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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

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permitted to operate, produce again the

same results. The French Revolution of 1789-

1800 stands fixed in history as the “Reign of

Terror.” Each succeeding faction which gained

power during that awful era shed in torrents

the blood of its enemies, until over 2,000,000

lives were sacrificed. All social order was

destroyed. The marriage covenant was

abrogated, and lust stalked abroad

everywhere, licensed and unrestrained. Christ

was declared an impostor, and his religion a

fraud. The existence of God was denied, and

the reading of his word forbidden. All this was

the work of infidelity. Behold, therefore, in

that terrible Revolution, the miniature of the

world without the restraining influence of

God’s revelation. And is there danger that this

frightful condition of things may be

reproduced in our own day? Facts constrain