The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18
BY FRANCES MARSHALL
Dare TO be a Daniel.
Dare 10 stand alone,
Dare TO have a purpose,
Dare to make II known.

The few medieval saints named Dan
lei. Featley. noted seventeenth century
religious disputant. and the Earl of Not.
tingham who stood out against William
and Mary in England. Shays. Roberdeau
Boone all men active In early America
OConnell, who fought not with his sword
but with his wit for Ireland webster
staunch orator; Sickles. Butterfield and
Ammen. brave soldiers-these men. like
the prophet Of the name who refused 70
hear King Darius. have dared to be Dan
iels indeed.
After the days OF the prophet the first
man OF the name to gain fame was the
In the year 5Si a. D. Besides being called
saint Daniel, or Deniol. Bishop of Ban
ggor. ne was denominated one of the
Seven Happy Cousins"-another OF
Three Holy Bachelors The fact that
ne gained fame as R man OF religion In
nose 1nose unsettled and turbulent times
Snpnose SmpwS that rs ne was @ man OF courage and
Saxons, who became blind before his
death in 7s5, was known as one of the
most learned and energetic men who Ia
bored TO develop the Saxon church He
was the coadjutor Of Baeda, and was
called the "encourager. counselor and cor
respondent" of 81; Boniface.
OF the next famous men of the name
was. bkewise; Two saints. a man OF the
church who had to work against odds
ne was me Jesuit priest known as
land, in 1872. He labored zeaiously In
the cause OF his order in England. and
n1ade great progress. Once he visited a.
brother priest in iail at Worcester and
was himself seized and imprisoned After
years imprisonment he. with forty
other priests, was sent into exile Later
ne gained his freeze m, but through the
remainder of his lite he was freauently
captured end confined
contemporary of the Jesuit priest a
Inah OF dltferent religious convictions. but
10 stand up for his belief was Daniel
festley. the preacher who was born in
England In 1882 He married as the
records say. "an ancient, brave gentle
Featiey held to his churchs practices
and so incurred the enmity OF the PurI.
tan party of England One day a band
OF them fired his well stocked farms and
stables, broke open and demolished his
church and the following SUNDAY tried
TO klll him. But Featley, who had been
Msfnea f,s escsps Seforfhand n mnnageS to make
SAID TO have been the most popular hand
oooE on private devotion OF his day and
was the great comfort OF Charles /. dur
another friend Of the Stuart Kings was
Daniel Finch, second Earl Of Noting
nam: one OF the last men in England to
sspt ssss me inc set}inment OF the revolution in
the throne made vacant by the flight of
James II. He was tall, thin and dark,
and so solemn and serious in his asser-
tion OF his views concerning the rights
OF the new king and queen that he was
called Don Dismal" Jonathan Swift
who was always making fun Of him, n1ede
him the subject OF clever ballad called
An Orator Dismal Of Nottinghamshire +"
Another old world Daniel OF daring
purpose was Daniel O'Ccnneu born in
county Kerry Ireland in 17T5. He was
sent TO France 10 finish his education
and at college there was just beginning
TO attract wide attention because of his
echolarship when the French revolution
broke out So O'Connell went TO Enr-
land and studied law
With this training as a founda ton and
with command OF a popular and eloquent
style OF oratory. O'Connell began his ac-
tive political life. He worked always
for the recognition Of the Catholics as a
body in, Ireland. The people ldolized
him, called their liberia tor, and supported
MIN by donating an annual subsidy for
MS use But so great was the enthusi- |
asm which his addresses stirred up tina
ne was finally Imprisoned as conspira-
TOT. Although sentence was reversed the
following year and he was freed, his
health was broken and he died soon aft
erward in Italy
The first great American Daniel to live
up to the reputation of the prophet for
ieArlessness was perhaps Daniel Boone |
Tho stories of his adventures when in |
1859, he entered the wilderness OF Ken
lucky are many-stories of fearless
tramps and marches through unknown
swamp and forest. OF daring fights and