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J.R. Miller D.D.

JR Miller DD James Russell Miller was born on March 20, 1840 at Frankfort Springs, Pennsylvania and died on July 2, 1912. Besides authoring over 80 books, booklets, and pamphlets, Dr. J.R. Miller was the Editorial Superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and a very active pastor in a succession of churches.

The crucible of J.R. Miller's education was his service with the United States Christian Commission, an agency set up to minister to the troops, during the civil war. When the war ended Miller completed his theological studies and was ordained and installed on September 11, 1867. On June 22, 1870, when he was thirty, he married Miss Louise E. King.

The end of life on earth came without warning on the afternoon of July 2, 1912. JR’s wife, Louise Miller, and their only daughter, Mary Wanamaker Miller (Mrs. W.B. Mount), were present, but it was impossible to summon the sons — William King Miller and Russell King Miller. One moment Dr. Miller seemed to be resting quietly; the next he was at rest.

JR Miller DD was one of the best selling Christian authors of his era. Rev. Miller’s books had a total circulation of over two million copies during his lifetime and in 1911 the Presbyterian Board of Publication, under his direction, published over 66 million copies of its periodicals.

This site is dedicated to publishing JR Miller’s works and providing some snippets about his life and times. This is not a short term project as it might take several years to gather all of James Miller’s works and publish them on the Web. Hence, all offers of help will gladly be accepted. If you have typed up some of the Rev. Miller’s texts, which you would like to share, please e-mail them to me and I will put them on-line, giving you the appropriate credit.

Dr. J.R. Miller’s Works Online

The Archive Miller site first became active on October 27 2004. Since then we have published thirty-five books and fifteen pamphlets which Dr. Miller authored, one periodical distributed under his editorship, Dr. Miller’s biography written by John T. Faris, and five other books by other authors in some way related to J.R. Miller. You will find the list here as it is now too long to include on this page. Paula Kuczynski merits the supreme accolade as she has transcribed most of these works.

If you know some of J.R. Miller’s history, have comments, advice, notice errors, or have other input, please e-mail me: otherwise please enjoy reading JR Miller’s works. The best place to start is with one of the works now listed here

Buying and Selling J.R. Miller’s Books

eBay is a good place to buy a Miller book. Prices very rarely go above $20.00. However, international shipping tends to be expensive, so it is wise to buy local. You have to search for JR Miller, J.R. Miller in Books, and Miller under Books Antiquarian & Collectible, You might also search for Miler. It is amazing how many mistakes are made. There are usually a dozen or so books listed each month.

Internet Woes

On Tuesday 20^th June, 2006, the JR Miller site suffered from a DDoS
On Friday 26^th January, 2007, the JR Miller site was vandalized by The Turkish Hacker
We apologise for the inconvenience.

Change Log

A record of what’s happened recently

2007 August 19 Sunday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 27: added. Thank you Paula.

2007 August 17 Friday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 26: added. Thank you Paula.

2007 August 16 Thursday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 24: added. Thank you Paula.

2007 August 15 Wednesday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 23: added. Thank you Paula.

2007 August 14 Tuesday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 25: The Way, the Truth, and the Life added. Thank you Paula.

2007 June 11 Monday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 22: The New Commandment added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 25 Friday: A pamphlet; The Blessing of Cherfulness: added. Thank you ES.

2007 May 21 Monday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 21: Washing the Disciples‘ Feet added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 20 Sunday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 20: Serving, Following, Sharing added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 19 Saturday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 19: Jesus Entering into Jerusalem added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 18 Friday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 18: The Supper at Bethany added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 17 Thursday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 17: The Raising of Lazarus added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 16 Wednesday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 16: The Abundant Life added. Thank you Paula.

2007 May 15 Tuesday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 15: Jesus the Good Shepherd added. Thank you Paula.

2007 April 18 Wednesday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 14: Healing the Man Born Blind added. Thank you Paula.

2007 April 2 Monday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 13: The Slavery of Sin added. Thank you Paula.

2007 March 31 Saturday: A pamphlet; Go Forward: added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 28 Wednesday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 15: From the Evil added. Thank you Bonnie. This completes Bonnie's third work.

2007 March 27 Tuesday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 14: Shrinking from Temptation added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 26 Monday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 13: As we Forgive added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 24 Saturday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 22: The Secret of Satisfying,; Chapter 23: The Sin of Not Praying for Others, and; Chapter 24: The Hidden Life added. Thank you Paula. This completes the book, her 39th work.

2007 March 23 Friday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 20: Comfort in Christ‘s Knowledge of Us, and; Chapter 21: Thread for a Web Begun added. Thank you Paula.

2007 March 16 Friday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 12: Forgive us our Debts added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 15 Thursday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 4: The First Note in Prayer added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 13 Tuesday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 18: Learning to be Contented, and; Chapter 19: Reasons for Not Worrying added. Thank you Paula.

2007 March 12 Monday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 9: As it is in Heaven,; Chapter 10: A Career? or God‘s Will?, and; Chapter 11: Chapter title added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 March 10 Saturday: The Way of Victory; Chapter 5: The Excellent Woman added. Thank you Len.

2007 March 3 Saturday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 8: Thy Will be Done added. Thank you Bonnie.; The Way of Victory; Chapter 1: The Rewards of Obediance,; Chapter 2: The Path of Life,; Chapter 3: The Fruits of Wisdom, and; Chapter 4: The Way to Victory added. Thank you Len.

2007 March 2 Friday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 17: On Growing Old Successfully added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 28 Wednesday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 7: How the Kingdom Comes added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 February 25 Sunday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 6: Thy Kingdom Come added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 February 22 Thursday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 16: The Outer and Inner Life added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 21 Wednesday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 15: For the People Who Fail added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 17 Saturday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 14: Our Unanswered Prayers added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 15 Thursday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 4: Life‘s second chance,; Chapter 5: Sources of Strength,; Chapter 6: Loving Victorioulsy,; Chapter 7: Interpreters for God,; Chapter 8: The Cost of Praying,; Chapter 9: Give Ye Them to Eat,; Chapter 10: Christ‘s Withheld Lessons,; Chapter 11: For the Days of Darkness,; Chapter 12: Hidden Words in the Bible, and; Chapter 13: Getting the Joy of Christ added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 14 Wednesday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 3: The Ability of Faith added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 13 Tuesday: The Golden Gate of Prayer; Chapter 5: The Hallowed Name added. Thank you Bonnie.

2007 February 12 Monday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 2: Our Debt to Others added. Thank you Paula.

2007 February 11 Sunday: Secrets of a Beautiful Life; Chapter 1: Secrets of a Beautiful Life added. Thank you Paula. Paual is starting another book, her 38th.

2007 February 10 Saturday: Devotional Hours with the Bible - Vol 7; Chapter 11: , and; Chapter 12: added. Thank you Paula.

The dates given are the date of editing and first uploading to the site. This is often a couple of days later than the volunteer supplied the text.

Older change logs have been moved to the archives. The archives also store some older text, which has been superseded, and usually each month there is a count of the number of pages on the site.