The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-15
DANIEL IN
B A BYLON
Sunday Sohoo lesso n for Sept E.l905
Specially PTeparsd for This Pap.r

verses is L
GOLDEN TENT -"Daro pmrosel IN
his heart that he wou.l NOT .euty tim~c't
DAME, u.s.
TIME -soon after ire attack OF Ne.
huchldre-zar upon Jchci4klfu. krg Of
Ja1ah. Is. c. 6oo. when DAME. was made
captive
PLACE Baby,on on the EuphpteS. zoo
niles east of Jerusalem.
sCklfrlRAI- REF nRENCES Hcfer-
saees 70 Daniel IN Eek iiH 20. S3. 81 fer-
"nces 20 Jeremiah in Dan. 80. com pare
Matt .i.l5 with Dan g 81 Compare Dan
49, IA with Matt. @6s. Mark l4t2, Luke
-2@' p = Rev 1874. As specimens Of
ne relation h. Neen DAME a.d Reveal.
zion, co~paye Rev. liza with Dan 10. Rev
rs with pan 1os. Rev l.l7 with Dan. s.
u Rev 5.l wth Dan. 7.lQ HcN O4 with
Dan $50. l-i 2 Rev l-l9With Dan ao
Rev 20 40 with han 7.ll Read ChTon
N's. Tor the circumS .ances OF Dan .e. 8
tNIe
Comment and Suggestive Thou 3 ht
Y. 3. But " Although. as has Just
been stated. everything was done to
make the captiyes forget their land
and their God Daniel" He was
about II years old az this time "-Pur
posed in his heart" Formed a firm
resolution His three friends shared
In the purpose. Would not dehle
himself" The young Jews looked
upon food from the table OF the l1.ne
OF Babylon as daaling because I'd Il
would most probably include some ar
ticles of food prohibited by Gods law
tLev. IL CD The Babylonans did
nv conform to the Jewish laws in
regard 10 killing animals to be used
for food. hence they would be uncl can
10 the jew 60 1t was the custom OF
the heather then, a. in Pauls time.
to offer portion OF the food Of each
meal TO their gods ana eating OF this
food would be looked upon rs particl
pating in ido,atrous worship (D
Pampering the body with luxurious
food weakens ones moral purpose.
renders him more liable 70 sin
Y 9. Unto favor God infuen ced
the heart Of the eunuch. ana Others. 10
favor Daniel Undoubtedly he did
this by making Daniel pleasing in
bis character and manners. 1t was all
the harder for the captlyes 10 oppose
2 master who was kind to them.
V. 10 Il fear the king"
The eunuch was willing to grant Dan.
ieIs strange request but hesitated lest
the plain fooi might have a bad effect
upon the health Of his charges He
probably entertained the erroneous
idea still held by many, that wine was
good for the health OF body ana mind
All experience proves that it in
iu-es both.
v H. "Melzar:" Rev Yer, the
steward The one who attended per.
sonally 70 the distribution Of food.
The eunuch's name was a shpenaz
Daniel. Hananiah Mishael. Azariah ("
These We're the Jewish names Of these
youths On coming 10 Babylon they
had been named Belteshazzar Shai-
rach. Meshach and Abeanego.
" j. Prove thy servants" Give
rs trial p test the matter Pulse"
The seeds of certain legum.n Gus
plants. much i.i-e beans or. vegeta Die
food q any sort may De- included in
this term
V 13 "As thou seost" He could
shen note what effect the chosen iiet
had upon their phys cal constitution
" 1f Consented 10 them Let
them have such food as they hal re.
lueste1
v Is "Coun tenances fair.
sr eni atter" Tie result Of
the trial was most gratifying
v 10 Took away the portion
The Hebrews We're no longer asked to
eat OF The dedling food Note that the
Revised Version translates this
Took away their dainties Think
Of the heroism on the part 81 crow.
ng boys In voluntarily depriying |
themselves Of dainties,
" H. God gave them knowledge" 4
Throughout this book. Intellectual en- /
lowments and attainmenis are again |
and again ascribed to God Soma Of
these. like the visions. came direcsly
from God. but Others. like the know |
edge here mentioned were bestowed I
by God upon the young students /
through their own faithful study.
V. IS "At the end Of the day n
Their training continued three years
Bring them in When they should !
appear before the king for their ex
animation
V. ~ "Communed with them"
lie tested their attain ments in knowl |
edge Among them ALL In all the
arge class receiving this ply sical and |
Intellectual training
Y. %. Matters OF wisdom /" Dit |
icult questions concerning which the
king consulted the most learned men
Of his court "Magicians:" A priest |
" class. skilled in reading the mys- !
tic writings "Astro logers I" Men |
who studied science, especially astron.
omy, AMI the superstitions OF astrol.
)gy which at that time were closely |
attached to the study OF the heavenly
bodies. The next verse tells that Dan.
lei continued in the public service OF
The kings Of Babylon for about 20
years. Then, as now. temperate Iiv.
ny was conducive to long life
Practical Points.
v 8. dare 10 be a Daniel. dare