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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
the voice, and for a time feel inclined to heed,

will doubtless, alas! fail in the end to do that

which is necessary to secure to themselves the

communion of the heavenly Guest. Reader, are

your ears open to the entreaties which the

Saviour directs to you? Is the sound of his

voice a welcome sound? Will you heed it? Will

you open the door and let him in? Or is the

door of your heart held fast by heaps of this

world’s rubbish, which you are unwilling to

remove? Remember that the Lord of life never

forces an entrance. He condescends to come

and knock, and seek admittance; but he takes

up his abode in those hearts only where he is

then a welcome and invited guest.

And then the promise! “I will come in to him,

and will sup with him, and he with me.” How

forcible and touching the figure! Friend with