Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863) was a
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 ...
minister; editor and author.
Biography
Bliss was a
Congregationalist from
Hartford, Connecticut, with a radical education, he also belonged to the Historical Society of Boston. And he was the
Millerite
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leader in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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.
He wrote articles for the Millerite magazine Signs of the Times which helped him to get a job as an assistant editor in November 1842. He stayed at that position for many years and then became the only editor of the magazine which was renamed Advent Herald. Bliss held the position of editor until his death in 1863, from natural causes. He was also editor of the Millerite magazine Advent Shield.
Sylvestor Bliss
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See also
* Adventist
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 ...
* Millerites
The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year 1843–1844. Coming during the Second Great Awakening, his ...
* William Miller (preacher)
William Miller (February 15, 1782 – December 20, 1849) was an American Baptist minister who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming did ...
References
External links
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''An Exposition of the Twenty-fourth of Matthew''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''Inconsistencies of Colver's Literal Fulfilment of Daniel's Prophecy''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''The Chronology of the Bible''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''Review of Rev. O. E. Daggett's Sermon''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''Exposition of Zechariah XIV''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''Reasons for Our Hope''
by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
''Memoirs of William Miller''
by Sylvester Bliss (1853)
''A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse''
by Sylvester Bliss (1853)
Adventism
Millerites
1814 births
1863 deaths
Religious leaders from Hartford, Connecticut
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