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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.
to God for help. He had been seeking the Lord,
by earnest prayer, to learn the meaning of it.
An angel had been strictly enjoined to make
Daniel understand all the matter. And now
when the angel came to complete his mission,
and make the prophet understand the vision,
which he had been prevented by Daniel’s
illness from doing in its completeness in his
previous interview (Daniel 8:27), he says: “O
Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill
and understanding. At the beginning of thy
supplication the commandment came forth,
and I am come to show thee; for thou art
greatly beloved; therefore understand the
matter and consider the vision.” Daniel 9:22,
23. The angel asserts that one reason, perhaps
the leading reason, why he had now come to
