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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.

What is the lot in which Daniel and all of like

character are at last to stand? Who can

describe it? for who can conceive of it? It must

embrace the condition and all the

circumstances of the people of God, when

gloriously redeemed. And in reference to this,

Paul utters the following living words: “Eye

hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have

entered into the heart of man, the things that

God hath prepared for them that love him.” 1

Corinthians 2:9. That is, the boldest flight of

the imagination, the most intense conception

of the unseen glories of the heavenly world,

have never formed, and can not form, in the

human mind any tangible idea of what God

has prepared and has in store for his people.

“But God,” the apostle continues, “hath

revealed them unto us by his Spirit.” Yes, the