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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.

from them are hung like banners of light all

along the way.

No one can rise from the study of the

prophecies without the conviction being

deeply graven upon his heart that the end of

the Christian course well repays all the toil

and effort of the heavenly journey. The words

of the hymn well voice this sentiment:—

“Then let us hope; ‘tis not in vain;

Though moistened by our grief, the soil;

The harvest brings us joy for pain;

The rest repays the weary toil.

For they shall reap who sow in tears,

Rich gladness through eternal years.”

After his long service and all his trying cares,

the word to Daniel was, “Thou shalt rest, and

stand in thy lot at the end of the days.” The