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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.


               image, and it shall both speak and decree that


               as many as will not worship it shall be put to


               death. All, small and great, rich and poor, free


               and bond, will be required to receive a mark


               in the right hand or in the forehead. Men will


               be  disfranchised  for  not  worshiping  this


               image; for no one will be allowed to buy or sell


               who has not the mark or the name of the beast,


               or the number of his name.



               Who will be able to stand the test when this


               decree  to worship  the  image  to  the  beast  is


               enforced?  Who  will  choose  rather  to  “suffer



               affliction with the people of God than to enjoy


               the  pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season”?  What


               children are now being trained and educated


               in these principles of integrity to God? From


               what  homes  will  come  the  Daniels  and  the
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