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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

2. The coming to pass of these great events has

been but the response of history to what the

prophecies had declared. And thus amid the

ever-present evidences of the short-

sightedness of men, and the ever-recurring

failures of human schemes, a voice has

continually gone up from earth to heaven,

“The word of the Lord endureth forever.”

3. It is for the purpose of calling attention to

some of these important prophetico-historical

lessons, if we may be permitted to coin a word,

that this volume is written. And the books of

Daniel and the Revelation are chosen for this

purpose, because in some respects their

prophecies are more direct than are to be

found elsewhere upon the prophetic page, and

the fulfilments more striking. The object

before us is threefold: (1) To gain an