. True stories for little E STORIES FROM THE BOOK. sellers, and Daniel was forgotten. He had nofear of God, and even took the holy vessels takenfrom Jerusalem, which had been dedicated to Hisservice, for his impious feasts. At one of these drunken orgies, a hand ap-peared on the wall, and wrote Avords which noman could understand. The terrified king calledin his wise men and astrologers, but none couldread the words. Then he said that the man whoread it should be clothed in scarlet, and have achain of gold about his neck, and should be thirdruler in the kingdom. All in vain, and the
. True stories for little E STORIES FROM THE BOOK. sellers, and Daniel was forgotten. He had nofear of God, and even took the holy vessels takenfrom Jerusalem, which had been dedicated to Hisservice, for his impious feasts. At one of these drunken orgies, a hand ap-peared on the wall, and wrote Avords which noman could understand. The terrified king calledin his wise men and astrologers, but none couldread the words. Then he said that the man whoread it should be clothed in scarlet, and have achain of gold about his neck, and should be thirdruler in the kingdom. All in vain, and the kingwas in despair. The queen, hearing of the strange occurrence,came to the banquet house, and told him ofDaniel, the great and wise man in whom was^^the spirit of the holy gods. His father hadtrusted and honored him greatly. Daniel was immediately sent for; and the kingtold him what honors awaited him if he couldread the writing upon the wall. ^^Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thyrewards to another, said Daniel to the king;. The Handwrhing on the Walt, THE STORY OF DANIEL. 133 yet I will read the writing unto the king, andmake known the interpretation.^ He told theking of the judgments God had sent on his fatherand said, — And thou his son, 0 Belshazzar, hast nothumbled thine heart, though thou knewest allthis. He told him that he had lifted up himselfagainst the God of heaven, and defiled the holyvessels of His house by drinking wine in them,and praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass,iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, norknow; and the God in whose hand thy breath is,and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glori-fied. And this is the writing that was written,Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. This signifiedthat he was weighed in the balances and foundwanting, that God had numbered his kingdom,and finished it. That very night the terrible sen-tence came true. The king was slain, and Dariusthe Median took the kingdom. This Median king had the wisdom to
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