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cna|s'r's stroma comme. I5till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of daysdid sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hai!of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like thefiery flame, and his wheels asbuming fire. A fierystream issued and came forth from before him; thousandthousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand timesten thousand stood before him: the `udg'ment was set,and the books were opened l beheld, then, because ofthe voice of the great words which the hom spake. Ibeheld, even till the beast was slain, and his body dostroyedand given to the buming flame. As concerningthe rest of t e beasts, they had their dominion takenaway, yet their lives were prolonged for a season andtime. I saw in the night visions, and behold, one likethe Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, andcame to the Ancient of days, and they brought him nearbefore him. And there wasgiven him dominion and glory,and a kingdom, that all people, natiom, andshould serve him; his dominion is aneverlasting languages o-minion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdomthat which shall not be destroyed," Daniel vii. l-14.This ends Daniel's night vision, the instructionhe received from some onestanding except y. "So he toldme, and made me know 'die truth of all`this,' or theinterpretation of the things. Thesegreat beasts, whichare four, are four kings which shal arise out of theearth. But the saints of the most high shall take thekingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even foreverand ever." We see in this instruction that this visionand Nebuchadnezzafs dream agree in the most promoinent parts; the four beasts representing the four kingdoms,and the saints possessing the kingdom, the sameas the stone becoming a great mountain and filling thewhole earth; "forever an ever" shows us that it is animmortal state in everlasting life; " the-saints" evident]includes all saints, " for they shall live and reign withhim on the earth," Revelation v. 10, 20. iv. 6. "Then,"Daniel says, vii. 19, 20, " I would know the truth ol' thefwnh beast, which was diverse from all the others,exceedimr dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and hismil; of Ebnss, which devoured, brake in pieces, and