Page 68 - 06 The Seven Seals
P. 68
DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 6 - The Seven Seals
north, the exhibition was visible, and
everywhere presented nearly the same
appearance.”
From this, it appears that this exhibition was
confined exclusively to the Western world.
But in the year 1866, another remarkable
occurrence of this kind took place, this time in
the East, nearly as magnificent in some places
as that of 1833, and visible so far as
ascertained, throughout the greater part of
Europe. Thus the principal portions of the
earth have now been warned by this sign.
Observation has shown that these meteoric
displays occur at regular intervals of about
thirty-three years. The skeptic will doubtless
seize upon this as a pretext for throwing them
out of the catalogue of signs. But if they are not
more than ordinary occurrences, the question
