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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                            Chapter 8 – Vision of the Ram, He-Goat & Little Horn
                   monstrous  system  are  fully  met,  the


               prophecies  of  its  baleful  history  have  been


               most strikingly and accurately fulfilled.




               VERSE  13.  Then  I  heard  one  saint  speaking,


               and another saint said unto that certain saint


               which  spake,  How  long  shall  be  the  vision


               concerning  the  daily  sacrifice,  and  the


               transgression of desolation, to give both the


               sanctuary and the host to be trodden under


               foot?  14.  And  he  said  unto  me,  Unto  two


               thousand and three hundred days; then shall


               the sanctuary be cleansed.



               The  time.  These  two  verses  close  the  vision


               proper  of chapter  8;  and  they introduce  the


               one remaining point which of all others would


               naturally be of the most absorbing interest to


               the prophet and to all the church; namely, the


               time  the  desolating  powers  previously
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