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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 18 – Babylon, the Daughters
shine no more at all in thee: and the voice of
the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard
no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were
the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries
were all nations deceived. 24. And in her was
found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and
of all that were slain upon the earth.
Emotions of the Righteous. — The apostles
and prophets are here called upon to rejoice
over great Babylon in her destruction, as it is
in close connection with this destruction that
they will all be delivered from the power of
death and grave by the first resurrection.
Like a great millstone, Babylon sinks to rise no
more. The various arts and crafts that have
been employed in her midst, and have
ministered to her desires, shall be practiced
no more. The pompous music that has been
