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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
strength. But no one noticed the sudden
subsidence of the waters of the river; no one
saw the entrance of the Persian warriors; no
one took care that the river gates should be
closed and guarded; no one cared for aught
but to see how deeply and recklessly he could
plunge into the wild debauch. That night’s
work cost them their kingdom and their
freedom. They went into their brutish revelry
subjects of the king of Babylon; they awoke
from it slaves to the king of Persia.
The soldiers of Cyrus first made known their
presence in the city by falling upon the royal
guards in the very vestibule of the palace of
the king. Belshazzar soon became aware of the
cause of the disturbance, and died vainly
fighting for his imperiled life. This feast of
Belshazzar is described in the fifth chapter of
