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ter before us.-Iiis rage and fury.
More accurately, In rage and fury.
Is 1t true? Better; Is it with design or
with deliberate purpose2 AS with Daniel
who "purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion OF the
kings meat" Dan. I: Worship, /.
e., pay alteration. Same word used OF
the king and Daniel at 2: 46.
Ready. Or prepared. The root of tho
word seems to be time. --Deliver. The
word Is, curiously enough. shazav, a
seemingly foreign corruption OF yazav.
1t occurs several times In this chapter.
Not careful to answer. More literally.
no need to answer. Douay: No COCA
sion to answer, /. O., to apologize or
justify their conduct before the king.
The word answer originally meant to
return or send back.
Our God. The our is emphatic, COM
ing last In the Hebrew.-Whom we
serve. See Paul on the Mediterranean,
Acts q: 23.-Able. Or, has it in his
power. The root Of the word is TO con-
tain, to have capacity.
Fell down. Or simply, fell, Bound.
Emphatic. Stands last In the Hebrew
sentence.
Be 1t known. A word Of calm decision,
answering the inquiry of v. IA. Us it
with deliberate purpose?) Nor wor-
ship. The words close the verse In the
Hebrew and give added force. (And tho
golden image which thou hast set up we
will not worshipl
Full of fury. Or, filled with fury.
Rendered overfiow.-Form of his Wis
age. Literally, shade, /. e.. aspect Of
countenance.
Most mighty men. Hebrew: men or
warriors mighty in strength.-Cast or
hurled, used ofen of shooting arrows.
burning fiery furnace. Hebrew:
the furnace or oven, glowing, blazing.
Douay: furnace of burning fire.
Urgent. Or severe, stern. From the
root to storm, to rage, Also rendered,
to press, hence. Imperative -Flame.
From the verb to burn. Probably
sweeping tongue OF fame,
Astonied. Akin to the word gaze,
hence, wonder-struck. - Rose up,
spake, said. The language of nervous
excitement. The Douay precedes this
verse with long Interpolation OF prayer,
put into the lips of the Hebrew children,
SIMILAR to the cry Of Jonah in the whales
belly.
Loose. In contrast with bound, in the
preceding verse; unbound Is the literal
meaning. - Walking, /. g., moving
about in the fire. The word Is applied
to ones accustomed going and coming.
The Son of God, or rather, Son of
God, referring probably to the glorious
ness OF his appearance.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Who is that God that will deliver you
out of my hands? There was contempt
in the query. 1t was not simply igno-
1,,,k -tatA - H. n<1 - 10.
Hebrews. We see here again the hea-
then raging and the kings of the earth
setting themselves, the rulers taking
counsel against the Lord and his anoint-
ed, saying let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from
us. And how does God answer this de-
flance of his power and dominionp By
a sublime and lofty scorn that, being
well founded, puts mans poor haughti-
ness to the blush, He that sitteth In
the heavens shall laugh" Even so the
Christian is to view the worlds derid-
ing. In his Utmost soul he may laugh
at 1t. This Is the real import of that
passage from Romans: If God be for
us, who is he that is against us?" i. O.,
what cares the God-attended man for
any one that may come against him?
God is with him!
We are not careful to answer thee in
this matter. Our answer is to God, not
to man. So spoke the disciples, when
threatened. And now, Lord, behold
their threatenings," they say, "and
grant unto thy servants, that with all
holiness they may speak thv word.
They were not as careful regarding their
response to insolent man as to the ON
nipotent and holy God. This indeed
was the attitude of the Christ, who
when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not;
but committed himself to him that
judgeth righteously." There is alto
gether too great anxiety among Chris
tian men to-day as to how they shall
Justify themselves before the world, too
little concern for the vindication and
acceptance of God himself. Let us
make our appeal to God. Be more care
full 10 answer the Most High than to
answer the creature. The answer to
God, indeed, is the effectual answer to
this world.
Lo, see four men loose. There Is
always one man more than the world
counts on. The Son of man Is never
included In carnal computations; he Is
forgotten in the accounts of men. But
he Is here, and in the ultimate reckon
ing men will see 1t. The world beholds
1t to-day indeed where faith is fully
present and trust is strong. Says the
Psalmist, Il will not be afraid of ten
thousand of people that have set them
selves against me round about" That
would be rashness and effrontery, were
IL spoken by man standing by himself
and unaided. 1t Is two that shall put
ten thousand to fight, but where is the
other man2 Arise, o Lord, save me,
o my Godl" And now we see the other,
the One indeed and all is we'll. Re-
member this, Christian, faiths reckon
| ing always counts one more than the
world describes. One who is mighty to
save.
Next lesson-"The Den Of Lions