The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1957-09-21

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factory Interpretation of the
writing.
"Then Daniel answered and
said before the king, Let thy
gifts be to myself, and give thy
rewards to another; yet / will
read the writing unto the king
and make known to him the in
depreciation" Daniel did not
desire any gift from the king,
for the exercising of spiritual
power or discernment should
be without cost.
20 thou king, the most high
God gave ACKNOWLEDGMENT thy
father a kingdom, and majesty,
and glory, and honour" Neb-
uchadnezzar had possessed ma
jesty, and honor, and glory be-
yond that of any heather
prince. yet instead receiving
it as coming from God he
considered it as the outgrowth
and outcome of his own brains
and efforts.
DANIEL Interprets the writ
ing: "And thou his son, o Bel
shazzar, hast not humbled
thine heart, though thou knew
est all of this" Daniel impea-
ches Belshazzar before he in
terprets the writing, in order
that when he does, Jehovah
may be justified when he
speaks, and cleared when he
judges. This required an amaz-
ing amount of bravery on the
part of Daniel. But has lifted
up thyself against the Lord C.
heaven; and they have brought
the vessels of his house before
thee, and thou, and thy lords,
thy wives, and thy concubines,
have drunk wine in them; and
thou hast praised the gods of
silver, and gold, of brass, iron
wood, and stone which see not
near hear, nor know: and the
God in whose hand they breath
is, and whose are all thy ways,
has thou not clarified" Bel
shaZZar'S serious crime was
that of profaning the sacred
vessels in addition to Worship
ping craven images at Gods
expense. The God of heaven
had been insulted beyond mea-
sure by heather men and wo-
men drinking wine from the
sacred vessels of his temple.
Then was the part of the hand
sent from him; and this writ
ing was written" The writing
of the hand was the direct re-
spouse to the profane act of
the king in using the Lords
vessels for a profane purpose
"And this is the writing that
was written, MEME, MEME.
TEKEL, UPHARSIN." Daniel
was not present when the writ
ing was done, but he was able
to repeat what it was, and then
give Interpretation. "TEKEL,
Thou art weighed in the bal
ances, and art found wanting. I"
The Tekel was unit of weight
and its use here signified that
a weighing of action and con-
duct had been made of action
and conduct had been made of
the king. "PERES; Thy king
dom is divided, and given to
the Modes and Persians.~ The
word Peres is the singular of
the verb Upharsin, and means
to divide into parts. Daniel in
terpreted it to mean that the
kingdom of Babylon was divid-
ed and given to the Modes and
Persians.
PRACTICAL Points of the
Lesson: Daniel is one of the
most unusual figures in sacred
history. He Is outstanding not
only because of his intellect,
courage and administrative
ability, but because of his de.
VOtlOn TO the one true God.
There Is road to popular
ity which is opened to choice
young men and women today,
There is a great temptation to
walk in its way, to eat, drink
and be merry 1t takes lot OF
inward fortitude and outward
boldness not to be deffled by
the kings meat and drink. II
takes a lot of courage to dare
to be different when all a
round you are indulging in the
| pleasures of this life.
MR.. LEWIS N. NASH, and
his two children of Champaign,