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REV. JOHN UEQUHART, ON THE BEARING OF RECENT 



people, which no pec pie on earth, we or any others, would have 

 ever thought of chronicling of their own accord, representing 

 Israel in such an apostate condition towards God. It is done by 

 a higher power than man's. It is written by the Holy Spirit of 

 God, and it is meant to show how great sins like David's and 

 Solomon's — who were types of One who was to come — how great 

 sinners though they were, yet the grace of God could meet their case. 



Now in Chronicles you find all these things left out — and we 

 find kings like Solomon, and the Queen of Sheba who comes to 

 him with spice and gold and so forth from Sheba and tells him 

 that " the half hath not been told " of his greatness, glory and 

 excellence. 



I do not wish to introduce theological discussions, but it is very 

 important that people should notice these things, those who esteem 

 the Bible as a very precious book. 



The Blessed Lord says to the people in His day, " If ye believe 

 not Moses' writings how can ye believe My words 1 " and in the 

 parable of the one in Hades, Abraham is made to say, " If they 

 hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded 

 though one rose from the dead." It is written with a spiritual 

 purpose from first to last, and I put these remarks forward as one 

 who feels inclined to say to it, as Nicodemus said, "I know that 

 Thou art a teacher sent from God." 



There is a little note here which is remarkable and makes it 

 permissible to notice, that in the reign of Belshazzar one of the 

 most wonderful visions of Daniel is recorded in chap, viii, and all 

 of us here will remember that vision of the ram with two horns 

 and the goat with one. This most remarkable prophecy has been 

 most remarkably fulfilled. There was a battle between the two 

 creatures, the goat with his one great horn being Alexander of Greece. 

 It does not mention the name, but it is well known that Alexander 

 went to Egypt and died there, childless, without an heir, and that 

 his four generals, just as Daniel prophesied, divided the kingdom 

 between them. 



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These things were to happen at the end of the indignation, at the 

 very end, for this was for a time appointed. 



Mr. EousE referred to an oversight on p. 48. — " The word Nod 

 is the land of the wanderers, the very region where we have seen 



