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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
March, 1871, had this paragraph touching

“The Eastern-Question Congress:” —

“It is quite evident that, as far as directing or

controlling the action of the Muscovite

government is concerned, the congress is little

better than a farce. England originated the

idea of the congress, simply because it

afforded her an opportunity of abandoning,

without actual dishonor, a position she had

assumed rather too hastily, and Russia was

complacent enough to join in the ‘little game,’

feeling satisfied that she would lose nothing

by her courtesy. Turkey is the only aggrieved

party in this dexterous arrangement. She is

left face to face with her hereditary and

implacable enemy; for the nations that

previously assisted her, ostensibly through

friendship and love of justice, but really