Millerite leaders and followers were left generally bewildered and disillusioned. The Great DisappointmentWhen Jesus didn't show up in 1844, an un-event that came to be known as the 'Great Disappointment,' the popularity of Millerism began to decline. Signs of the Times reamins an active publicaion of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Himes also published Signs of the Times, a fortnightly newspaper intended to report on the coming end-day. He organized lecture tours and published posters, like this one, to explain Millerism. He found Miller's apocalyptic message compelling and, from 1840, began acting as Miller's de facto publicist. Joshua Vaughan HimesHimes met Miller during a lecture in Exeter, New Hampshire. During one of these lectures, in 1839, he met Joshua Vaughan Himes.
He began to proselytize his ideas as early as 1831 through a series of lectures and pamphlets.
Starting with the Persian King Artaxerxes I's 457 BC decree to rebuild Jerusalem, Miller calculated 2300 year/days, determining the date of the apocalypse and the Second Coming as 1843 or 1844. Miller used the year-day method (in which Biblical days are replaced with real-world years) to interpret the prophecies of Daniel 8:14. The MilleritesWilliam Miller was a prosperous famer from northeastern New York. he publicaion of htis chart was significant as it was meant both to fulfill prophecy and for use at 'big tent' evangelical gatherings. The chart was published by Joshua Vaughan Himes, who served as Miller's publicist and pamphleteer after 1840. The allegorical 'beasts' of Armageddon are illustrated, among them various goats, a 7 headed dragon, a lion-bull creature, and more. The chronology records world history from roughly 700 BC to 1843, when Miller, based upon Biblical calculus and prophetic interpretation, predicted Christ would come again heralding Armageddon. Printed on cloth by Benjamin Thayer, this chart is a didactic tool illustrating the predictions of William Miller. Known as the '1843 Chart', this rare Millerite chronological chart predicts the end-of-days in 1843. Minnesota - North Dakota - South Dakota.Massachusetts - Connecticut - Rhode Island.
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