God sent His angel ... to lead him to search the prophecies.... He saw that the inhabitants of the earth were living in the closing scenes of this world’s history, yet they knew it not.... God called him to leave his farm.... With trembling, William Miller began to unfold to the people the mysteries of the kingdom of God, carrying his hearers down through the prophecies to the second advent. {FLB 283.3}

Gud sendte Sin engel . . . . til at lede ham at ransage profetierne. . . . . Han så at jordens beboere levede i denne verdens histories afsluttende scener, alligevel vidste de det ikke. . . . . Gud kaldte ham til at forlade hans gård. . . . Med skælven begyndte Wiliam Miller at udbrede Guds riges mysterier for folk, føre sine tilhørere ned gennem profetierne til genkomsten.