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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.
As Nebuchadnezzar gazed upon the tree, he
saw a “watcher, even an holy one,”-a
messenger from heaven, whose appearance
was similar to the one who walked in the
midst of the fiery furnace with the Hebrew
children. At the command of this divine
messenger, the tree was hewn down, the
stump alone remaining. Hewing down the tree
did not kill the stump nor the roots. The life
remained, and it was ready to send forth new
shoots more numerous than before.
It is doubtful whether man ever received a
message freighted with greater importance
than this one given to Nebuchadnezzar. In his
former dream he was shown the shortness of
his kingdom and given proof of the decline of
the empire. Had he lived in harmony with
