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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
itself transparent. Take that, for instance,

which composes the street. If it were really

transparent, it would simply permit us to look

through and behold whatever was beneath

the city, — the substratum upon which it

rested, — a view which cannot be anticipated

as specially pleasing. But let us suppose the

golden pavement of the street to be so highly

polished as to possess perfect powers of

reflection, like the truest mirror, and we can

see at once that the effect would be grand and

striking in the extreme. Think for a moment

what the appearance of a street so paved

would be. The gorgeous palaces on either side

would be reflected beneath, and the

boundless expanse of the heavens above

would also appear below; so that to the person

walking those golden streets it would appear

that both himself and the city were suspended