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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.

time a golden stream connected heaven and

earth, as if the heavens were open and the

dove of peace were descending. At times the

stream narrowed to a mere hair-line of light,

but it was never wholly extinguished; then

the prophet saw it broaden until it lightened

the whole world.

That light followed the Jews for hundreds of

years, but in the days preceding the Saviour’s

birth there were but a few souls that bound

earth and heaven together. With the advent of

Christ a flood of light filled the earth, but again

the darkness almost covered the face of the

sun. The streams of light were numerous as

the Christians scattered throughout the earth,

but gradually as the prophet followed these in

vision, they grew dim and dimmer. In the days