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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

13. And no effort to arrive at a correct

understanding of the book of the Revelation

needs any apology; for the Lord of the

prophecy has himself pronounced a blessing

upon him that readeth and they that hear the

words of this prophecy, and keep the things

that are written therein; for the time is at

hand. Revelation 1:1-3. And it is with an

honest purpose of aiding somewhat in

arriving at this understanding, which is set

forth by the language above referred to as not

only possible but praiseworthy, that an

exposition of this book, according to the literal

rule of interpretation, has been attempted.

14. With thrilling interest we behold to-day

the nations marshaling their forces, and

pressing forward in the very movements

described by the royal seer in the court of

Babylon twenty-five hundred years ago, and