"(3) The _Brazen Belly and Thighs_--The Greco-Macedonian kingdom, especially after Alexander, those of Egypt and Syria (from about 330 B. C. to 160 B. C.); "(4) The _Legs of Iron_, the power of Rome, bestriding the east and west, but broken into a number of states, the ten toes, which retained some of its warlike strength (the iron), mingled with elements of weakness (the soft potters' clay), which rendered the whole imperial structure unstable. "(5) The _Stone_ cut without hands out of the _Living Rock_, dashing down the image, becoming a great mountain, and filling all the earth--_The Spiritual Kingdom of Christ_." The last phrase--"The Spiritual Kingdom of Christ"--meaning, of course, the "Christian churches" which have existed from the time of Christ, and that now exist, and which, taken together, form Christ's spiritual kingdom. On the foregoing exegesis, which is the one commonly accepted by orthodox Christians, I make the following several observations: _First:_ The phrase with reference to the little Stone, "cut out of the Living Rock," is one introduced by Dr. Smith, from whose "Old Testament History"[A] the above analysis of Daniel's interpretation is taken. The language of the Bible is, "cut out of the mountain without hands." Why it is changed by the Doctor one may not conjecture, unless it is to lay the foundation of an argument not warranted by the text of Daniel's interpretation. It is enough here to note that the change in phraseology is wholly gratuitous and unwarranted. [Footnote A: Edition of 1878, page 622.]