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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
eating and drinking and pleasure-seeking,

instead of God-serving, even on the part of

professed Christians, will characterize the last

days as a sign of the times. Luke 17:26-30; 2

Timothy 3:4, 5. Have we not reached the time

when this is fulfilled? What indulgence is

there in the whole catalogue of worldly

pleasures which is not openly tolerated in the

church — nay, which is not largely fostered by

the church? Dancing, card-playing, theater-

going, horse-racing, gambling, lotteries,

festivals, fairs, and all forms of gluttony, are

freely patronized in religious circles, and

many of these things for so-called religious

purposes.

Not many years ago, an entertainment was

devised for the benefit of a church in New