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so much more easily received by the natural manthat many advanced Christians, Bible studentsand ministers, are really expecting some day tohear what is sometimes denominated ‘Gabriel'shorn,' shrill enough and loud enough to awakenthe dead." (Z.'02-116.) As thoughtful Christianswe should expect that, as this period is that inwhich the great sects have risen, its historyshould pay particular attention to them, and thuswe find. The Reformation particularly affected"three parts" of the papal dominion, Germany,England and France.— Rev. 8:7-10.Revelation 8:7.And the first [angel] sounded.— Themovement began, which later developed into theLutheran General Synod, Lutheran United SynodSouth, Lutheran General Council, LutheranSynodical Conference, United NorwegianLutheran Synod, Ohio Independent LutheranSynod, Buffalo Lutheran Synod, Hauge'sLutheran Synod, Eleisen's Lutheran Synod,Norwegian Lutheran Synod, Danish in AmericaLutheran Synod, Icelandic Lutheran Synod,Immanuel Lutheran Synod, Suomai FinnishLutheran Synod, Finnish National Synod,Finnish Apostolic Synod, Norwegian FreeLutheran Synod, Danish United Lutheran Synod,Church of the Lutheran Brethren andIndependent Lutheran Congregations.— 1 Cor.3:3.And there followed hail.— Sharp, cutting, hardtruth, contained in Luther's 95 theses nailed onthe church door at Wittenberg.And fire.— Destructive judgments upon thepapacy. Luther sized up the Papal system of"Heads, I win; and tails, you lose" in a fewwords when he said, "The Romanists have withgreat dexterity built themselves about with threewalls, which have hitherto protected themagainst reform. In the first place, when thetemporal power has pressedFM147them hard, they have affirmed and maintainedthat the temporal power has no jurisdiction over