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and gone, and not an impostor or the Anti-Christ hereafter
to appear, that we may be unable to know and identify. If
we do not admit that the Horn in question has come already,
then how are we to interpret the four beasts, the first of which
is certainly the Chaldean Empire, the second the Medo-
Persian, and so forth? If the fourth beast does not represent
the Roman Empire, how can we interpret the third, with its
four heads, as the Empire of Alexander, split into four king-
doms after his death? Is there any other Power succeeding
the Greek Empire before the Roman Empire with its ten
potentates persecuting the believers in God? Sophistry and
illusion are of no use. The "Little Horn" is decidedly Cons-
tantine, even if we may deny the prophecy of Daniel. It is
immaterial whether a prophet, priests or a sorcerer wrote
the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel. One thing is
to appear, that we may be unable to know and identify. If
we do not admit that the Horn in question has come already,
then how are we to interpret the four beasts, the first of which
is certainly the Chaldean Empire, the second the Medo-
Persian, and so forth? If the fourth beast does not represent
the Roman Empire, how can we interpret the third, with its
four heads, as the Empire of Alexander, split into four king-
doms after his death? Is there any other Power succeeding
the Greek Empire before the Roman Empire with its ten
potentates persecuting the believers in God? Sophistry and
illusion are of no use. The "Little Horn" is decidedly Cons-
tantine, even if we may deny the prophecy of Daniel. It is
immaterial whether a prophet, priests or a sorcerer wrote
the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel. One thing is