The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

that “more sure word,” “whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts.”
In Daniel, the second chapter, compressed in a
few short verses is the most wonderful outline
history of the nations of earth that has ever been
written.
To Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, a
dream was given. On awakening he could not
recall the things which he had seen in his dream,
and after the wise men of his government had
failed to tell him what these things were, Daniel,
the young Hebrew captive, was permitted to make
manifest before the king of that great world-power
the skill and understanding which God had given
him, and to that great monarch he said: “Thou, O
King, sawest, and behold a great image. This great
image, whose brightness was excellent, stood
before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This
image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his
arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his
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