Page:The steam engine fulfilling prophecy.. (IA steamenginefulfi00fenn).pdf/36

32 which keep the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ."

Now we shall have need to pursue this a little further, to see the agency with which the dragon carried on his merciless war with the remnant of the woman's seed during the time of the Reformation and down to the time of the American Revolution, or till the time of the war for Independence in this country. In the thirteenth chapter, St. John goes on to say: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard. and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power