Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-21

SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON SEPT. 10
BY DE-. MARION 4cH. KULL.

After NebuCnadneZZaT'S treatment o.
The three friends OF DauIeI, ne seems
10 have lapsed into spIIIJuaI depres-
sion ABOUT tns year 90 u - A. tile
close OF ms JniEIeSn years "a ahS sle5v
OF IRE, nc ueISaJeu l., ana became
the -cOnqueFOr OF the word because "a
his prIae. ne was .tIIuctvu wan Insanity
Tor seven years. but LlnsaIIy was rsstOF-
ed 10 sound mInu anu - MS kInsuOm-
It Is interesting 20 note INA. Ihe
whole OF the IOurJn chapter OF DAnleI
Is contributed D. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT anu
II Is pleasing IL HO,e ,laaI mas I.'St -
press4vu from JnaI wonderful Mag was
al absorption OF PRAISE - ,He IAaIis ~
r1eaven. LrUm al nunIOIe He1rL
ue vas succeeded - ais sOlt, EVIi-
Meruacn. VINO gave JrnOIaCnIn Jne Irce-
uom OF the paIace anu = pace At ais
own table. aIler JnaI unhappy AIns hAd
been CapsINe .nIrIy-SeVsn q. ears. ais
IeIgn Was Dr1eI- ne Mas snOrNiy SUI
cesdsd - NaDOnIGus, wnO .au mar
rico his sister. the daughter u Ne0u-
cnaouezLar- IOwaro JnS close Oh MS
seventeen years rvIgn lie associated Ms
son. BsIshaZAIr WIJA aim, pacing hln
As sing ia D4DyIOn. WINE ne Was 40
Gated e4sewhereS curing a o. unAsn de-
Daucn, ue was captured ana Jhe cIly
associated wIIn cyrus, tne EsrsIan- Aud
.neu usgssu .ue SecOIu DIVISION OF Jne
syorla empires when NrDGCnadnezzsIr
nau seen a. [ne cnssI anu arms % si4-
Yer, auu sSnIcu DanIsI nad see4i a. Iie
secOmu Ue.tSJ- LnIs occurred la the year
ssS - -. wnen DarIus MAS sIAJy-IwO
Nrsrs GA anu wnen DanIrl Was aoUu1
SIgnty-AIVc-
a.. I,..CREE AND TkEpICAMENT.
H.
..i...... ,ss lrIgu % .,,,,dciadHezLsr and Dc.-
sh@44-r. uJW Ie e.sNaieSa To a hAs"
losIuUu Ill tae Kingdom uuUrr Darius- a
.uEes s.as put yyes vaCI. UI 49, vle huhdFea
al,i twenty PROVINCES, which composed the
ktug,Ivas. v.ct tuyss we've ptact-I sHsee pres
0rnts, o. which uaniei was 49,"
IseloTts Of -aNe> collected anu All Iuhus
s-suu.ss,. were .eFIgTc,I VI JnesIs. - tnat tie
EI.- aI4-at -uaTcs- DaIleI honesty ann
sn.UlI.lss wa> Ec,at JnaI lie would Al-0"
10 crIOk-,Iuess IN the-r accounts IHr oriental
luier l. sim. JusEy. notorious CRATER Ol
t.su,,,s- this made itauIeI incur their uispleas-
are. They determined 10 get nd OF hlHl' anu
slnce Ihsy cOuld lot fina any lauit Ia him
As far n his relationship to the klns was
evucerue,. they devised a subtle scneme lOr &C
complisHIhg Iueir eeslre- They We'll Guesseu
ruat be would not be any less faithful 10 his
GOd than lie uad been 70 als King. VOW, y
they had gone directly 10 Darius, they would
have failed IN their purpose; out they ap-
pealsI 70 the old man pride, AMI tooA nun
guawares 1hey secured from him a decree
else other than himself; anu, II any one dls-
obsyed. he was 10 De- EAST into den OF
lions 80,
.fhe kings decree made difference with
Daniel: he was not ignorant Of it, but he did
not change ills manner Of living one lotA
every day he opened his windows to"sEJ S ,i.-
salem AM prayed 10 Jehovah, as he had done
before But now he had those who We're
watching him. Tor these devil-possessed men
we're On the lookout. AMI lost 10 time In re-
porting to the king the disturbance OF MS
fErorffe officer. II was not Daniel who was
sorry that the decree had been issued. but
Darius: be realized that he had been duped'
and that having been taken unawares, his SUD
ouIiuateS had made a fool OF him.
lie tried all sorts Of schemes 10 deliver
Dcniel except the one Of reyoking the foolish
decree: so when night came. he cast Daniel
irso the den OF lions sealed the door with his
avn seal. and thai OF the princes 80 that
fhere would be possibility Of either break
: frhe king spent a miserable night; but not
sos with Daniel. for sooner than he had
been put into the lions den. than God sent
Ais angel 10 close the mouths OF the lions,
The DEN AND THE DELIvERANCE.
me next morning the king sent as early as
ro-.ibIe 10 find out the fate OF his friend. I
an inclined 20 think that that heathen king
prayed that night in a way ne had never
lei could answer him not. he called TO him,
a-king whether his God had protected MIN
from harm: and Daniels ansNer was a trl,
mt his angel and how the hungry Hons had
done him harm
The seals were broken. Daniel was taken out,
and those princes who had brought all this
sabout were cast into the lions den, With all
that belonged 70 them That the lions were
really hungry was shown by the fact that they
crushed the men before they even hit the floor.
Daniel himself again promoted. and
decree was issued BY the king which PRACTICAL
ly Incorporated the worship q Jehovah into the
Remembering that the book OF Daniel deals
with the last days. We must learn from this
story the truth that Daniel was type Of the
faithful remnant who TO be prosecuted by
the Auti-ChriSr because they refuse TO bow
down ami worship him instead Of God. The
Anti-ChriSt is not 4 god. but man. and the
faithful remnant refuses him. even though he
nav exercise all th- power that the Anti-Christ
dce<. They will not give worship 70 anyone
except Him to whom worship : tu". Jehovah
Himself
Let Us also notice. since this closes the first
part Of Daniel that in Nebuchadnezzar's image
Of gold We have Self-eyultation: iR his dream
~ the tree image have the D-rSonificatiOn
% power in Relshazzar's Use u the sacred
vessels have the hlasphemv end disregard
for Sacred things. and in the decree OF Da-
rims have the summing IN Of mans Oppo-
sition 70 Col in TIE requirement that man be
An OF these things are rapidly developing
today They things which will find their
complete development in the days Of the Anti
thirst Let ~ net be deceived. bUt appreciate
tfat these things coming, snd. being fore
varned. be also forearm-d- IL We are not
,Tue 20 'NI--l wen .N'->- t.lHEN NJ N-'eiop-
Ing. IL cannot he Ore 70 our ignorance. Let US
watch. Therefore. for We know neither the day
no. the hour when the S1n II Man ccmeth.
The most Interesting suggestion here Is given
Us 81 the ministry % angels But perhaps
you DO not believe in angels YOur skeDtiriSn
the subject however. does net alter the
cot Every ChristiHu has sucel who Is
f-asi's messenger. and who ministers to him.
Ther@ ere many services which th~se angels
reader aIl-nrntC-tior- warning guidance and
r--ovi<tau prt tho devil hss hts angels too.
Which had y"u rather serve yOu5
God e waitiEE 20 b. grsciOuS - Won. rn,l
We viii. fsr - the uauv blessings We
rs-eS vc~- " -7U Weld Yourself - Hir,. IS tho
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