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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                                              Chapter 2-The Great Image
                   blown away where no place could be found


               for it, after which something durable and of


               heavenly worth occupies its place? So would


               God show to the children of men that earthly


               kingdoms  were  to  pass  away,  and  earthly


               greatness  and  glory,  like  a  gaudy  bubble,



               would break and vanish; and the kingdom of


               God,  in  the  place  so  long  usurped  by  these,


               should be set up, to have no end, and all who


               had an interest therein should rest under the


               shadow of its peaceful wings forever and ever.


               But this is anticipating.



               VERSE 36. This is the dream; and we will tell


               the interpretation thereof before the king. 37.


               Thou, O king, art a king of kings; for the God of


               heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and


               strength, and glory. 38. And wheresoever the


               children of men dwell, the beasts of the field
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