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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
compel it to do their bidding. How far away,

then, is that “image,” the coming of which the

Scriptures have foretold? The outlines of

every element necessary for its erection are

clearly developed; all the agents sufficient for

an assault upon the bulwarks of American

liberty are being rapidly enrolled and drilled;

the outposts have already been carried; and as

these pages go to press, the leaders of this fatal

revolution are again clamoring around the

citadel of the nation’s strength. It needs but

another step to turn the nation entirely from

its high commission as the conservator of the

principles of the gospel; that is, to “render to

Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto

God the things that are God’s,” and lead it to

form and foster a religious tyranny which will

fetter the consciences of men, and crush out

soul liberty among the people. And this