Samuel Sheffield Snow (1806–1890) was a skeptic turned
Millerite
Millerite is a nickel sulfide mineral, Ni S. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry aggregates. It can be distinguished from pentlandite by crystal habit, its duller colour, and general la ...
preacher who calculated that the return of Christ was to take place on October 22, 1844. His teaching sparked what became known as the "Seventh-Month movement," which led to the
Great Disappointment
The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamations that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. His study of the Daniel 8 p ...
when Jesus did not return as expected.
Biography
Millerism
Until the age of 35, Snow had been "a settled unbeliever in the Bible." He had even worked as an agent for the ''
Boston Investigator
The ''Boston Investigator'' was the first American newspaper dedicated to the philosophy of freethought. The newspaper was started in 1831 by Abner Kneeland
Abner Kneeland (April 7, 1774 – August 27, 1844) was an American evangelist and th ...
'', an avowedly atheistic newspaper. He was
converted to Christianity in 1839, as a result of reading a copy of
William Miller's lectures that his brother had bought.
After his conversion, he joined a
Congregational Church
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
in 1840. In 1842, at a Millerite
camp meeting
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(see also:
Seventh-day Adventist camp meetings
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) in
East Kingston, New Hampshire
East Kingston is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,441 at the 2020 census.
History
East Kingston was once a part of Kingston called "Kingston East Parish", but was granted a separate charter in 1 ...
, he devoted himself to preaching the Millerite message full-time.
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See also
* Adventism
Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or the "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ. It originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening when Baptist preacher Wil ...
* Great Disappointment
The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamations that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. His study of the Daniel 8 p ...
References
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1806 births
1870 deaths
19th-century apocalypticists
Adventism
Millerites