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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.

opposing, would have been smitten as by a

thunder-bolt, failing, paid tribute to Babylon.

His capital was entered.

Treasures from the house of God were

ruthlessly torn from their place and dedicated

to heathen worship. Youth,–bright, promising

youth,–were taken from the royal family to

serve the king of Babylon. Jehoiakim beheld

this, but was powerless to interfere. His life

was gone; he was not connected with the

throne of God. His mother and his father made

a fatal mistake, for they did not give him the

training which God had commanded them to

give. Neither did he profit by these mistakes,

but educated his son in courtly manners and

in the philosophy of the world; and, as a result,

his son Jehoiachin languished nearly thirty-