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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                          Chapter 11 – The Two Witnesses
                   have increased fivefold, and the circulation


               of  the  Scriptures  thirtyfold.    No  other  book


               approaches  it  in  cheapness  or  number  of


               copies  sold.  According  to  the  Missionary


               Review  of  September,  1896,  it  has  been


               translated  into  languages  embracing  nine



               tenths of the human race. And the American


               Bible  Society,  in  its  eightieth  annual  report,


               dated May, 1896, gives the number of Bibles


               and  parts  of  Bibles  issued  by  that  society


               alone,  as  61,705,841.  Add  the  issues  by  the


               British Bible Society and other publishers, and


               how vastly would the number be increased!


               What  other  book  has  the  world  ever  seen


               which approaches the Bible in this respect? It


               is exalted as above all price, as, next to his Son,


               the most invaluable blessing of God to man,


               and as the glorious testimony concerning that


               Son. Yes; the Scriptures may truly be said to be
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