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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the

light dwelleth with him. 23. I thank thee, and

praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who

hast given me wisdom and might, and hast

made known unto me now what we desired of

thee; for thou hast now made known unto us

the king’s matter.

Whether or not the answer came while Daniel

and his companions were yet offering up their

petitions, we are not informed. If it did, it

shows their importunity in the matter; for it

was through a night vision that God revealed

himself in their behalf, which would show that

they continued their supplications, as might

reasonably be inferred, far into the night, and

ceased not till the answer was obtained. Or, if

their season of prayer had closed, and God at

a subsequent time sent the answer, it would