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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

                            ~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

                                          Chapter 10 – Daniel’s Last Vision
                   knowledge  must  imitate  Daniel,  and


               habituate  himself  to  study,  temperance,  and


               devotion.”




               VERSE 13. But the prince of the kingdom of


               Persia  withstood  me  one  and  twenty  days:


               but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came


               to  help  me;  and  I  remained  there  with  the


               kings of Persia.



               How  often  the  prayers  of  God’s  people  are


               heard,  while  as  yet  there  is  no  apparent


               answer. It was even so in this case with Daniel.


               The angel tells him that from the first day he


               set his heart to understand, his words were


               heard. Yet Daniel continued to afflict his soul


               with fasting, and to wrestle with God for three


               full weeks, all unaware that any respect was


               yet  paid  to  his  petition.  But  why  was  the


               delay?  —  The  king  of  Persia  withstood  the
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