Apollos Hale (1807–1898) was a Methodist Episcopal preacher in New England. He joined the Millerites and contributed significantly as a lecturer, a writer, and co-designer of the widely disseminated "1843 chart". Following the Great Disappointment, 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 Medford, Massachusetts,Methodist Episcopal Church, Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1840) p. 200 in 1833.Methodist Episcopal Church, Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1840)p. 198 He married Rebecca Wait in December, 1836.Waters, Thomas Franklin, Sarah Goodhue, and John Wise. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Ipswich, MA: The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905) p. 537 He left the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1842.Methodist Episcopal Church, Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1845) p. 259
Hale spent the last years of his life in Washington, D.C., where he died.J. N. Loughborough, "District 1," Review and Herald, July 26, 1898, p. 478 (djvu) (pdf)
Millerism Apollos Hale was instrumental in designing and presenting the "1843 chart" that was used extensively by Millerite lecturers.Gary Land, Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventists, (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005) p. 101 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.Isaac Wellcome, History of the Second Advent Message and Mission, Doctrine and People, (Yarmouth, ME:I. C. Wellcome, 1874) p. 341 He also authored the first three chapters of William Miller's Memoirs.Sylvester Bliss and Apollos Hale. Memoirs of William Miller , (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1853) p. iv
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.David Rowe, God's Strange Work, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008), p. 200 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) p. 542
References
External links The Second Advent Manual by Apollos Hale (1843) Herald of the Bridegroom by Apollos Hale (1843)