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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
a certain heathen king, that he endeavored

to obtain them in spite of the Lord’s expressed

will to the contrary, and thus signally failed.

Daniel did not act with a view to obtaining

these presents; yet by maintaining his

integrity with the Lord they were given

abundantly into his hands. His advancement,

both with respect to wealth and power, was a

matter of no small moment with him as it

enabled him to be of service to his fellow-

countrymen less favored than himself in their

long captivity.

Daniel did not become bewildered nor

intoxicated by his signal victory and his

wonderful advancement. He first remembers

the three who were companions with him in

anxiety respecting the king’s matter; and as

they had helped him with their prayers, he