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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.


                  CHAPTER III TRUE FREEDOM IN WORSHIP



               “Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of


               gold.” According to Usher’s chronology it had


               been  twenty-three  years  since  the  dream  of


               this same Nebuchadnezzar as recorded in the


               second  chapter  of  Daniel.  As  a  result  of  the


               experience  at  that  time,  Daniel  was  made


               counselor, sitting in the gate of the king, and


               Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego  were


               appointed rulers in the province of Babylon.


               Many                opportunities                        had             presented


               themselves to these men of God, and they had



               kept  the  knowledge  of  their  God  before  the


               people  of  Babylon.  Jerusalem  had  in  the


               meantime  been  destroyed.  The  Jews  as  a


               nation,  were  scattered  throughout  the


               kingdom  of  Nebuchadnezzar;  their  king,
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