Never prove a traitor to the
religion of thy fathers. My son will be obedient to the laws of his king
that do not come in contact with his religion; but if ever thou art
required to render obedience to any law that clashes with the law of thy
God, remember, my son, that disobedience to that law must be rendered,
even unto death if required. Let "Obedience to the Higher Law" be thy
motto; for thy mother would sooner hear of thy death as a martyr to the
religion of Judah, than of thy promotion to a throne by apostasy.'
"These burning words of your Aunt Josepha, to her son Daniel, are the
words of Daniel to his cousins. Prove true to your religion! and if in
this ye die, it shall be but the will of your God. But, cousins, ye shall
not die! That same Jehovah who appeared in our behalf years ago, in the
revelation of the king's dream, will again stretch out his arm to save.
If Jehovah interferes in your behalf, there is not fire enough in all
Chaldea to injure a hair of your head.
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