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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
supposed it to be them darting for fish, but

soon after discovered that they were large

balls of ice falling. Immediately we heard a

sound like rumbling thunder, or ten thousand

carriages rolling furiously over the pavement.

The whole Bosporus was in a foam, as though

heaven’s artillery had been charged upon us

and our frail machine. Our fate seemed

inevitable; our umbrellas were raised to

protect us, but the lumps of ice stripped them

into ribbons. We fortunately had a bullock’s

hide in the boat, under which we crawled, and

saved ourselves from further injury. One man

of the three oarsmen had his hand literally

smashed; another was much injured in the

shoulder; Mr. H. received a blow in the leg; my

right hand was somewhat disabled, and all

were more or less injured.