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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 Eternal in contrast with the wisdom of

Greece. And the message is, “Choose ye this

day” at which shrine thou wilt bow. Sitting at

the feet of Jesus, learning of him, taking his

word as the authentic history of the world, his

truth as the interpreter of nature, will insure

eternal life. Accepting the writings of men,

human speculations regarding the history of

the world, its creation, its age, placing a

human interpretation upon the works of

nature, and seeking to find out by experiment

and speculation what must be known by

faith,-this brings death; for it leads away from

Christ, the center of the universe, the source of

all wisdom-the great drawing power of

creation. The first is the system of God, of

which faith is the motive power; the second is

the Greek system, which exalts human