The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-09
LOCAL NEWS RECORD.
THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL
Professor Black breaches an Able Ser.
mon mt the Opsra-House-The Boy
cotting Busiaess Suspsuded-
The Hole in the Bridge and
Other Minor Matters.
Professor Black at ,he opora House

Professor Black ut the Opera house.
General Gsn0 opened the exerciaeS
ut the opera house yesterday afternoon
when Professor Black preached. Grea
as IL the multitude vino attend his scr.
mons, there are but lew, perhaps, who
r0alix the wonderful lnteres. that il
being excited In these discussions, be.
tween tho people and tho great mar
who IL preaching to them. The
prophecy OF Daniel was bia text
1t only has II chapters
and he preached from the tbirtsontt
and fourteenth verses OF cns OF The
chaptere, which was the third.
"The historical record Of ID aniel show
that when he was IL years of age
mere Observation-Disclosures carried
him csptive from Jerusalem to Baby
Ion. Fav0ritism or fancy induced
royal Nebuchadnezzar to take him into
his family and educate hin
- one Of his family, vel
Daniel declined to conform 10 The Gus
toms of TIE royal househoId, and even
In the matter OF observance, with
20 depart from the customs OF his Is
rAelitish forefathers.
SNOW, little things are tho mickles
and the mnckles OF tho Scotch. They
MAKE up tbs sum total. Some exam.
pies ic tho worlds history
will better Illustrate what 1
desire TO tell you than q
recOunting Of the events themselves.
Tho falling OF tho apple from tho tree,
Witnessed by one whom many regard
~ the great I'll of the earth, gave The
doclrlue OF grsvitation to marKipd.
Tho floating driitwood which the sail
ors discerned an they were approach.
ing the shores OF America gave birth
to new continent. These things arc
significant aud fully "a important
as those classical little ia
bles which We hear and read about
concerning Athens, Rome
Again, FraDklin's kite was small
matter in itself, but il evolved from
nature the hidden secret of the crack
ling electricity. Geese that flew over
Rome saved the city from destruction.
Daniel made his stand on little cues.
tiop OF table etiquette and Obedience to
municipal and provincial laws. Daniel
changed the name OF one OF his ooun-
trymen to Shadraok, refuting the
Chaldean idea. Darirg Dsniel's CON
tinuance Ia the royal family,
his comrades were sent west
for their consumption, but DaAiel
would eat none OF IL, and he reirained
trom indulging his appetite because
no thought 1t was right to abstain. For
reasons best known to himself, he pre-.
ferred TO eat pulse and other vegetables
and believed that he was obeying hi,
God when he did so. The king disc0v.
cred that Daniel was hear.ier and
stouter than the other young men and
believed that there was some
scientific reason ut the bot.
tom OF this vegetarian habit. He
took kindly 10 it, was attracted by
Daniels consistency and kept him In
his mind. By this consistent conduct,
Daniel kept his heart pure.
"The victory that Daniel won WIS
over sin. Thinking that 1t would have
been wrong for him 20 have acted
otherwise, he did not act otherwise.
Phocian was another instance Of this
devotion TO principle. The young man
who dovotes himself to principle ia
made great man. With God's help
he has bsen made great aud is entitled
TO some Of the reward.
"Charles Carroll, ct Ca ruii ,Uu, 4 hen
he signed his name 10 the Declaration
OF Independence, had 1t sugge.ted 10
him by person In tho hail that IL
was very easy thing TOR him TO tign
his nane ms Charles Carroll. for tho
reason tbas there were o dozen OIL
more Charles CAROLS in
America. 1t was said that no was
near the door at tho time
that this lntimation was given and
returned immediately to the
desk OF the secretary, signed bis
name, "Charlos Carroll, of Csrroltop, y
and remarked that no wanted No
doubt upon that fact TO remain-that i,
was his name and he desired the 70.
sponpihility.
DONE we want character? Oh, no \
dear In principle ana how heneilcont
arc their practical workings! The Lu.
theirs were men OF principle. TIE
great men OF the Protestant faith wera
dovotees, and devotion TO princil Ia
Keeps tho world In order. This great
dovotedness TO principle made Wash.
ingtau, Webater and our wonderful
Calhoun colossal, and there are lint
few who do not derive beneficial ra.
suits from specially directed deyotlon.
"When Nebuchedngzzar changed
Dan'ePs nsmo he supposed he vas
changing his character. But whilst the
name Was ephomeral, the true inward
character OF the youth, though but rs
years OF age, WAS not. Bosidos, he
WAS, like somo other children, burn
truthful. In addition t. that he wa.
entirely subject 10 the Hebrew csuse.
and vt that timo tho siIairs q! his neo'
pie were at least doubtful, and SOW.
eral OF hiH expressions no to show thai
tho great desiro Of Daniels life, sven
from tbs date OF his BIRTH, was the
promotion Of his peoples interests,
There was something rather singular
about 10 young y lad nv Daniel 6sinp
given no much Oriental power. Now.
give you the quotation from the eco.
ond book OF tho fourth year of this
Babylonian reign. II would certainly
b very strange II this historical
record could DO wrong when nobody
q Interested In making Il 30
He wanted TO tell the truth. Daniel
wrote IL chapters OF unsssailablt
prophecy. He know his character wa,
. stake. He had earthly greatness In
hiD grasp and was ROY nj favorite. liz
was silver tougucd, but away over
and bpyond everything else hc was q
square mortal. have trlod 10 give
Jun the character of n very great r an,
snow, donft understand me that I
mink Nebucbadns gar was a bad ma n.
H Vas only condemned for sbor,
t0niDhmont and was restored 10 his
1911u. Seven years wes only tho an.
19z coventh. yesr Kind OF Hebrew
-S11ys put his term was much ear.
e4vo4 out. His son was an IN.
14194 nadonnis, who only lived
-45ous aud the great King Bel.
49, - eho nrondoon OF Nah
1 S = ~ ~ ~ reason that che