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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
one nation by another through the strife of
war, that the latter is not worthy even of
mention in connection with it. The
subjugation of one nation by another by war,
is a scene of peace and quietude in
comparison with that which transpires when
the image is dashed in pieces by the stone cut
out of the mountain without hands.
Yet what is the smiting of the image made to
mean by the theory under notice? — Oh, the
peaceful introduction of the gospel of Christ!
the quiet spreading abroad of the light of
truth! the gathering out of a few from the
nations of the earth, to be made ready through
obedience to the truth, for his second coming,
and reign! the calm and unpretending
formation of a Christian church, — a church
that has been domineered over, persecuted,
