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excitement, but an almost universal
solemnity on the minds of the people. His
work, like that of the early Reformers, tended
rather to convince the understanding and
arouse the conscience than merely to excite
the emotions.
In 1833 Miller received a license to preach,
from the Baptist Church, of which he was a
member. A large number of the ministers of
his denomination also approved his work,
and it was with their formal sanction that he
continued his labors. He traveled and
preached unceasingly, though his personal
labors were confined principally to the New
England and Middle States. For several years
his expenses were met wholly from his own
private purse, and he never afterward
received enough to meet the expense of
travel to the places where he was invited.
