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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.

When the sun gilded the western hills of the

land of Judea, on the ninth day of the seventh

month, the trumpet was blown throughout

Israel. The solemn warning of the trumpet

produced a marked effect in every home. All

work was laid aside, and quiet reigned.

It was not the ordinary rest of the weekly

Sabbath, for no evening meal was spread.

There was not the usual baking and seething

customary on the preparation for the Sabbath.

No food was prepared, for this was not a feast,

but a fast day. The father of the household

gathered his family about him, and read from

the Sacred Scroll: “Ye shall do no manner of

work: it shall be a statute forever throughout

your generations in all your dwellings. It shall

be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall

afflict your souls.” With prayer, fasting, and