The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-13

SAID, windows tndl look toward Je-
rusalem are prayer, obedience, Bible
reading, Sabbath observance. Here is
the house of our life. Amid all the
thousands of employments which may
threaten to overwhelm us here will
ever be an open window, which looks
toward Jerusalem" In reporting Dan
iel, they did't forget to remind the
king that Daniel was only Hebrew
captive. Think of a man like that
Daring to defy the mightiest power of
its day. Say, but didn't the king try
to save his Daniel? But he was like
a lot of fellows of today. Who'll stick
to a bad promise, not knowing that
when he saw the thing he'd been
dragged into by the big lie that he
should have taken the bunch to trial.
But you see, if he had, Daniel would
not have shined as he does. The man
who says, never change my opinions,
is sure to prove himself vain, proud.
foolish, ignorant man. Herod did the
same thing How often it is done.
Hear him say, Thy God will deliver
thee" That's like a fellow kneeling
in prayer asking God to keep him
through the night and at the same
time refuse his son as savior. The
old king didn't sleep that night He
was striped of all his pomp and lux
ury that night and it was not the life
or death of Daniel, but the power of
Daniels God. Can't you almost see
the king going to the den early in
the morning. No royal dignity now!
Hear him cry out, 90, Daniel, servant
of the living God, is thy God not my
God" Well, does one say of Daniel,
He had the heart of a lion and in
he went like lion" How the kings
heart must have been gladdened when
he heard Daniels voice. When he was
taken out, can't you see the king en-
bracing him, as he saw there was no
hurt. This is all very tame reading
and | wonder if the teacher will get
done with Daniel by the time the bell
rings. If he don't, his class won't
get anything We don't have the
lions den today. nor we don't have
many Daniels. Do you see that man
with that tobacco in his mouth? How
did it get there Well, maybe after
he was twenty years of age, maybe
at 10 or II, he met the gang who used
the stuff. They offered him some He
turned it down. Then came the snarl
of the lip and it takes a Daniel to
stand that and, if he is not a Daniel
down he goes, and what does it mean?
1t means that soon he's headed for
something worse than Daniel Of God
for a lions den. You talk against
those things to boys, but wink at them
in the men, We'll" you say, tobacco
is not the worst thing" The answer
is, it don't come alone and if we know
anything about the salvation of our
God and his service we'll not be salts
fed with anything but the best, be-
cause our God gave his son that we
might have it and Jesus Christ sancti-
fed himself that we might have it,
and so to let the devil cheat us out of
it? No-a thousand times no. Spur
geon said: Young men of faith.
hoist your colors; leave to your God
the providing; stick We to your obey
ing. Tom Kenan, an engineer on the
D. L. & W., faced gangs worse than
lions but never the same gang twice.
One has said, Fierce lions roaring
for their prey and then Daniel thrown
in and Daniel yet remain alive. There
was a lion in the den. Daniels friend
or Daniel had been slain"
Among ten thousand lions I'd not
fear had but only Daniels lion there.
JIM BERWICK.
Biwabik, MINI.