Page 10 - 18 THE CLOSING SCENE

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.

longer sheltering him. It is another night in

Gethsemane, another day of Calvary.

Again the words are uttered, not by one lone

man, but by multitudes, “My God, my God, why

hast thou forsaken me?” The sweat drops of

blood roll from other foreheads; the crown of

thorns can be pressed unheeded into many a

brow; Calvary’s nails can be driven without

added pain. The burden of heart-searching is

great among the faithful few, as they

remember that one unconfessed sin means

death. The mother of Zebedee’s children

asked for her sons a place on the right and on

the left of the King on his throne. The Saviour

said that place belonged to him who should

drink of the cup of which he himself must

drink. That is the cup which is drained to the