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God. Of course these wicked men were watching to see what Daniel would do, and when they saw him pray to God, they went to the king and told him. When the king heard this he was very sad, for he loved Daniel, and he tried to have the law changed, but that could not be done. Then Daniel was brought to the cage of angry, roaring lions and thrown in. The king went back to his beautiful palace, but could not sleep for thinking of Daniel. Early in the morn ing he got up and hurried to the den of
lions, and called to Daniel, and listened eagerly for the sound of Daniel’s voice to show he was yet alive. In a loud strong voice Daniel answered, “ My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me.” The king ordered his servants to take Daniel up out of the den of lions, and not a scratch was found on him be cause he trusted in his God. (Teach memory verse., and tell what happened to the wicked men thrown in to the same lions.) Closing Prayer.
JUDY 30, 1 9 2 a THE FIRST RETURN FROM EXILE
Golden Text: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Rom. 8:28. LESSON TEXT Ezra 1:1-11. (Read Jer. 29:10-14; Ps. 85; 86; 122-124; 130; 131; Jer. 29.)
of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. (6) And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and w ith beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was w illin gly offered. (7) Also Cyrus the k in g brought forw ard the vessels o f the house o f the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out o f Jerusalem, and had put them in the house o f his gods; (8) Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithre- dath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. (9) And this is the num ber of them: thirty chargers o f gold, a thousand chargers o f silver, nine and twenty Knives, (10) Thirty ba sons of gold, silver basons of a sec ond sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. (H ) All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hun dred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon ùnto Jerusalem.
(1) Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah m ight be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of P er sia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom , and put it also in w riting, saying, .(2) Thus saith .Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath -given me all the k in gd om s-of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.,, (3) Who is there among you o f all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, which is in Jerusalem. (4) And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with si-lver, and gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freew ill offering for the house of God that is in Jeru salem. (5) Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benja min, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up to build the house
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