Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-06-10

Text of the Lesson. Dan. vi, 1928.
Memory Verses. io-ee-Golden Text
C..n. vi. &c c0HliAoatary by the Rev
ID. NJ. stearns.
10. Then the king commanded, and
| they brought Daniel and cast him into the
fen of lions" After the kingdom passed
into the hands of the Modes Darius made
| Daniel the first of three presidents over 100
| provinces. But the princes and other
| presidents hated him and sought to accom-
| plish his death, as recorded in the previous
part of this chapter. Daniel is fearless OF
man, and aitbfully waits upon his God
| The result is that Daniel is cast into the
! lions den. ana to all appearance has
persisted The kind words from the king
are Il hope that it may be so, rather than
an assurance that it will be so.
II. And stone was brought and laid
upon the mouth of the den. and the king
sealed it with his own signet." So the
ungodly prosper in the world and the
devil is permitted to put the saints of God
in prison and ufttimes to kill them (Ps
lXXiii, IL, Rev. ii, 10. John xvi, p. But
the child Of God is to be prepared for these
things. and not to think them strange nor
be offended when they come (Math x, %
| Pet iv, II, 10; John xvi, D.
IS Then the king went to his palace
and passed the night fasting" Although
the king loved Daniel and labored hard to
deliver him oversees II, 10y, yet even the
king, with all his power, was poweress
against the law, from which let us learn
| that love cannot always deliver. nor can
the law save any one. Even the law OF
God. which is holy and just and good, can
not give life nor justify the sinner Gal. iii.
81; ii, l6, Rom iii, POI
10 'Then the king arose very early in
the morning and went in haste unto the
den OF lions This early morning victory
and deliverance of Daniel is very sug
gestive of a morning of deliverance for
| Daniels people, which is now drawing
nigh. See Ps. XXX, 5: XVI, 5, margin: xix.
IA; cXXX, q; III Sam. xiii, B. 1. 1t is also seen
in the early morning deliverance of Mark
vi, 46-4S. There is a class of people, how
ever, for whom there will be no morning
lisa. viii, 90 X, W
90 20 Daniel, servant of the living God,
is thy God, whom thou servest continually,
able to deliver thee from the lions?" 1t
was great and lamentabe cry from the
greatest earthly monarch of the time;
cry of hope, but not of assurance. Had he
known the God of Daniel and of David he
would not have asked if God was able to
deliver. Read the experience of David and
Paul in Sam. xvii, 1896; II Tim. iv, H. Is,
and let your own heart say, IL am per
suaded that He is able" 0I Tim. i, l2).
81. Then said Daniel unto the king, o
king, live forever" With what eagerness
must the king have listened for reply
from the den, family hoping for yet hard
ly daring to expect a reply. But there is
a reply prompt and clear and the kings
il "a ola
ever may have been the significance of the
words, Live forever" the believer in Jesus
knows that he has eternal life (John V, "a
vi, 40.
%. MY God hath sent His angel, and
hath shut the lions mouths, that they have
not hurt me-" Blessed be God and blessed
be His holy angels that excel in strength.
doing His commands. hearkening to His
word Dps. CHI, q, 22). Consider the power
of one angel as seen in the case of Hezekiah
and of Peter lisa. XXXvi, 36; Acts xii, 6-10),
and remember that these same angels are
your ministering spirits ever with you.
serving unseen and uuthanked QIeb i, ~.
%. so Daniel was taken up out of the den,
and no manner of hurt was found upon him.
because he believed in his God" Daniel,
in figure, suffered the extreme penalty of
the law, and came forth from the place of
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