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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
to grasp them. Let us heed the admonition to

“watch!” and, with reliance upon Go. d,

prepare for “those things which are coming on

the earth.”

But it may be asked how the Sunday question

is to be affected by the proposed

Constitutional Amendment. Answer: The

object, or, to say the least, one object of this

amendment, is to put the Sunday institution

on a legal basis, and compel its observance by

the arm of the law. At the national convention

held in Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 19, 1871, the

following resolution was among the first

offered by the business committee: —

“Resolved, That, in view of the controlling

power of the Constitution in shaping State as

well as national policy, it is of immediate

importance to public morals and to social