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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
poverty, in sweat, in blood — comes to the

door of a professed friend, who owes all to

him, and cannot get in! — comes to rescue a

man whose house is on fire, and he will not

admit him! Oh, the height, the depth, of Jesus

Christ’s forbearance! Even the heathen

Publius received Paul, and lodged him three

days courteously. Shall nominal Christians tell

the Lord of apostles that they have no room

for him?”

If Any Man Hear My Voice. — The Lord

entreats, then, as well as knocks. And the word

if implies that some will not hear. Though he

stands and knocks and entreats till his locks

are wet with the dews of night, yet some will

close their ears to his tender entreaties. But it

is not enough simply to hear. We must hear,

and open the door. And many who at first hear