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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.

the son. In the eyes of heaven this history was

a checkered one. There had been periods

when a desire to know the right and rule justly

were written opposite the name of the king.

But these were followed by still longer periods

when the voice of the Divine One was

altogether unheeded. There was a record of

wonderful providences, rich blessings, and

bitter trials, all having one object, to turn the

minds of the world to the only source of life

and power. If Heaven ever grows weary in

watching the struggles of nations, what must

have been the burden as they saw this

kingdom repeatedly choose the course which

was leading to inevitable ruin.

Evil-merodach, the son of Nebuchadnezzar, is

mentioned but twice in the Scriptures, and in