Apollos Hale (1807–1898) was a

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preacher in

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. He joined the

Millerites The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year 1843–1844. Coming during the Second Great Awakening, ...

and contributed significantly as a lecturer, a writer, and co-designer of the widely disseminated "1843 chart". Following the

Great Disappointment The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. His study of the Daniel 8 ...

, he adopted the shut-door doctrine at first, along with Joseph Turner. Later he abandoned this interpretation.

Biography

Hale began his work as a Methodist Episcopal minister in Charleston and

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, in 1833. He married Rebecca Wait in December, 1836. He left the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1842. Hale spent the last years of his life in Washington, D.C., where he died.

Millerism

Apollos Hale was instrumental in designing and presenting the "1843 chart" that was used extensively by Millerite lecturers. Hale also served as an associate editor for the ''Signs of the Times'', and later when it became the ''Advent Herald'', he continued in the same responsibility. He also authored the first three chapters of William Miller's ''Memoirs''. In January, 1845, Hale and Joseph Turner published an interpretation of what had happened on October 22, 1844, in which they articulated what became known as the shut-door doctrine. This was a minority view among the Millerites following the Great Disappointment, and Hale eventually abandoned the shut-door view and joined the majority group.Isaac Wellcome, ''History of the Second Advent Message and Mission, Doctrine and People'', (Yarmouth, ME:I. C. Wellcome, 1874
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References

External links

''The Second Advent Manual''
by Apollos Hale (1843)
''Herald of the Bridegroom''
by Apollos Hale (1843) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Apollos 1807 births 1898 deaths Methodists from Massachusetts Millerites 19th-century American Methodist ministers