Page 7 - 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.

Javan of the family of Japheth, who, with his

sons, settled in the islands of the

Mediterranean. The natural divisions of the

country by the bays and mountains developed

many independent or semi-independent

tribes, but they had one common language

and one religion.

It would seem that the principles of the

worship of Jehovah, as known to the sons of

Noah, were carried into the isles of Greece, for

throughout the entire system is traceable a

close resemblance to the ceremonial law with

its types and shadows, as carried on in

Jerusalem in the days of Solomon. Again, when

it is remembered that the kingdom of the Jews,

in the days of its prosperity, was visited by

representatives from all nations, it is easy to