Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-07
DANIEL AS A GOOD EXAMPLE
chancellor Andrews Draws Lesson from Old
Prophets Career.
WOULD NOT COMPROMISE WITH WRONG
UnswervInE Devotion to His Ideals.
with Industry, the secret Of
His Success at
Babylon.

Chancellor L. benjamin Andrews OF the
University Of Nebraska occupied the pull
pit at the First Baptist church Sunday
morning and spoke on the life Of Daniel
drawing numerous lessons from the incl
dents Of his life. THE life Of this old
prophet was interesting" said Or. An
drews. while a child he was taken
captive in the holy land and transported
a slave to Babylon. He did all sorts of
mental work, but did it so well that he
soon rose to occupy all positions Of trust,
finally becoming. because of his expert
ness in bookkeeping, sort of accountant
over foreign affairs. He had good blood
in his veins. Jewish blood is good blood.
The proportion of good people is greater
where there are Jews and has always
been. Blood will tell. and If man has
good parentage We may expect much Of
him. Daniel did nothing to vitiate his
blood He was clean of mind and clean
OF body. and did not propose to pollute
his body with the rich foods Of his cap
tors.
Daniel industrious md Honest.
Daniel was industrious and did what he
could in his way and did not try to pick his
work, only insisting It be honorable They
were Obliged to promote him. These pro-
motions made him hated by many. There
are men in this. day and age who have so
much the spirit of the devil they hate
fellowmen when they are promoted and
they arc not. Daniel was not Of the same
class. He was OF the people Of Judes.
A slave Of slaves. When the people found
their returns were not so large because
Of the expert accounting Of Daniel they
determined to get rid Of him.
1T was one thing to decide TO roll Dan
Tel in the dust and another to do It. A
smelling committee could find nothing on
which to convict him. except that he wor-
SHIPPED his God too well They tried two
foul means TO put him down-lies and
fattery. An order was made to pray to
the king for thirty days. Here they
thought they had Daniel in hole, for he
must stop praying to his God or die.
Many men we know would have COM
promised to put off their prayers to their
God for thirty days, saying the Bible does
not say to pray every day. Some would
have compromised by praying in silence.
Daniel did not brag nor compromise. He
went into his house and. his windows be-
ing open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,
he kneeled upon his knees three times
day and prayed and gave thanks before
his God. as he did aforetime. He gave
thanks to God-why? Because he had
religion worth living for and that he had
grit and backbone to live for II.
Through the Den of Lions.
Daniel was put in the lions den. In
modern times both Daniel and the king
would. have died before a court decision
had been reached in such a case Not so
in that time. Daniel was guilty and he was
sent to the lions den Justice Is more
often impeded by modern delays than
rectiied. We might imagine Daniel as
great and good man with dauntless eyes,
whom the lions did not dare to touch
The prosecutors, when they found their
schemes had worked drank and de-
bauched for a whole night In the morning
they were informed Daniel was free and
they were to be the victims The lessons
are that any man hard beset as Daniel
was will please God. Any man hard beset
as Daniel was and has faith is sure to do
great stroke OF good for the establish
ment of the kingdom"