They are a clear and logical sequence from the premises given us.
When first the application of Rev.13:11-17 to the United States was made, over twenty years ago, these positions respecting a union of the churches and a grand Sunday movement were taken.

But at that time, no sign appeared above or beneath, at home or abroad, no token was seen, no indication existed, that such an issue would ever be made.

But there was the prophecy, and that must stand.

The United States government had given abundant evidence, by its location, the time of its rise, the manner of its rise, and its apparent character, that it was the power symbolized by the two-horned beast.

There could be no mistake in the conclusion that it was the very nation intended by that symbol.