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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                                 ~The Response of History to the Revelation~

                                       Chapter 18 – Babylon, the Daughters
                   lamentable                   outlook,              and           under             the


               leadership  of  such  men,  how  long  before


               Babylon  will  become  full  of  spirits  that  are


               foul, and birds that are hateful and unclean?


               What progress has already been made in this


               direction!  How  would  the  godly  fathers  and



               mothers  of  the  generation  that  lived  just


               before the first message was given, could they


               rise  from  their  graves,  and  comprehend  the


               present  condition  of  the  religious  world,


               hearing  its  teaching  and  beholding  its


               practices, stand aghast at the fearful contrast


               between their time and ours, and deplore the


               sad degeneracy! And Heaven is not to let all


               this pass in silence; for a mighty proclamation


               is to be made, calling the attention of all the


               world to the fearful counts in the indictment


               against these unfaithful religious bodies, that
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