled for a great treaty that was soon to be made there with the Indians.
We did not suffer so much from scurvy at Cantonment Miller as did the soldiers at Fort Pierre.
This interpreter proved to be the young man from my company who had deserted from Cantonment Miller about sixteen months before to join the Indians.
John Miller had the misfortune to fall on the ice Friday and break his wooden leg.
Mrs. | |Miller wore a graceful gown of black net and lace | |over black satin.
This will lay Mr. Miller up for some time as the limb will have to be sent away for repairs or perhaps necessitates his buying an entirely new leg.
Miss Miller and Miss| |Christiensen were each in white net and tulle and | |Miss Puller wore blue and white.
He was a capital old fellow, originally a bookseller at Bath, and was constantly employed by Christie-Miller and Ouvry.
Christie-Miller owned the house in St James's Place which had once been classic ground as the residence of Samuel Rogers.
Mr Christie-Miller would have been glad to possess the Philipot; but it went to the national library; the Gardyne passed into the Huth collection.
I have been guilty of extending the Miller library only in two or three instances.
I retain to this hour a foolish regret, that I permitted Mr Christie-Miller to carry off anything, but I am sufficiently patriotic to be glad, that the British Museum was so successful.
I must relate an amusing episode, which happened in connection with Mr Christie-Miller about 1872.
The difficulty lies in the fact that commonly they are so arranged that the miller is obliged to use them at all times.
My miller had run me out of custom, but I am restoring it again.
You doubtless thought strange of me not sending for your mill-wright, but we employ a miller who professes to be a mill-wright, miller and engineer, and in three weeks from the time he commenced we were running.
It is best that the skill of an expert Miller be employed to prepare the face and furrows of the burrs and put them in order for grinding.
When the ordinary spindle with stiff driver is put in tram to the face of the runner, the miller has no assurance that it will remain so, the chances, indeed, being constantly against it.
These are common difficulties, but can be avoided by a careful miller who wants to make a fine article of merchantable flour, and good yield.
We find this balance box gives the miller entire control of the runner, and easy to operate, simply by removing the curb and letting the stone rest in position.
I have taken hold of the mill myself; I can make more flour to the bushel than the miller I had.
The miller says he can grind 40 bushels per hour of corn into fine even meal, every part of the works go off right; will be ready to start the wheat mill last of this week.
A few days work by the miller with pick and rub stone is of great advantage.
These can be stopped or started by the miller at any time while the Bolt is in operation--either one set, two, or all, as circumstances may require.
Although a Miller of not much experience may sometimes make a pretty fair article of flour, yet those having the most experience will always find something to learn on this subject.
It betters the arrangement to place the husk frame 20 inches below the floor; the discharge spout and hoppers all come at a convenient height for the miller to see into the hopper and operate the mill without stooping.
The skill of a practical miller is not required to run it, as any one, however limited their knowledge of machinery may be, can operate it successfully.
Mr. Miller shut his eyes; the peril seemed too great to be gazed upon.
Mr. Miller clung tightly to the seat, and Bert shrank back between his knees.
Mr. Miller looked down at the little face turned up to his, and noting its eager expression asked, kindly: "Do you think your mother would let you go up there?
Mrs. Lloyd would rather have had him with her inside, but he pleaded so earnestly, and Mr. Miller assuring her that he was not the least trouble, she finally consented to his staying up until they changed horses again.
When they were changing horses at this post, Mr. Miller drew Bert's attention to a powerful black horse one of the men was carefully leading out of the stable.
The miller tells me that the largest fish lie there[B], near that broken post under the opposite bank.
When he arrived at the mill, all was quiet; and he, therefore, flattered himself that the miller was comfortably enjoying his pipe at the ale-house.
B] There the fish did not lie, but the miller did.
This brought to his recollection the fact of his having to pass through the mill, in order to cross the river; and the prospect of his being asked a similar question by the miller was not agreeable.
On that day, too, the young miller resumed his duties at the mill, less out of humour than before.
It was not to be expected that the young miller would work cheerfully at the mill that morning.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "miller" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
