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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
Then the king made Daniel a great man.
There are two things which in this life are
specially supposed to make a man great, and
both these Daniel received from the king: (1)
Riches. A man is considered great if he is a
man of wealth; and we read that the king gave
him many and great gifts. (2) Power. If in
conjunction with riches a man has power,
certainly in popular estimation he is
considered a great man; and power was
bestowed upon Daniel in abundant measure.
He was made ruler over the whole province of
Babylon, and chief of the governors over all
the wise men of Babylon.
Thus speedily and abundantly did Daniel
begin to be rewarded for his fidelity to his own
conscience and the requirements of God. So
great was Balaam’s desire for the presents of
