An hymn, composed by Elder Peleg Burroughs, the 20th of the fifth month, 1780
Subtitle: according to the ability which God gave him, to commemorate the darkness of the preceding day
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1845
Place of publication: New York?
Language: eng
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Poetry; Disasters; Forest fires; Repentance
Other titles: 'Twas on the nineteenth day of May.
Notes: Verse in seventeen numbered stanzas; first line: 'Twas on the nineteenth day of May.

Possibly printed during the years when Ellen G. White preached to disappointed Millerites concerning the Second Advent. Her published writings include references to the Dark Day as one of three signs fulfilling Biblical prophecy, and it is likely that she also referred to the event when she preached.

The American Antiquarian Society copy is inscribed in a contemporary hand: Rye, N.Y. Betsey Berrey.

Text in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.4 x 15.4 cm.

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