ADVENTISTS
\ˈadvɪntˌɪsts], \ˈadvɪntˌɪsts], \ˈa_d_v_ɪ_n_t_ˌɪ_s_t_s]\
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About 1833 Wm. Miller began to lecture on the second coming of Christ, predicting that it would occur in 1842. Other dates were subsequently set; but at present the leaders of the sect content themselves with general prophecy of an early advent. In 1890 the sect numbered 60,000 members.
By John Franklin Jameson
