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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 7 – The Four Beasts
We have here further particulars respecting

the fourth beast and the little horn.

Perhaps enough has already been said

respecting the fourth beast (Rome) and the

ten horns, or ten kingdoms, which arose

therefrom. The little horn now more

particularly demands attention. As stated on

verse 8, we find the fulfillment of the prophecy

concerning this horn in the rise and work of

the papacy. It is a matter of both interest and

importance, therefore, to inquire into the

causes which resulted in the development of

this anti-Christian power.

The first pastors or bishops of Rome enjoyed

a respect proportionate to the rank of the city

in which they resided; and for the first few

centuries of the Christian era, Rome was the

largest, richest, and most powerful city in the