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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.

peculiarity and keep them from mingling

with the heathen. The time came when the

Babylonians, who were sun-worshipers,

mocked the Jews because of the Sabbath. They

were forbidden to celebrate their feasts;

priests and rulers were degraded and

persecuted. The Babylonians often demanded

songs from the Jews. “They that wasted us

required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the

songs of Zion;” but their hearts were

mournful. “Israel is a scattered sheep,” wrote

Jeremiah; “the lions have driven him away;

...Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath

broken his bones.” The Babylonians boasted

that it was no sin to oppress the Jews,

reasoning that God had placed the Hebrews in

bondage because of their sins.