New England farming country, moving into revivalism via his anxious search for evidence of the Last Days in his King James Bible (noting Archbishop Ussher’s dates in its margins), ordained by the Baptists, preaching his startling message through the nation that the Advent of Christ was due in 1843 – much excitement – then 1844 – even more excitement – and then followed the Great Disappointment. For true apocalypticists there is no giving up hope, although Miller, now scorned by the Baptists, retired to Vermont to contain his chagrin with a handful of followers.
