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International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Feb 4, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 5.

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The Commentary.

NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON.

The Handwriting on the Wall.

(February 14. Dan. 5:1-12, 25-28.)
AGAIN the scene of our lesson is laid in Babylon, "the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency." Still she sits, the "lady of kingdoms," comforting herself with the thought, "I shall be a lady forever;" "I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children." But just then it was that she should no more be called the lady of kingdoms, and just then it was that there should come upon her that which had been spoken of her: "These two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. . . . Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off; and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt know." See Isa. 47:1-15.