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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 1 – Daniel in Captivity
Daniel continued even unto the first year of

king Cyrus.

To Daniel alone seems to have been

committed an understanding in visions and

dreams. But the Lord’s dealing with Daniel in

this respect does not prove the others any the

less accepted in his sight. Preservation in the

midst of the fiery furnace was as good

evidence of the divine favor as they could have

had. Daniel probably had some natural

qualifications that peculiarly fitted him for

this special work.

The same personal interest in these

individuals heretofore manifested by the king,

he still continued to maintain. At the end of the

three years, he called them to a personal

interview. He must know for himself how they

had fared, and what proficiency they had