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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 6 – Daniel in the Lion’s Den
the matter, and, to render it more sure, got

an acknowledgment from the king that such a

decree was in force. Then they were ready to

inform against Daniel; and mark their mean

resort to excite the prejudices of the king:

“That Daniel, which is of the children of the

captivity of Judah.” Yes; that poor captive, who

is entirely dependent on you for all that he

enjoys, so far from being grateful and

appreciating your favors, regards not you, nor

pays any attention to your decree. Then the

king saw the trap that had been prepared for

him as well as for Daniel, and he labored till

the going down of the sun to deliver him,

probably by personal efforts with the

conspirators to cause them to relent, or by

arguments and endeavors to procure the

repeal of the law. But they were inexorable.

The law was sustained; and Daniel, the