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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.
the Father in the teachings of the schools, and
he wandered through the woods alone, or in
company with his mother. Then it was that
nature, the great object lesson of the Creator,
was opened to his expanding mind. Other
Jewish youth sat at the feet of the rabbis,
learning what the spirit of the Greeks taught,
and they crucified the Lord of life.
It is a wonderful thing to man, who is so
limited in means, to watch the workings of
God, who is so limitless in resources. When the
Jews fled to Egypt, then God took advantage of
their presence there, and turned it to his glory.
Ptolemy Philadelphus founded the
Alexandrian Library, and it was he who
encouraged the translation of the Old
Testament into Greek. It was thus that the
