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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
Dr. Nelson’s “Cause and Cure of Infidelity,”

pp. 374, 375, will set this matter in a clear

light: —

“Suppose some feeble people should be

suffering from the almost constant invasions

of numerous and ferocious enemies. Suppose

some powerful and benevolent prince sends

them word that he will, for a number of years,

say thirty, maintain, for their safety along the

frontier, ten garrisons, each to contain one

hundred well-armed men. Suppose the forts

are built and remain a few years, when two of

them are burned to the ground and rebuilt

without delay; has there been any violation of

the sovereign’s word? — No; there was no

material interruption in the continuance of

the walls of strength; and, furthermore, the

most important part of the safeguard was still