Hillary Clinton & the Late Reverend William Miller Have A Lot in Common: The Great Disappointment.

[David Zephyr]

In 1844, as his loving and devoted followers gathered at his farm in Upstate New York, Reverend William Miller still assured them that this time he had it right, this time there would be a final resurrection, and that this time all of their sacrifices and hopes would be answered. Miller had come up with a new and improved final calculation.

But as the sun rose and as the day lingered, it became obvious to even those that believed the most that it was not to be. It had been an impossible dream that was truly impossible. Reverend Miller's story has been dubbed by historians "The Great Disappointment." Surely it was just that.

Hiram Edson, one of Miller's followers was later to write: "Our fondest hopes and expectations were blasted, and such a spirit of weeping came over us as I never experienced before. It seemed that the loss of all earthly friends could have been no comparison. We wept, and wept, till the day dawn."

This morning, Hillary Clinton's long-time supporter, Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania, nearly choked on Sunday Morning television as he admitted the painfully obvious: it was "impossible" for Hillary, his friend, to win. The math was just not there anymore. Impossible.

Such a difficult, but truthful confession on the very Day of the Resurrection is perhaps appropriate. Solomon told us that "to every thing there is a time and a season" and it is clear that there can be no resurrection of Hillary's presidential campaign. And though this promise this time did not work out as hoped for, Senator Clinton, like her fellow New Yorker, William Miller, will carry on.

Even Reverend Miller, who at one point was reported to have up to 500,000 followers, wrote afterward: "I acknowledge my disappointment" and "Were I to live my life over again, with the same evidence that I then had, to be honest with God and man, I should have to do as I have done."

Hillary Rodham Clinton has made history. She came very close to winning the 2008 nomination of the Democratic Party to be the President of the United States. But it was not to be. It was not her time. And certainly, there is understandably great, great disappointment.

And while her campaign will see no resurrection, maybe she and her supporters can take solace in the words of the great Al Gore of Tennessee: "“No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”

What a great message that is.

Happy Easter. Let the glory out.

[Mme. Defarge]

1. I recommend! n/t

[David Zephyr]

4. Thanks. I expect Hillary to begin to close down the campaign now.

Richardson's endorsement was the final blow. Let's hope they wrap it up quickly and with dignity.

[Mme. Defarge]

9. Mais oui ...

le coup de grace.

[Window]

2. K/R.

:kick:

[Yael]

3. A lot more than 500,000

The Millerites split off and formed the Seventh Day Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I am not sure that Hillary is up for THAT kind of legacy. LOL!

[David Zephyr]

5. Hello Yael.

I have always loved the story of William Miller and his followers.

[Yael]

6. It is a fascinating read

And not 10 years after the startup of the LDS. Interesting times.

[David Zephyr]

7. Another New York religion, too.

I admit that I am a life-long junkie on learning about indigenous American religious sects.

[Catherina]

8. K&R Very appropriate n/t

[Bake]

10. "Let the glory out?"

I guess it's true. Obamism really IS a religion. Or at least a cult.

What, pray tell, does Obama's candidacy have to do with Easter?

Bake