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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 6 - The Seven Seals
vented its rage were the good, the pure, and

the true. The work went on among the most

enlightened nations, the reputation of the

church going down, and that of the martyrs

coming up, until the corruptions of the papal

abominations were fully exposed, and that

huge system of iniquity stood forth before the

world in all its naked deformity, while the

martyrs were vindicated from all the

aspersions under which that anti-Christian

church had sought to bury them. Then it was

seen that they had suffered, not for being vile

and criminal, but “for the word of God, and for

the testimony which they held.” Then their

praises were sung, their virtues admired, their

fortitude applauded, their names honored,

and their memories cherished. White robes

were thus given unto every one of them.