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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                         Chapter 14 – The Three Messages
                   Orleans, of such a nature that it required a


               handbill to describe it, reading as follows: —



               “Benefit  of Christ’s Church  Parochial  School.



               Near  the  dancing  platform  are  a  splendid


               booth  and  a  large  canvas  tent,  with  seats


               reserved for the accommodation of ladies and


               children. The patrons of this church, as well as


               the public, will here find a soda-water stand


               and  confectionery,  a.  restaurant  filled  with


               everything  to  satisfy  the  appetites  of


               epicureans; and also a splendid bar, stocked


               with the choicest kinds of liquors, cigars, etc.”



               The New York Observer copied this, with the


               following remarks: —




               “This  is  a  copy  of  a  handbill  conspicuously


               posted  in  New  Orleans  at  the  present  time.


               The church for which this splendid bar is to be


               opened  is  called  Christ’s  church;  but  our
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