CHAPTER XIV.

MILLER DELUSION.

Prophecies of Mr. Miller.--His computation of time.--Management to suit his own particular views.--Keeping the world standing thirty years on a simple _if_.--Various blunders and mistakes. --Confession of his errors.--False information respecting signs. --Disappearance of stars.--Of the Aurora Borealis.--Shooting stars.--Sun and moon turning to blood.--Darkness of the sun.-- Its cause.--Remarkable appearances in various ages of the world. --Opinion concerning Halley's comet.--Ignorance of the constitution of comets.--The comet of 1770.--Tests of signs that shall indicate the end of time.--Scientific men stationed in various parts of the earth.--No such changes as have been spoken of by the second advent preachers, observed by them. 102