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''_csnrsfs stcoirn comme. 49horn denoted the Persian line ot' kings,under and followingthe reign of Cyrus, the Persian, son-in-law to Dariusthe Mede. "And asl was considerin , behold, a hegoatcame from the west, onthe face ofihe whole earth,and touched not the ground; and the goat had a notablehom between his eyes." In the 21st verse the angelsays, "And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:and the eat horn that is between his eyes is the firstking." ghis kingwas Alexander, that conquered thePersians. He was not the first king of Macedonia, butthe first that had all Grecia under his control, and thatconquered the world. "And he came to theram thathad two homs, which I _had seen standing before theriver, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. AndI saw him come close unto the ram, and he was movedwith choler against him, and smote the ram, and brakehis two homs; and there was no power in the ram tostand before him, but he cast him down to the ground,and stamped upon him, and there was -none that coulddeliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore the he~goatwaxed very great; and when he wasstrong, the greathorn was broken, and for it came up four notable ones,towards the ibur winds of heaven." We have in theseverses a plain description of Alexander's life, conquests,death, and division of his kingdom into f`our parts, towardsthefouiivpoints of heaven-Persia in the east, Syriain the north,` acedon and Europe in the west, Egyptand Africa in the south. And the angel, when he givesDaniel instruction, says, 22d verse, "Now that beinbroken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shagstand up out ofthe nation, but not in his ower." Thenthe vision seems to slide down to the littll; hom. "Andout of one of them (that is, out of Europe)came forth a littlehorp,which waxed exceeding great, toward the south,lid 'the east, and toward the pleasant land. And"3' even to'_the host of heaven; and it castthe host and of the stars to the ground,'V upon them. Yea, he_ magnified himself'to theprince of the host, and by him the daily sac-Yiine was taken away, and the place of his sanctuarywas out down,gud a host was given him against the