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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 9 – The Seven Trumpets (continued)
VERSE 18. By these three was the third part

of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke,

and by the brimstone, which issued out of

their mouths. 19. For their power is in their

mouth, and in their tails; for their tails were

like unto serpents, and had heads, and with

them they do hurt.

These verses express the deadly effect of the

new mode of warfare introduced. It was by

means of these agents, — gunpowder,

firearms, and cannon, — that Constantinople

was finally overcome, and given into the

hands of the Turks.

In addition to the fire, smoke, and brimstone,

which apparently issued out of their mouths,

it is said that their power was also in their

tails. It is a remarkable fact that the horse’s tail

is a well-known Turkish standard, a symbol of