Beaver County Democrat. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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BEL AND THE
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Based on the Apocryphal book,
"The Destruction of Bel and the
Dragon."
QUOTATIONS FROM PSALMS.
(Scripture Which Doubtless Com-
forted Daniel During Thl* Trial.)
Who knows but thst the In-
spiration for Daniel's daily de-
votion came from the Fifty-fifth
Psalm aa follows:
As for ms, I will call upon
Qod; and ths Lord shall savs
ms.
Evening snd morning and st
noon, will I pray, and erysloud;
and he ehall hear my voice.
And agsln from the Fifth
Peslm:
Olvs ssr ts my words, O Lord,
considsr my msditation.
Hearken unto the voice of my
cry, my King and my Qod; for
unto thee will I pray.
My voice ehalt thou hear in
the morning, 0 Lord; in the
morning will I direct my prayer
unto thee, and will look up.
For thou art not a Qod that
hath pleaeure in wickednees:
neither shall evil dwell with
thss. The foolish shall not
stand In thy sight: thou hatest
all workere of iniquity.
Thou ehalt destroy them that
epeak leaeing: the Lord will ab-
hor the bloody and deceitful
man.
But ae for me, I will come
Into thy house in the multitude
of thy mercy: and In thy fssr
will I worship towsrds thy holy
tsmpls.
Lssd ms O Lord, In thy right-
eousness, bscauss of mlns sne-
mlas; maks thy way straight bs-
fore my fees.
For there Is no fsithfulnsss
in thslr mouth; thsir inward
part la very wiekedneee, their
throat is an opsn sspulchrs;
thsy flattsr with thsir tongus.
Destroy thou them, O Qod; let
them fall by their own couneel;
cast thsm out in the multitude
of their trsnsgrsssions; for thsy
havs rebelled sgslnst thss.
But 1st sll thoss that put thsir
trust In thss rsjoics: 1st them
ever ehout for joy, becauss thou
dsfsndset them: let them ever
shout for joy, becsuss thou
dsfsndsst them: let them also
that love thy name be joyful in
thee.
For thou Lord, wilt bless the
righteous; with favor wilt thou
compaae him with a shield.
The Book as Part of Daniel.—'The orig-
inal text of the Book of Daniel and the
Qreek translations of the same differ in
that the latter contain several insertions
and additions, among them being this
eleventh book of the Apocrypha,' known
aa "The History of the Destruction of
Bel and the Dragon." Such is the "Song
of the Three Holy Children," which dif-
fers from the "History of Susanna." and
the book under consideration. In that the
former Is Incorporated In the midst of
the text of Daniel, while the two latter
mentioned appear more distinctly as ap-
pendices, and offer no semblance of form-
ing part of the original text. "The His-
tory of 8usanna" <or "The Judgment of
Daniel") la generally found In the begin-
ning of the book; though It also occurs
after the twelfth chapter of Daniel. "The
History of the Destruction of Bel and the
Dragon," Is placed at the end of the
book; and the LXX version It bears a
special heading as "part of the prophecy
of Habakkuk. Various conjectures have
been made as to the origin of tho addi-
tions, and It has been supposed tnat 'hey
were derived from Aramlc originals, bui
the character of the additions themselves
indicate rather the hand of an Alexan-
drine writer. It Is also not unlikely that
GOD MUST BE ALL IN ALL
In That Thne Whsn ths Dlvlns Blsss-
sdnsss Shall Bscoms in ths Full
Ssnsa Psrfsct.
It Is when God's glory Is reflected
back to him, not merely from a king-
dom of Ideas, but from a kingdom of
actual spirits, a kingdom*of souls, all
united together under Christ, and all
wltnsssss. not merely of the eternal
power and godhead of Qod, but also of
his saving gracs, and then only, that
ths dlvlno blessedness becomes In the
full sense perfect. It then for the
first time becomes perfect, In so far as
It Is the will of. God not merely to
rent in his eternal majesty, for In this
ths Triune God was able to rest Inde-
pendently of the world before the
foundations of the world were laid;
but to reat and be blessed In the com-
pleted work of grace and love, In the
glorious liberty of the children of God
—a good which will not be reached
until in the words of the Apostle Paul,
"God shall bs all in all." Then first, in
the new economy. In the new heavens
sad the new earth, will the (lory of
ths translator of Daniel wrought up tra-
ditions which were already current and
appended them to his work.
THI STORY.
PROSPERITY and the attaining of
eminence ezciteth envy and brlng-
eth enemies.
8o It was in the days of Daniel, and
so It Is to-day.
At such time he who walketh the
pathway of rectitude and honor will
eventually bring those who would do
him evil Into the snare of their own
devices.
Our story begins at the time In the
life of Daniel when he had become
great In the sight of the king snd
had been shown great honor my him.
This was the reward of faithful serv-
ice and the exercise of that great
wisdom which God bad bestowed upon
him because he bad chosen to serve
God in the presence of the heathen
court.
Naturally the preferment which wss
shown to Dsnlel by the king excited
the envy and hatred of the princea
and chief men of the realm and they
sought for occasion against him.
Now it came to paas that as the
king went In dsily to sdore the great
god Bel which hsd been set up in the
temple at Babylon, that he noted that
Daniel went not thither and he asked
him concerning the matter, saying:
"Why dost not thou worship Bel?"
"Because I may not worship idols
made with hands, but the living God,"
replied Daniel, earnestly.
"Thinkest thou not that Bel Is a
living god? Seeth thou not how much
he eateth and drinketh every day?"
demanded the king, Indignantly. "For
him is provided at my expense every
day 12 measures of line flour, and
40 she«p and six vessels of wine."
"O king, be not deceived," replied
Daniel, with a smile of Incredulity,
"for this is but clay within, and brass
without, and did never eat nor drink
anything."
As Daniel finished speaking the face
of the king became livid with anger,
and turning him about, he directed
one of his servants to summon the
priests which served before the great
god Bel, and when they hsd come, he
exclaimed, his voice shaking with in-
tense passion:
"Daniel here declareth that Bel eat-
eth not of those things which the king
provldeth daily. If ye tell me not
truly that Bel eateth these things,
then ye shall die. But if ye can cer-
tify me that Bel devoureth them, then
Daniel shall die for he hath spoken
blasphemy against Bel."
"Thou hast spoken well," said Dan-
iel, looking full into the eyes of the
assembled priests.
It was agreed that test should be
made that the king and Daniel should
shut and seal the doors of the temple
after they had placed the usual
food and drink and offering before
the image. And the priests little
regarded the matter, for under the
table they had made a privy entrance,
whereby they entered In continually
and consumed those things which
were set before Bel. But Dan-
iel was as subtle as the priests them-
selves, and unbeknown to them he
caused his servants to strew the floor
of the temple with very fine ashes.
'Then were the doors shut and sealed
with the king's seal.
In the morning with eager step
came the king and Daniel with him,
and the king said:
"Ah, ha, are not the seals whole?"
"Yea, my lord, they are whole."
Then the king commanded that the
doors be opened, and when they had
gone within behold the table was
empty,-and the king cried:
"Great art thou, O Bel, and with
thee is no deceit at all."
But Daniel only laughed, and point-
ing to the pavement where the ashes
had been spread, he said:
"Mark well whose footsteps these
be."
And when the private entrance had
been disclosed to the king he was
very angry and he caused the priests
to be slain and delivered Bel and
the temple into the hands of Daniel,
who caused them to be destroyed.
the Triune God be perfectly revealed
—the glory which is reflected from
his perfect communication of love to
the creature.—Martensen.
n-o. iw A, i. o. CALLING DOWN THE BOASTER
place a great dragon which the peo- ■
pie of Babylon worshiped. And the Good Little Story Told by William
The Quist Spirit.
A quiet, unhurried spirit is essential
to true communion with God. The
spirit of the world is a spirit of hurry
and flurry. This will obtrude itself
Into our hours of devotion unless we
are ever on our guard. If you would
meet the Master, hear his voice, look
into his face, the blustering, busy
spirit muBt be calmed. God's majestic
presence should be to lis a quieting
and calming power. In every life
there should be a part of every day
solemnly set apart to quietness and
communion with Qod. Too often we
want to tslk to Ood without giving
God a chance to talk to ua. Prayer
has two parts, listening is more im-
portant than speaking. The sacred
writer saw the truth who said: "I will
hear what God the Lord will speak."
The first sure symptom} of a mind
in health is rest of hesrt, and pleasure
felt at home.—Edward Young.
king said unto Daniel:
"Wilt thou also say that this Is of
brass? Lo, he llveth, and eateth and
drinketh. Thou canst not say that
he is not a living god. Therefore
worship him."
"Nay," responded Daniel, "but I
will worship the Lord my God; for
he is the living God. But give me
leave, O king, and I shall slay this
dragon without sword or staff."
And the king having given his con-
sent, Daniel took pitch and fat and
hair snd having made of them great
balls he took and threw them into
the great yawning throat of the
dragon from which Issued a hot and
scorching breath. Now, as soon as
the pitch balls had reached the in-
terior of the dragon they burst into
fierce flame snd caused the image to
burst asunder In the middle. Then
turning to the king, he said:
"These be the gods ye worship."
But^rhen the people of Babylon
hsard thst Daniel had destroyed not
only Bel but the dragon which they
worshiped, they were wroth and made
common cause against him, declaring
that if he were not delivered Into their
hands they would rebel against the
king and destroy him. Now when
the king saw the straits Into which
he had fallen he gave Daniel into
their hands and they cast him into
the den where were seven lions, fierce
and hungry. There Daniel was for
six days. But God by a mighty spirit
carried his prophet Ilabbacu from
Jerusalem to Babylon, bearing a bowl
of pottage and broken bread, which
he gave into Daniel's hand and he
was strengthened. And on the sev-
enth day came the king, and when he
found Daniel safe he cried: "Great Is
the God of Daniel."
And he caused Daniel to be drawn
forth and those who had sought his
hurt were cast in thither .and were
devoured of the Hons.
Oean Howells ss s Rebuke to
Spread-Eaglsism.
"It was William Dean Howells,"
eald a Chicago editor, "who first re-
buked us Americans for our spread-
eagleism, for our foolish boasting. I
see that Mr. Howells has just joined
a men's society for the promotion of
woman suffrage. Trust him to bs In
the forefront always.
"I once heard Mr. Howells deliver a
Fourth of July oration in Maine. The
orator preceding him had boasted a
good deal. Mr. Howells showed that
some of the man's boasts were even
impious.
"He said that these spread-eagle
boasters deserved the rebuke that the
little child administered to the cack-
ling ben that had just laid an egg.
The child, angered by the hen's con
tlnuous cawk-cawk-cawk, cawk-cawk-
cawk-cawk, shook his little finger at
her and said:
'"You link you're smart. But Dod
made dat egg. You touldn't help but
lay It!'"
WHY, OF COURSE.
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female ills
Minneapolis, Minn.—"I wags mat
sufferer from female troubles which
caused a wesknem
and broken down
condition of the
system. I read aa
muchofwhatLydla
E. Flnkham'a ye§.
etable Compound
had dona for other
suffering woman I
felt sura it would
show the benefit women ma;
from Lydia E. Pinkham's
Compound."— Mrs. John G.
91 IB Second St., North, Mil
Minn.
Thousands of unsolicited and
ine testimonials like the above icota
the efficiency of Lydia E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound, which "
exclusively from roots and 1
Women who suffer from
Winning ths Kingdom.
"Through many tribulations," sai
the apostle missionaries to their Gal
tian converts, "we must enter into tbi
kingdom of God." It was at the CO'
of bitter persecution that these Chrlf^j
ians, won from amongst the heathei
in those days of beginnings, held fat
to their new faith. But how glorious
was the result of such suffering brave-
ly endured, in the lives strong and
noble which came out of It.
We live In times as different from
that early period as the modern
threshing machine Is from the rude
tribulum. People do not, in our land,
suffer for their religion in the same
way as did the first followers of
Christ. But it is still true that, only
through discipline, sometimes sharp
and severe, do human lives become
worthy of the kingdom of God. There
may be much in our present lot that
is hard to bear, but a blessed outcome
is certain to all God's children.
"Farmer, which of those cows
yours gives the buttermilk?"
"None of 'em. The goat"
Tuberculous Children.
in the cities of New York and Bos-
ton there are, according to special
commissions which recently investl-
gater the subject, over 30,000 children
in these two cities alone that have
tuberculosis. On the basis of these
and other investigations It Is esti-
mated by certain authorities that
there are nearly 1,000,000 school chil-
dren In the United States to-day who
will probably die of tuberculosis be-
fore they have reached the age of 18.
This would mean that the public Is
paying annually about $7,500,000 for
the education of children who will
die before they reach the age of 18.
Christ Alone Our Salvation.
"Neither is there salvation in any
other"—that was the clear pronounce-
ment of Peter when he was fllled with
the Holy Spirit, and that is the per-
petual claim of Christianity. Salva-
tion is the great need of the human
race, and starvation does not come
through any kind of a religion, but
only through the one true religion,
which Jesus Christ came to teach and
promulgate. This unique claim of
Christianity can never safely be abro-
gated.—Jesus Christ—"There is none
other name under heaven given
among men whereby we may be
saved."
Reputations.
"The Autocrat," remarked the Re-
condite Person, "made a remark the
Import of which escaped me until the
other day. He said: 'Many a man
has a reputation because of the repu-
tnaito be expects to have some
day.'"
"That's not a half bad remark," sug
gested the Practical Person, "but my
son—just out from college, you know,
and in the habit of thinking hump-
backed thoughts, as It were—said
something only this morning that ap-
pealed to me: 'Some men,' he said,
'get a reputation and keep it; other
men get a reputation and make it
keep them/"
The Wondrous Love.
However rich we may once have
been in earthly love, and however
poor we may be to-day, we may be
many times richer If only the heart is
open for the entrance of the Infinite
and Living Love. No alienation, no es-
trangement, no bereavement, can
leave us poor, if we but know "the
love of Christ that- passeth knowl-
edge."
Learning Spiritual Realities.
How many we learn the reality of
spiritual things. Only by experience.
In one of the psalms It Is said: "They
that know thy name will put their
trust in thee." And "name" in the
Bible means personality, the porson
himself. Human friendships are
formed In experience. We meet one
SURPRISED HIM
Doctor's Tsst of Food.
A doctor In Kansas experimented
with his boy in a test of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
"I naturally watch the effect of dif-
ferent foods on patients. My own lit-
tle son, a lad of four, had been 111
with pneumonia and during his conva-
' lescence did not seem to care for any
kind of food.
"I knew something of Grape-Nuts
and Its rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of Its nourishing and
nerve-building powers, so I started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it
"His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than a month he had gained
about eight pounds and soon became
so well and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
"An old patient of mine, 73 years
old, came down with serious stomach
trouble and before I was called bad
got so weak he could eat almost noth-
ing, and was In a serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind of
food for the sick without avail.
VejeUble Compound to rastocn IMv
If you want (pedal adrloai
to Mrs. Plnkbam, at Lynn, 1
She will treat yowr latta "
confidential. For 90 .
has been halptas ataki
this way, free or eT
hesitate—wrtta at <
Some men never think of
an honest living until they
ally get a good, hard jolt la the I
spot.
GOOD HOUSBKB
Use the beet. That's why they boy 1
Cross Ball Blue. At leading psoas • ss
Good luck never
man long enough to become I
FKRB
for sll aorta uL
Vuki-n Internal.,
Avoid aubatllelea.
The wastes of love bring
riches than the wisdom of greed.
For chlldN
taethlay, <
lUajripaw,
iSsrShut
He who honestly seeks to savs i
other finds himself.
Lewis' 8ingle Binder
You pay 10c for cigars not so
Duty has a stern
viewed askance.N
face only wfcsa
""
we b.ve never eeen before. Little by I * *5^
little we learn to taow- kin, finding Nut" ""tl1 SOO<1' riCh ml,k — Ju,t
SICK HEADACHE
Positively owed by
those Little ftlla.
They else reliefs XM
tress from Dyapepetsds*
direction sad Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect n
edjr for Dlxilneee, Maw
aea, Drowalnaaa, Bad
Teete In the MoatS, OsaS
ed Toofrne, Pain la US
aide, torpid urna.
Thsy rsgalsH tfco Bowele. Purely Vegetable
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL HUE.
Banning Must Bssr
Fsc-SMIsSifwtwt
CARTERS
in him qualities that please us, and
coming at length to love and trust
him as a friend. In the same way
only can we learn to know and love
God. We read of his goodness, his
Justice, his truth, his loving-kindness,
his faithfulness. But we must come
Into personal relations with him be-
fore we can know that these qualities
are in him. We can learn to know
him only In experience.
Life does not make
life—Kavanagh.
us, we make
The history of a man Is his
acter.—Goethe.
char-
What is conduct?
life.- Arnold.
Three-fourths of
little pinch of sugsr. He exclslmed
when I came next day 'Why doctor I
never ate anything so good or that
made me feel so much stronger.'
"I am pleased to say that he got
well on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to it for two or three weeks,
then he began to branclf out a little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely well In spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained 22
pounds in two months which at his
age is remarkable.
"I could quote a list of cases where
Grape-Nuts bad*-«orked wonders."
"There's a Reason." Read "Ths
Road to Wallville," tn pkgs.
Bv«r reaS the akarc letter? A new
one nnpeere from time to tlaae. Tfcey
are ««-««lae trws* aa* faU of "
latere**
UFIU UStTtTtm.
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Biliousness
"I hsve used your valuable
and 1 find thsm psrfect. Cos Ida't do
without them. I live nssd them for
soms time for indigestion andI bUlosi—
and am now completely cured-Reccss-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, yen
will never he without them ia tha
family."—Bdward A. Man, Albany, H.Y.
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