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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

unto the gods of the heathen. Pagan Rome fell

because she presumed to hold authority over

the person of Christ and his followers. Then

arose the little horn, and it “made war with the

saints and prevailed against them.” “He shall

speak great words against the Most High, and

shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and

think to change times and laws.” Rome in

the days of Christ was the center of the world.

Paul and others preached the gospel in that

city. A church was organized, and for years

this church of Rome ranked with the churches

of Jerusalem, Constantinople, and others.

Gradually but surely, worldliness took the

place of the spirit of Christ, and Roman

bishops became exalted. The mystery of

iniquity of which Paul wrote in his letter to the

Thessalonians, was at work in Rome. At the