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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