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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 22 – The Tree and the River of Life
The last message of mercy as it is now going

forth, is another and final utterance of divine

long-suffering and compassion. Come, is the

invitation it gives. Come, for all things are

ready. And the last sound that will fall from

Mercy’s lips on the ear of the sinner ere the

thunders of vengeance burst upon him, will be

the heavenly invitation, Come. So great is the

loving-kindness of a merciful God to

rebellious man. Yet they will not come. Acting

independently and deliberately, they refuse to

come. So when they shall see Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacob in the kingdom of God, and

themselves thrust out, they will have no one to

accuse, no one to blame, but their own selves.

They will be brought to feel this in all its

bitterness; for the time will come when

Pollok’s thrilling description of the