SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR JULY 23, 1922
BY REV. M. F. HODGES
Subject?"Daniel and the Lions."
?Daniel 6: 1?28.
Golden Text?Who through Faith
subdued Kingdoms, Wrought Right- ^
eousneas, Obtained Promises, Stopped
the Mouth of Lions?Heb. 11: S3.
,, Time?About 588 B. C.
Place?Babylon.
God still has His eye on His ser
vant Daniel. Darius is now Icing
and has placed over the affairs of his
kingdom a hundred and twenty prin
ces, with Daniel as their chief. Dan
iel was chosen for this important pos
ition because of his common sense,ex
ecutive ability and statesmanship.
Because Daniel was faithful to his
God and to the office to which he was i
chosen, this bunch of dishonest princes
set about at once to get him out of .
their way. Daniel was one honest i
man in office and by his honesty he
foiled their plans, doutless for graft
in the office to which they had been !
chosen. _ j
These prmces were to look after the
temporal affairs of the kingdom, to see
that there were no thefts and shortage
in the accounts but that things should
go well and be no loss to the king.
These princes tried to find something
wrong with Daniel's accounts. They
scrutinized very closely every move
Daniel made in their efforts to find
something whereof to accuse him be
fore the king, they found none howev
er. Daniel kept his books so that the
auditor might have access to them at
any time and find them O. K. "We
shall not find any occasion against
this Daniel, except we find it against
him concerning the law of his God.
If there is any such thing as inspira
tion coming from the devil, the one
who made this statement certainly
caught his inspiration from him. They
concot a clever scheme to get Daniel
out of their way. Here is shown the
weakness of this old king, now sixty
two years old, old enough to have had
better sense than to be picked up by
this scheme perpertrated by the devil.
Like all the kings about whom we
have studied for some time his head
was turned by pride and ambition and
he became a fool. They come at
him by way of suggestion, like the
devil often does, and suggest that he
make a decree that no one' shall pray
for thirty days to any god save to the
king. Darius was so flattered and
the suggestion pleased him so well in
his self-pride that he yielded and
made and signed the decree. They
had already found the secret of Dani
el's victories: It was his place of
prayer.
When the devil can get the pro
fessed Christian to desert his hour of
prayer he is sure to gain the victory.
Daniel might die but they could not
cut off the line of communication be
tween him and the God of heaven.
These enemies of Daniel find him in
his room with his windows open to
ward the place he loved, Jerusalem,
praying three times a day as he had
done in the days gone by. Prom
every conceivable vantage point they
had Watched him to see what effect
the kings decree would have' on Dan
iel Darius received their report that
Daniel is still praying to his God and
thereupon becomes distressed with
himself because of the decree which
he has signed, sets about to release
Daniel from his fate but to no avail.
Daniel is ordered according to the de
cree to be cast into the den of lions,
the command is obeyed.
uamel has lived too Ionic in com
pany with his God to be disturbed over
a few lions. Darius stands and looks
for what he considers the last time,
into the face of this old saint and
bids him goodbye before he is thrown
into the den of lions. His parting
message to Daniel was: "Thy God
whom thou servest continually. He
will deliver thee." He is now in the
den, the king's seal and that of the
princes are placed on the great stone
at its mouth. To those on the out
side it looked like the old prophet
wan gone for good. Wait a moment:
they had forgotten to reckon with
Daniel's God. This is one time the
Hons missed their meal. Any single
one of the guardian angels would
have coveted the honor to spend the
night in the den of lions while old
Daniel slept with a lion for his pillow.
Darius spends a sleepless night
Allows no music to be made for him
and no food to be brought Early
next morning he hastens to see about
Daniel. He approaches the den with
these words: "O Daniel, servant of
the living God, is thy God, whom thou
sen est continually, able to deliver
thee from the lionsT" Listen to the
answer of Daniel to the kings ques
tion: "O long, live forever, My God
hath sent his angel, and hath shut the
lions' mouths, that they have not hurt
ase: forasmuch as before him inno
eency was found in me: and also be
fore thee, O king, have I done no
hurt"
The king is over joyed and has
Daniel taken from the pit. Here the
scene changes. Those who tried to
have Daniel gotten out of the way.
?re ordered brought and cut into the
den of lions, with their wives and
children. "Be not delivered, God is
not mocked, for whatsoever a man
goweth, that shall he also reap". They
expected the lions to feast on Daniel
for supper, but not so, they are hun
gry now and these enemies of God
and accusers of his servant make the
lions a splendid meal after a night
of fasting. These princes and their
families are gone. Danial, the Old
white locked saint stands there con
queror through him that loved him.
Haman built a scaffold to hang Mor
decai on and wu hanged thereon
himself. God commanded the Jews
to destroy the Canaanaites root and
branch. The God of Daniel still lives
and is able to rescue his servants
from the mouth of any lion. He is
still running this old world in the in
terest of the kingdom of his only Son,
Jesus Christ. The king issues anoth
er decree quite different from the
first, here it is: "The king Darius
wrote unto all people, nations, and
languages, that dwell in all the earth:
peace be multiplied unto you. I
make a decree, that in every;domin
ion of my kingdom men tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel; for he ;
is the living God, and steadfast for
ever, and his kingdom that weuld i
shall not be destroyed, and his dom
inion shall be even unto the end. He i
delivereth and reacueth, and he work-1
eth signs and wonders in heaven and I
earth, who hath delivered Daniel from
the power of lions." We can only
ss we study these two characters;
hope that the faith of Darius in the,
God of Daniel took hold enough to'
save him and that they are forever,
blessed together in his presence.
Practical lessons: 1. Part of the
excellent spirit found in Daniel was
liis deep humility. The strength of
every man is his humility. 2. In
posessing this excellent spirit there
sras a kindly feeling for those about
Urn. 3. In that excellent spirit
here was found a great deal of com
non sense. Religion is common sense
ind the person dealing most with the
hings of the unseen world will know
Jest how to deal with the common
}Lace things of life. 4. The only
hing the enemies of Daniel could
?ring against him was that he prmy
:d too much. One of the things
irought against professors of religion
today is they pray too little. 5. It
sms no new thing for Daniel to pray.
It was his habit to pray. He had not
just begun to pray when he faced the
len of lions. He prayed "as he did
iforetime." Daniel left Jerusalem in
:aptivity when but a boy, yet, he had
lot forgotten the place near and dear
to every Jew, that place was the tem
ile. Many folks seemed to have out- :
frown the church,need no longer its
influence and have forgotten its sac
red altars. Every stone in the struc
ture of Daniel's stalwart life was
made of prayer. 6. The preacher
?vho stands for God and declares the
truth, though it hurts those who hear
ind the lions roar against him, he may
be assured that they can not hurt
him. "Lo I am with you alway."
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Big Bill
By AUSTIN FLEET
Ceprrtsbt. IMS, WMtut Ninptm Dalw
Big Bill was not the man to shrink
from facing the music, but to die
for a murder committed by that Utile
rat Giovanni was an Impossible posi
tion 10 be placed In.
He hrt been framed, and be^bad
never bad a chance to put the guilt
where It belonged. He had been miles ,
away from the scene of old Manlman's
murder. ?
Kate Hands had framed him. But
Kate had religion?sometimes. If
Kate confessed?that waa his only
chance, as he lay on his cot In the
condemned cell and saw man after
man of his predecessors start for the
death chamber with a wave af the
band and a cheery good-bye to his
fellows In the adjacent cells.
He had told Father Lucas about
Kate. Father Lucas had not believed
him. Tet be could have extracted a
confession from the perjured woman.
Father Lucas regarded Big Bill as an
Impenitent sinner. Big Bill hated
him.
That waa why he had no compunc
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had been a refractory prisoner, and,
as a condemned man, he had been
humored. If Big BUI choee to spend
aU his days huddled up In his
blankets, the warden was not going
to bale him forth, with two days be
fore the execution.
Big BUI was waiting for 'Father
Lucas at dead of night He had told
the warden he wanted to confess
something?something Important and
urgent Big BIU knew Father Lucas
would come.
The guard unlocked his cell, strode
to his bed. and touched him on the
shoulder. "Father Lucas is here, BIU,"
he said.
A moment later the black-robed I
figure of the priest entered the cell
The cell door clicked. Big BIU got
np.
"Ton wanted to see me?" asked i
Father Lucaa.
BUI maneuvered round him. "Yes,
father," be answered, and the blow
that foUowed went home* to Just the
place BUI had tapped so often In the
prise line. Father Lucas dropped un
conscious across the bed.
In an Incredibly short time Big
BUI had stripped off Father Lucas's
black gown and arrayed himself In It
He drew the blankets about the un
conscious form. He took the Father's
crucifix. He waited.
Would Father Lucas recover con
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Those moments were agony. And the
unconscious man was already begin
ning to stir. Then, to his Intense re
lief, Bill heard the guard's step out
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"You're through early. Father," the
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Bill's face be started. The next In
stant a staggering blow had stretched
him prone on the cell floor, and Big
BUI had the keys and had locked him
la.
Bill's cries meant little to him?for
a few moments, anyway. Occasionally
a Southern prisoner, Italian or
Sicilian, lost his head. Hysterical
outbreaks were not so rare that the
guards would come rushing to the
spot Big BUI walked steadily along
the dimly lit corridor.
A guard came hurrying along. Big
BUI averted pu* face. The guard
passed without noticing him. Father
Lucas was a familiar figure tn the
penitentiary.
Bill walked Into the warden's office.
The warden, seated Inside, did not
evetj glance up as the black-robed
figure passed. BUI reached the gate
of the prison. It was now or never.
A guard stood on duty there, with
bis loaded rifle. Big BUI had never
seen his face?as a matter of fact, the
man attended the short-term part of
the penitentiary. If be did not know
the man. It was probable that the
man would take him for an assiataat
confessor.
He looked at him. "Going, out.
Father r he a died. "Your pes*
please."
Big BIU was nonplussed only for
an Instant Then he put bla hand
Into his gown and pulled out a paper.
The guard looked at It hi a pusaled
way.
Ha was atlll barring the gata. At
that Instant Big Bill heard shouts be
hind htm. Man cans running?the
Imprisoned guard, the warden anik be
hind them, the figure of Father Lucas.
Ho leaped at the sentry, grasped
him around the neck, and struggled
for the key. Mast Instant ha wga
borne down undea a Map of man.
He ceased to straggle.
"Xou fool 1" It waa the warden
speaking. Ha waa waving the paper
that Big Bill had taken from the
priesfs gown. "Bead, If youtaa gat
eyes In your head, BU1T
Big BIU read with Incredulity. He
turned hta pleading eyea on Father
Lucas.
"Kate has confessed to me," said
Father Lucas. "Giovanni has been
arrested. You?may be free. But?
I've got a better punch than youra,
BUI, and If you do get out I'm going
to teach It to you."
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