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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
they might not believe that the amendment

is necessary or that it is right; and such men

would either vote affirmatively or not at all. In

every case, such an amendment would be

likely to receive an affirmative vote which

would by no means indicate the true

sentiment of the people. And the same rule

would hold good in relation to the adoption of

such an amendment by Congress or by the

legislatures of three quarters of the States.

Men who make politics a trade would hesitate

to record their names against the proposed

Constitutional Amendment, advocated by the

leaders of the great religious denominations

of the land, and endorsed by such men as

Bishop Simpson, Bishop McIlvaine, Bishop

Eastburn, President Finney, Professor Lewis,

Professor Seelye, Bishop Huntington, Bishop

Kerfoot, Dr. Patterson, Dr. Cuyler, and many