And certainly here, if anywhere on the globe, are to be found a strong array of Christians, such as are the salt of the earth, and the light of the world.
With these probabilities in our favor, let us now take a brief survey of those symbols found in the word of God, which represent earthly governments.

These are found chiefly, if not entirely, in the books of Daniel and Revelation.

In Dan 2, a symbol is introduced in the form of a great image.

In Dan 7, we find a lion, a bear, a leopard, and a great and terrible nondescript, which, after passing through a new and remarkable phase, goes into the lake of fire.

In Dan.