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the contradictions and inconsistencies I had

before found in the word were gone; and

although there were many portions of which

I was not satisfied I had a full understanding,

yet so much light had emanated from it to the

illumination of my before darkened mind,

that I felt a delight in studying the Scripture

which I had not before supposed could be

derived from its teachings.”—Bliss, pages 76,

77.

“With the solemn conviction that such

momentous events were predicted in the

Scriptures to be fulfilled in so short a space of

time, the question came home to me with

mighty power regarding my duty to the

world, in view of the evidence that had

affected my own mind.”—Ibid., page 81. He

could not but feel that it was his duty to

impart to others the light which he had