Evening journal., 1911-09-23
INA DEN OF LIONS
Daniel vi-sept "a

Daniel vi-Sept "a
"The angel Of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear Him, and
delivereth them.S-Psalm xxxiV. z.
At the time of this study Daniel was
an old man. He had been long In
service, wise and faithful In his ad-
ministration of the government en-
trusted to him. He had seen the
Babylonian Dynasty perish. In It's
place come the empire OF the Medes
and Persians. BY these also Daniels
grand character was recognized-his
loyalty to principle, his faithfulness
as a public servant, his obedience TO
God and the principles Of righteous
ness. The new Universal Empire was
divided into one hundred and twenty
provinces with one hundred and
twenty governors. Over these were
three presidents over these presi-
dents was King Darius, above whom,
as chief Emperor, was Cyrus. Daniel
was made one of the three presidents,
because of his recognized integrity
/ ad ability.
What a compliment was thus paid
to this noble, consecrated jew, and
how the recognition of his ability
marks the breadth OF mind of some
OF the rulers of the pastl Their de-
sire to have such a man in high re-
pute and authority seems to evidence
their good intentions in respect to the
governing Of the world. Indeed, We
believe that this is true also OF many
noble minded modern monarchs-thai
they gave TO their subjects the best
government Of which they are capable
according to their own imperfect
judgments.
That which will specially mark Mes
siah's Kingdom will be that Il will
not only have perfect ideals in respect
to human government, but that IL will
be backed by Divine Power, before
which. eventually, Every knee shall
bow and every tongue shall confess. u
. Philippians II, 10, IL.
EnviOus of Daniel.
From all that we know of the gov
ernments of the Orient, present and
/ past, they have been full of dishon-
esty. OF what in our day Is designated
graft" AS an illustration. II is said
that In the China-Japan war, con-
tracts for cannon and other war ma
terials were given to manufacturers
closely allied to government officials,
and that the most shamefaced dishon-
esty was practiced-for instance, that
wooden cannon were delivered and
mounted upon fortihcations, while the
contract money paid for the genuine
article went to the thieves. A man
like Daniel. in so important a place
as that which he occupied as one of
the three supervisors of a great En-
pire, was sure TO be in the way Of
grafters-a hinderer of their schemes,
Realizing that he could not be de-
posed. the next step was to find some
fault with him which would secure
his removal; but the mans integrity
and uprightness gave no hope in this
direction. Finally. however, the
scheme was concerted.
The conspirators, high in office, ap.
preached the king with project which
they assured him would help to make
strong and united the various parts
of his empire. II was this: the kins
should be recognized for a month a.
the only channel of mediation OF &C
cess between his subjects and thei
gods. The claim was that such re
cognition would elevate the dignity o
the throne IN the minds Of the people
King Darius felt fatte~ed and agreed
/ 10 the arrangement and issued an
order to that effect-never thinking o
what might be the result in the cas-
of Daniel and never suspecting tha
his counseiors were seeking TO entral
! him and to accomplish the death 0
! his most trusted officer.
Z Prayed Three Times Daily.
& Daniel heard of the decree but al
e tered not his custom of praying tire
/. times daily before a window of hi
). house which looked out toward Jeru
salem Morning. noon. and night b
remembered his God and his VOWS o
& faithfulness 20 Him and called to min'
The gracious promises respecting tn
q Holy Land that IL would yet be tn
e center Of the whole earth and O
= >lGody's holy people; that eventually