Henry Dana Ward (January 13, 1797 - February 28, 1884) was an American preacher, abolitionist, anti-Masonic campaigner, and Millerite Adventist.
Ward then studied biblical prophecies of the Second Coming and published his conclusions in an 1838 essay entitled Glad Tidings.
William Miller was preaching a similar message and the two joined together with Henry Jones, Josiah Litch, Charles Fitch, and Joshua V. Himes to create the Second Advent Movement.
His speech was entitled ‘’ History and Doctrine of the Millennium’’ where he shared the Millerite belief in a premillennial second advent which would soon arrive.
He saw the new movement as link to the line of believers including Adam, Abraham, David, St Paul, Luther and Melanchthon, transcending boundaries of nation and race.
[8] Ward wrote several publications, including Free Masonry: Its Pretensions Exposed in Faithful Extracts of Its Standard Authors (1828) and other monographs.