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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.


               Babylon  might  revel  in  the  wealth  of  the


               world. The seeds of that form of government


               were sown wherever Babylon established her


               power, and as she sowed, so she, as well as


               others,  have  reaped.  When  Babylon  fell,  the


               principles by which she had controlled others


               were in turn applied to her. Wherever there is


               tyranny in government in any nation of earth


               to-day, it is an offshoot of that root which filled


               the earth, the stump of which was allowed to


               remain until the end of time.



               Wherever Babylon laid her hand in conquest,



               the principles of her religion were implanted.


               The vilest forms of worship were practiced in


               that kingdom with all its outward glory. The


               heart was rotten. The mystery of iniquity held


               full  sway,  hidden  by  the  outward  glitter  of
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