believed firmly that the end was near. Aware of the scoffers, he thought it time to write “to second advent believers” a few words of encouragement: We have passed what the world calls the last round of 1843 … Does your heart begin to quail? Or are you waiting for your blessed hope in the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ? Let me say to you in the language of the blessed Book of God, ‘Although it tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not tarry.’ Never has my faith been stronger than at