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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 18 – Babylon, the Daughters
— will fail to realize his presence. Light

flashes everywhere. The dark places are

lighted up. And while his presence dispels the

shadows, his voice in thunder tones utters a

warning. He cries “mightily.” He speaks in no

feeble tones, and with no uncertain sound. It

is no parlor announcement, but a cry, a mighty

cry, a cry with a strong voice. The fatal defects

in the profession of a worldly church are again

pointed out. Their errors are once more, and

for the last time, exposed. The inadequacy of

the present standard of godliness to meet the

final crisis is emphasized beyond all

mistaking. The inevitable connection between

their cherished errors and irretrievable and

everlasting destruction, is heralded till the

earth resounds with the cry. Meanwhile, great

Babylon’s sins mount up to the heavens, and

the remembrance of her iniquities comes up