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God in whom I trust shall vindicate the honor and superiority of his own
law. I might easily frustrate all their malicious designs by acquainting
the king with their cowardly plots; but the cause of Jehovah shall gather
more strength from a miraculous display of his power in the preservation
of his servant from harm. Forty years ago, idolatry in Chaldea received a
blow, from the effects of which it has never recovered, in the miraculous
deliverance of my three cousins from the midst of a burning, fiery
furnace. And if a visit to the lions for a few hours may cause the name
of Jehovah to be feared, I ask for no greater honor. No weapon formed
against the servant of Jehovah shall prosper. Let not my good friend
Apgomer be troubled. The life of Daniel is as safe in the lions' den as
among his friends at his own home. Therefore let them proceed with their
malicious measures; let no impediment be thrown in their way. Let them
have a few days of rejoicing, and their brief nights of merriment.
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