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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
He might compel us to come in the manner

and with the mien of beggars; but instead of

this he gives us the treasures of his grace, and

in return receives our worthlessness, that we

may take the blessings he has to bestow, not

as pittances dealt out to mendicants, but as the

legitimate possessions of honorable purchase.

The things to be obtained demand especial

notice. They are enumerated as follows: —

1. Gold Tried in the Fire. — Gold, literally

considered, is the comprehensive name for all

worldly wealth and riches. Figuratively, it

must denote that which constitutes spiritual

riches. What grace, then, is represented by the

gold, or, rather, what graces? for doubtless no

one single grace can be said to answer to the

full import of that term. The Lord said to the

church of Smyrna that he knew their poverty,