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time that ! will DO il. Father and
mother Will never hear about It, They
are away of now among the Judeaa
hills, and ever If do go back TO Jeru.
salem, why, then | will start all over
again and be d consistent Hebrew, as
| used to be-" But no sooner does he
speak thus than hear him say: NAY;
/ will not do this, God sees; God
Knows. ! see; | know. And will be
rue TO myself and true to my absent
loved ones aud true to my God wheth-
er an in the Babylonish capital or
In ny own dear Jerusalem or In my
own fathers house" Oh, my friends,
mas not the tempter come to you, as
have imagined he came TO Daniel,
whispering. "Why don't you eat the
unclenn food? No one knows no one
will know. Why don't you eat tie
fruit Of the forbidden tree Just once7'
Tn. Tcmpter n rsrjurer.
But, though the tempter may come
to US and whisper, Child, Just once
and no one will know of thy s!n," be.
lleve him not; the tempter Is a per-
Jurer. For no man ever snned but at
last that sin found him out, In that
fascinating book Of travels, "On the
Frontier" Mr.. Campion tells is how
IL the !sthmus of Panama he tried to
gather some beautiful green plants Of
most delicate shade and form. No
goonei would he reach out and pluck
one than this leaf would become roth
Ing but wi:hered, shrveled brownlsh
weed AT first" said Mr.. Camplon,
II thought I was stricken with q de-
lirium Of the fatal Panama fever, but
after awhile I found that | had been
plucking sensitive plant, so sensitive
that as soon MS | touched one immed!-
ately 1t lost its color and life" So It
is with sin. We may think we can
pluck .hr beautiful leaves of sin and
press them to our lips to kiss them
and no one will know it. But, alas.
the world will soon see that we are
not holding IN our hands the beautl-
full flower Of purity, but withered
stalk of sin. 40 sin can he safely hid
den. Every sin will ultimately be
found ont 40 Babylon Is so far away
but the misdeedS of Daniel will be
carried back to the home land and, what
is far worse, carried mp to he written
down in the pages of the great book
which shall be opened by the recording
angel at the judgment seat Of Jesus
Christ. Hear it, man, Hear it, wom-
an. Hear It, child.
Thus it Is with great JOY that I hold
up before your eyes the character Of
Daniel for you to copy. The last time
I ever heard y. l.. Moody preach was
about this mighty man Of God. In
that sermonic picture he showed us
how Daniel was able 10 stand with
unblanched cheek amid the gaping
mouths of the lions den. But If you
have followed me you know l have
not once mentioned Daniel as the
mighty statesman of Nebuchadnezzars
court. My sermon has revolved about
the first great temptation Of Daniels
life. when he refused TO eat the kings
meat as the first great temptation OF
Joseph's life was in Potiphar's home.
When these two young men were
found true to God in the first tempta.
lions of youth the way was paved for
them to become the premiers Of kings.
So may we be true to God in the first
temptations May we be true to God
in our youth. Then. whether we rise
to positions of power and influence
among the great OF the world or con-
tinue in humble life. doing our duty in
obscurity, we shall please him who
when this worlds work is done, shall
give to US our heavenly crown. Thus
/ close with the only five words l re-
member OF u. l.. Moody's sermon. They
are these: Dare to be Daniel. Dare
to be Daniel, Dare to be Daniel"
In Gods name a9d with Gods power,
dare TO be n Daniel and triumph or
earth and I'm heaven. In Gods name,
dare.
copyright 1906. by Louis Klopsch.l