. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . he Lords housein Te-ru-sa-lem. And he and all at the feast drankfrom these cups, which was a great sin. In the midst of the feast there came forth a manshand, that wrote on the wall of the kings house. And the king saw the hand, and was in greatfear, and sent at once for all his wise men. But none of them could read what was on thewall, and the king knew not what to do. ThenDan-i-el was sent for, and the king said he shouldhave great wealth and high rank if he could read thewords on the wall. Da
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . he Lords housein Te-ru-sa-lem. And he and all at the feast drankfrom these cups, which was a great sin. In the midst of the feast there came forth a manshand, that wrote on the wall of the kings house. And the king saw the hand, and was in greatfear, and sent at once for all his wise men. But none of them could read what was on thewall, and the king knew not what to do. ThenDan-i-el was sent for, and the king said he shouldhave great wealth and high rank if he could read thewords on the wall. Dan-i-el said, Keep thy gifts, O king, and givethy fees to some one else. Yet will I read the wordson the wall and tell you what they mean. For theGod who gives thee life and takes care of thee,thou hast no word of praise. And so God sentthis hand to write on the wall. Me-ne, Me-ne, Te-kel, U-phar-sin, which means that thy reign as king is at an end. When Dan-i-el had told what the hand wrote onthe wall, and what the words meant, Bel-shaz-zar badehis men clothe him in red, and put a gold chain on. 224 History of the Old Testament. his neck, and make it known that he was to be thirdin rank from the king. That same night Bel-shaz-zar was slain, and Da-ri-us took his place on the throne Now Da-ri-us was pleased with Dan-i-el, andthought him such a wise and good man that he madehim chief of a large force of men who held high this made these men hate Dan-i-el, and theytried to find out some ill that he had done that theymight tell it to the king. But they could find nofault in him. Then they thought of a way in whichthey could harm him. They came to the king and asked him to make alaw that if one should ask help of God or man forone month, he should be cast in-to a den of li-ons. They might ask help of the king, but of no oneelse. And the king told them to write down this law,and he put his name to it. When Dan-i-el heard of the law which the kinghad sent out he went to his h
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