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First Public Sermon in Dresden

When: August 1831
Where: Town of Dresden
Part of: William Miller preaches his first sermon on the Second Advent

William Miller began public lecturing on the Second Advent on the first Sunday in August 1831 in the town of Dresden, his first public sharing of his Second Coming belief.

Miller had formally stated his conclusions in a twenty-point document in September 1822, predicting the second coming on or before 1843. He did not, however, begin his public lecturing until the first Sunday in August 1831 in the town of Dresden. Adventism originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening when Miller first publicly shared his belief that the Second Coming would occur at some point between 1843 and 1844.

Sources

William Miller (preacher) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-16
Adventism Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01

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