Page 31 - 06 The Seven Seals

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 6 - The Seven Seals
4. The White Robes. — These were given as

a partial answer to their cry, “How long, O

Lord, dost thou not judge and avenge our

blood?” How was it? — They had gone down

to the grave in the most ignominious manner.

Their lives had been misrepresented, their

reputations tarnished, their names defamed,

their motives maligned, and their graves

covered with shame and reproach, as

containing the dishonored dust of the most

vile and despicable of characters. Thus the

Church of Rome, which then molded the

sentiment of the principal nations of the earth,

spared no pains to make her victims an

abhorring unto all flesh.

But the Reformation began its work. It began

to be seen that the church was the corrupt and

disreputable party, and those against whom it