The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-26
HIS warren ENDED,
the Death OF Abraham FIaveiI, Who
was conspicuous Among the MI
UarIfps

the Death OF Abraham FIavelI, Who
was conspicuous Among the MI
Ierites.
From the New York sun,
AS,hsm Flayell, one of the best known
men in Newark, died August 10, aged 20
years For nearly half 8 century he kept a
large bakery at Commerce and Market
,,,se,s but il was oftener as Flsyell, the
Mrlasite. than as maker of bread that the
nsoSle of the city spokec him. He was a
ro,spieuous participant in the Millcrte
s,;tstious of 1874, 1854, and 1859,
and WAS among those who took part
:, the watch of 1866. No one was more
confident than be in predicting the
and of the world, aud no one poured
ont money more freely in propsgsting the
yiaws OF bis sect. In 1913 he soll five acres
nj land. that are now included in Prospect
mark. Brooklyn, and with the proceeds pub
iished in Newark the first Mlilerlte paper
p,inted in this country. The journal passed
INTO the possession of smother man, and Mr,
Flayell lost an that he Lad invested in it.
What property he had LETT he gave Tor The
cause ia the watch Of 1874 10 which year
he and other Millertes held meetings In q
large ten! in Military park. In 1851 he
proved his faith in the prediction that the
earth would come 10 an ond by the dsours-
ing second modest fortune that he had
made.
At the close Of TIE memorable watch OF
1859, when the Milleriles expected Christ to
reappear on Easter morning, many singular
stories were related of him and generally
believed. 1t was said he gave away bread
lust before the day OF the expected coming
of the Lord, and a'so placed many loaVes on
his roof for angels to eat. He was credited
with ruttlug on ascension robes and sitting
down to wait for his translation to the skies
Speaking of these old reports lately, no said
to the writer:
They used to say had ascension robes
made for myself and family, bu! that wasn''
true. Neither did put bread on my roof. L
gsveit away to She poor guess there wa
no crime in that.
People went TO his store from all parts o
the city to receive the bread. During al
the watches he was an earnest preacher a
the public meetings. In later years b
preached for Second Adventists at thei
meetings in music hsll. In 1877 he pub
lished rsmph!;. of forty.hve pages calle
"a Voice Of Waning" In this he predicte
that grave and solemn scenes weuld be. vii
messed in hat year, and By an abstruse hand
ling of Old Testament prophecies, endesN
ored to show that before the year closed tn
world would end. he did not fix upon
particular day for that event and none Of lh
Second Alyentists Joined him.
They are sshsmed over their past mistake
he said, but regard our Disappointment I
Gods trial OF our faith. l still believe VI
can find ost from study Of the scripiu:
prophecies when the Lord will appear.
we make mistakes the fault ia not in In
prophecies, but in our Interpretation
n them,
! Mr.. Flsvdl had thorough acquaintanc
with the bible, and could repeat larg
portions of t. lie had pleasing manner
and was respected for his honesty and kind
hesrtedness. He had the simplicity and be
nightly ..of Quaker, and was frequent
supposed to, by strangers, to be friend.