Page 8 - 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.

understand how the forms and ceremonies of

the worship of Jehovah were adopted by the

Greeks. Even the architecture of Palestine,

especially the temple of Solomon, became a

model to the Greeks, who were lovers of the

beautiful. Everything that is good and

beautiful in the world has its origin in the

mind of God.

The gross idolatry of Babylon and Egypt was

replaced in Greece by a more refined worship,

if there can be said to be degrees of refinement

in licentiousness. At any rate, Greek customs

were less revolting on the surface, and hence

more subtile and ensnaring. The æsthetic

taste of the Greeks was developed by being in

close contact with nature. They studied

nature, and not having God’s Word as an