Armageddon... a Lamb stood on it and with him 144,000! (Rev. 14:1)

Text: "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" "And he [the little horn] ... shall wear out the saints of the most High, ... and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." Daniel 7:21,25 Quote:    But since we have been quoting examples of Spanish bigotry, my readers may, perhaps, be interested in the following extract from the Daily News of May 15th, 1869. It was given to me by Mr. A. Guinness, who has recently authenticated it at the office of the paper, and relates to the famous, or rather infamous, Quemadura di la Cross, or Burning Place of the Cross, at Madrid:—    “While the Cortes were debating upon religion, the workmen of the corporation of Madrid were laying bare one of the most conclusive historical records of the awful deeds committed in its name by the fanatics of olden times, who sought to perpetuate Catholic unity by the ...

Text: "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" "And he [the little horn] ... shall wear out the saints of the most High, ... and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." Daniel 7:21,25 Quote:    The lines beginning, "Ye layers of ashes black," pp.  119-123, were written by me in the spring of 1870, after  visiting the Quemadero in Madrid. I published them at  the time, introducing them by the following sentences:    Most have heard of the discovery made close to Madrid, in the  commencement of the present Revolution, of the "Quemadero," where,  three hundred years ago, the Inquisition burned so-called "heretics."  Some workmen came upon it in the process of cutting a new road.  The amount of human remains subsequently excavated is appalling.  Among the other horrors were found two bony hands transfixed by a  large nail, ...