The ▁Spirit ▁calls ▁me , ▁and ▁I ▁must ▁go ," ▁and ▁left ▁to ▁make ▁her ▁way ▁travel ing ▁and ▁pre aching ▁about ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁sla very . ▁T aking ▁along ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁poss essions ▁in ▁a ▁pill ow case , ▁she ▁tra ve led ▁north , ▁working ▁her ▁way ▁up ▁through ▁the ▁Connecticut ▁River ▁Valley , ▁towards ▁Massachusetts . ▁ ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁Tr uth ▁began ▁att ending ▁Miller ite ▁Advent ist ▁camp ▁meet ings . ▁Miller ites ▁followed ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁William ▁Miller ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁who ▁pre ached ▁that ▁Jesus ▁would ▁appear ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 3 - 1 8 4 4 , ▁bringing ▁about ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁Many ▁in ▁the ▁Miller ite ▁community ▁greatly ▁appreciated ▁Tr uth ' s ▁pre aching ▁and ▁singing , ▁and ▁she ▁drew ▁large ▁crow ds ▁when ▁she ▁spoke . ▁ ▁Like ▁many ▁others ▁disappoint ed , ▁Tr uth ▁dist anced ▁herself ▁from ▁her ▁Miller ite ▁friends ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁after ▁the ▁anticip ated ▁second ▁coming ▁did ▁not ▁arrive . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁North am pton ▁Association ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁Indust ry ▁in ▁Florence , ▁Massachusetts . ▁F ounded ▁by ▁abol ition ists , ▁the ▁organization ▁supported ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁and ▁religious ▁toler ance ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁pac if ism . ▁There ▁were , ▁in ▁its ▁four - and - a - half ▁year ▁history , ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 4 0 ▁members , ▁though ▁no