BABYLON:

Its Future History and Doom.

WITH REMARKS ON

THE FUTURE OF EGYPT AND OTHER

EASTERN COUNTRIES.

BY

BENJAMIN WILLS NEWTON.

V133

THIRD EDITION.

LONDON

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1890.

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Preface to Third Edition.

THE first edition of this work was published more than forty years ago. The opinions then expressed by me have been strengthened since.

The present edition is considerably larger than the first. Much has been added respecting the prospects of Egypt and other countries of the East. A brief retrospect of the history of Christendom also has been given. Nothing can be more dangerous than to view the coming history of the East apart from its connexion with the past and present iniquities of the West. On Israel, and on Western Europe chiefly, will rest the responsibility of causing the revived Eastern Branch of the Roman World to be what it is to be.

Although these pages are intended for those who acknowledge the Bible to be veritably the Word of

God, yet I am not without hope that they may be The means of recovering some from the paths of doubt and scepticism. Some remarkable examples