. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . ROCK GRAVE OF DA-RI-US. Y. F 15 226 History of the Old Testament, And Dan-i-el said, O king, my God hath shut theli-ons mouths so that they have not hurt me, sinceI had done no wrong in his sight nor in thine, O king. Then the king was glad, and badehis men take Dan-i-elout of the den. Andwhen he was broughtout, there was not ascratch found on him,for his trust was inGod, and God tookcare of him. Then the kinghad those men whofound fault withDan-i-el, thrown in-to the den—they andtheir wives
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . ROCK GRAVE OF DA-RI-US. Y. F 15 226 History of the Old Testament, And Dan-i-el said, O king, my God hath shut theli-ons mouths so that they have not hurt me, sinceI had done no wrong in his sight nor in thine, O king. Then the king was glad, and badehis men take Dan-i-elout of the den. Andwhen he was broughtout, there was not ascratch found on him,for his trust was inGod, and God tookcare of him. Then the kinghad those men whofound fault withDan-i-el, thrown in-to the den—they andtheir wives, and theirchil-dren —and thewild beasts were quickto eat them up. Then Da-ri-us made a law that all men shouldserve the God of Dan-i-el, who was the one true God. When Da-ri-us died, Cy-rus was made CY-RUS, KING OF PER-SIA. CHAPTER XX. THE GOOD QUEEN ESTHER. Far back in the past, wise men had fore-told thatthe Jews would be kept out of Je-ru-sa-lem for three-score and ten years, and at the end of that time aking, Cy-rus, would let them go back to the land theycame from. And he did so. Not all the Jews went back to their own land,but some of them made their homes in Per-si-a andelse-where. And King A-has-u-e-rus was on thethrone. In the third year of his reign he made a greatfeast. And he sent for Vash-ti, the queen, to throw offher veil and let his guests see how fair she was. But Vash-ti would not do it. Then the king was in a rage, and said to hiswise men, What shall we do to Queen Vash-ti tomake her know that the kings will is her law ? And the wise men said, Vash-ti hath done wrongto the king and to all the lords of the land. For when this is told, wives will not do as their liege lords wish. They will say, The king sent word (227) 228 History of the Old Testament. for Vash-t
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