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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
complete sentence. The subject and

predicate are both expressed. The next

member, “Some [or these] to everlasting life,”

is not complete. What is wanted to complete

it? Not a comment, giving some one’s opinion

as to who are intended by “these,” but a verb

of which these shall be the subject. What verb

shall it be? This must be determined by the

preceding portion of the sentence, which is

complete, where the verb shall awake is used.

This, then, is the predicate to be supplied:

“Some [or these] shall awake to everlasting

life.” Applying the same rule to the next

member, “Some [or those] to shame and

everlasting contempt,” which is not in itself a

complete sentence, we find ourselves obliged

to supply the same words, and read it, “Some

[or those] shall awake to shame and

everlasting contempt.” Anything less than this