Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-21

know how to save his life at the ex-
Eense of his honor. The "stonewa'l
scrt of man. as faithful at praying
as it fighting. is the sort upon whom
man ana God rely. Even the enemies
Of right know where to find him al
ways.
Everybody must freet trouble some
day. He is a foolish sailor who
builds his boat only for fair weather.
Ncw trorhle should be prepared for,
but not worried about. Daniel was
not ups ct by this plot of his enemies.
He went about his work as usual, aud
prayed with his wi ldows open toward
Jerusalem. even as he did every Gay.
He was not vauntingly ostentatlous
in the defiance of the kings edict:
nor was he cravenly cautious. IIe
simply did as usual. Blessed be
noble routine.
The king. who was as weak as
most vain men, was troubled by the
plot against Daniel when he perceiveu
it. How he must have cursed his own
silly pride and gullibility. He spoke
openly to the plotters; but when
they rather menacingly intimated that
not even the king was above the law,
he quailed, and with the wailings of
weakling, surrendered his friend
and counsellor whom he knew to be
a true man. standing "foursquare to
every wind that blows"
Sleepless and worried, the king
tossed on his royal couch that night.
Vain were the allurements of food
and music. He had a towards con-
science. As for Daniel-weI. Mr..
Moody, with his homely eloquence.
used to picture him as drawing to
himself the biggest of lions for IA
pillow and settling down for the un-
troubled sleep of a little child. 1t
is not the lions about one that mat
ter but the wild lions within ones
own breast. Don't pity Daniel; pity
Darius.
The Tables Turned
Lions have mostly disappeared from
Asia. although one was seen near
Jericho only a few years ago: ana
Shamu told me that he, and a boat
load of passengers, had once seen a
magnificent male lion standing boldly
on the bank of the Tigris, a short
distance below Ctesiphon As with
the Indian princes to-day, a den OF
, lions was an adjunct to the kings
court. Into one of these Daniel was
thrown, and the door sealed with Just
such cylindrical seal as one may pick
up thereabouts to-day. The result
Z nOTlDlO
death.
There are many angels ready to do
the bidding of Jehovah and one was
sent to shut the mouths of the lions.
lhlS scene, Daniel in the lions den
is a favorite one with the painters;
but most of them err in painting the
beasts with open mouths. They were
shut, for Gods honor was concerned
in the salvation of his friend. Dan
lels great allegiance deserved great
support at the divine hands. "They
who trust him wholly find him wholly
true Satan and his legions never
yet have been able to circumvent
jehovah
Early in the morning came hasten-
ing the king, in strained, worried
/ tones inquiring if Daniels God was
able to deliver him. Little did Darius,
any more than the world to-day.
know how able is God. But Daniel of
old. and all the Daniels since, realized
the might of the Master he served:
so, in cheerful tones that contrasted
with those of the king, he answered
with the conventional salutation.
SO Daniel was taken up out of the
den, and no manner of hurt was found
Upon him. because he trusted in his
God"
As for his plotting foes, they fell
INTO the pit they had digged. as has
been the fashion since the beginning
of time. They and theirs came to a
swift and dreadful end at the omen
jaws of the lions which had been
closed against Daniel. 1t never paws
to fight against God or Gods peopie:
1t always pays to be loyal.