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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.

Angels hurry to and fro, and the inhabitants of

unfallen worlds watch with all eagerness. As

the company forms to accompany the King,

the law of God, the ten commandments, the

foundation of his throne, is hung upon the sky

in view of the startled multitudes of earth. “His

righteousness hath he openly showed in the

sight of the heathen.” Men who have scoffed

and derided those who obeyed this law, now

see it written in the heavens.

Again the most brilliant rainbow is painted on

the threatening clouds which overhang the

earth. Mercy and justice mingled in all God’s

dealings with men until they utterly turned

from him. To the waiting company this is a

renewal of the everlasting covenant made to

the fathers that the inheritance should belong