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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.

In this story of Daniel, not only is one such

incident given, but a whole series of them is

woven together in this tapestry of truth. They

begin with Daniel as prime minister in the

court of the kingdom of Babylon-Babylon, the

city of renown, clothed with such

magnificence that inspiration has seen fit to

describe it as the head of gold on the world’s

great representative image. Daniel 2. The Lord

by the prophet has called Babylon “the glory

of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’

excellency.” Isaiah 13:19. In that city there

were beauty, glory, and excellency combined

in most striking and prolific forms.

Imagine a space (we must imagine it; for no

such spot existed before, and has not existed

since);-imagine this space containing 225