Sylvester Bliss

Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863) was a Millerite minister, editor and author.

Biography

Bliss was a Congregationalist from Hartford, Connecticut, with a radical education, he also belonged to the Historical Society of Boston. And he was the Millerite leader in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

He wrote articles for the Millerite magazine Signs of the Times which helped him to get a job as an assistant editor in November 1842. He stayed at that position for many years and then became the only editor of the magazine which was renamed Advent Herald. Bliss held the position of editor until his death in 1863, from natural causes.^[3] He was also editor of the Millerite magazine Advent Shield.^[4]

See also

• Adventist
• Millerites
• William Miller (preacher)

References

1. Seventh-day Adventist Pioneers Writings Third Angels Message Retrieved December 20, 2018
2. Adventist Heritage-Vol. 03, No. 2 Loma Linda University Retrieved December 20, 2018
3. Sylvester Bliss Pastor Charles Taze & The Watch Tower Society Retrieved December 20, 2018
4. Sylvestor Bliss Adventist Pioneer Library Retrieved December 20, 2018

External links

• Works by Sylvester Bliss at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Sylvester Bliss at the Internet Archive
• An Exposition of the Twenty-fourth of Matthew by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• Inconsistencies of Colver's Literal Fulfilment of Daniel's Prophecy by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• The Chronology of the Bible by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• Review of Rev. O. E. Daggett's Sermon by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• Exposition of Zechariah XIV by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• Reasons for Our Hope by Sylvester Bliss (1843)
• Memoirs of William Miller by Sylvester Bliss (1853)
• A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss (1853)