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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 they beheld the high priest lay his hands on


               the  head  of  the  scapegoat,  and  confess  over


               him all the iniquities of the children of Israel,


               and  all  their  transgressions  in  all  their  sins,


               putting them upon the head of the goat, and


               sending him away by the hand of a fit man into


               the  wilderness,”  their  hearts  filled  with  the


               peace  that  passeth  understanding.  They


               praised God for the wonderful gift of his love


               in  giving  his  Son  to  die  for  sinful  man,


               delivering him from sin and death. It was not


               until the goat was sent away into the barren


               wilderness that this peace filled the hearts of


               the  people,  and  they  felt  that  they  were


               forever free from their sins.




               That  was  the  type.  What  does  the  antitype


               mean to us? Since 1844 the world has been
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