Page 10 - 14 HISTORY OF GREECE - CHAPTER 11B

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.

the children of to-day are fed upon the myths

and traditions of this very people, who were

groping in darkness, worshiping the gods of

Olympus, and ignorant of the God whose voice

shook the mountains in every storm, whose

smile was in every sunbeam, and whose rivers

watered the fields.

The Greeks offered sacrifices, but of what

value were they when they accepted not the

sacrifice of the slain Lamb of God? The spirit

of prophecy was cherished, but while God’s

prophets mingled with the people, the Greek

prophetess was a maiden of questionable

character, secluded from the people, who

received her inspiration from a vapor which

poured from a rent in a rock over which the

temple of Delphi was built.