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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
excellent spirit. Daniel, who, for being a

great man in the empire of Babylon, might

have been esteemed an enemy by Darius, and

so have been banished or otherwise put out of

the way; or, being a captive from a nation then

in ruins, might have been despised and set at

naught, was not treated in either of these

ways; but to the credit of Darius be it said,

Daniel was preferred over all the others,

because the discerning king saw in him an

excellent spirit. And the king thought to set

him over the whole realm. Then was the envy

of the other rulers raised against him, and they

set about to destroy him. But Daniel’s conduct

was perfect so far as related to the kingdom.

He was faithful and true. They could find no

ground for complaint against him on that

score. Then they said they could find no

occasion to accuse him, except as concerning