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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
was divided seems like such an easy,
consistent, and matter-of-course procedure,
that it requires a labored effort to interpret it
otherwise. Yet such an effort is made by some
— by Romanists universally, and by such
Protestants as still cling to Romish errors.
A volume by H. Cowles, D. D., may perhaps
best be taken as a representative exposition
on this side of the question. The writer gives
every evidence of extensive erudition and
great ability. It is the more to be regretted,
therefore, that these powers are devoted to
the propagation of error, and to misleading
the anxious inquirer who wishes to know his
whereabouts on the great highway of time.
We can but briefly notice his positions. They
are, (1) That the third kingdom was Grecia
during the lifetime of Alexander only; (2) That
