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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
“It was the most awful and terrific scene I

ever witnessed, and God forbid that I should

ever be exposed to another! Balls of ice as

large as my two fists fell into the boat, and

some of them fell with such violence as

certainly to have broken an arm or leg had

they struck us in those parts. One of them

struck the blade of an oar, and split it. The

scene lasted perhaps five minutes; but it was

five minutes of the most awful feelings I ever

experienced. When it passed over, we found

the surrounding hills covered with masses of

ice, I cannot call it hail, the trees stripped of

their leaves and limbs, and everything looking

desolate. The scene was awful beyond all

description.

“I have witnessed repeated earthquakes; the

lightning has played, as it were, about my