Reverend Joseph Miller BD (born 1874) was a Congregational minister, much in demand as an "eloquent preacher" for 14 years in the north of England.

While in Hamburg during his ministry he "rendered valuable assistance to his countrymen in distress" following a call from the American Embassy there.

Miller said that "one of his uncles offered to send him to Oxford or Cambridge in order to prepare for the Anglican ministry.

[12] He had just been appointed Minister of Spittal Congregational Church 1911–1912,[16] when in 1911 he "received and accepted a unanimous call" to officiate in Hamburg.

[23][24] Sunday 13 May 1917 was the Pastor's Anniversary at the same church, where Miller preached morning and afternoon that day, with "special music" from the choir.

[25] On Whit Monday, 28 May 1917, he addressed a public meeting along with two other clerics at the Primitive Methodist Church, Howard Terrace, Morpeth.

The United Methodist review said that: "These discourses have nothing sensational about them, but bear the stamp of a mind clear in thought, firm in conviction, and possessing the power of infusing its own glowing warmth into the lives of others ...The book ... contains a sermon on "The Work That Counts," which has pleased the writer of these lines greatly ...

"[32] The Berwickshire News and General Advertiser said that: "The series of sermons are marked by the work of the careful student and thinker.

The author's sound arguments ...admirably calculated to build up and establish in the truth ... Mr Miller is well remembered locally where his many sterling qualities, while pastor of Spittal Church, endeared him to a much wider circle of friends than those which comprised his flock.

[2][35] On 5 August 1934 he chaired the 44th open-air music festival on the local cricket ground, in aid of the Beckett Hospital, Barnsley.