112 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DELIVERETH.

 Daniel was sent for; he read the words, and gave
their meaning; and the king put on him a robe of scarlet
and a gold chain, and made him one of the chief rulers.
That very night another king conquered the hosts of
soldiers drunken and feasting, and the king was killed.
 The new king, Darius, made Daniel one of the pres-
idents, to rule over the princes; and because he was
faithful, the king liked him better than any of them.
They envied and hated him, and made this plan against
him: they persuaded the king to make a law that if any
one should ask anything of any God or man, save of him,
they should be cast into the den of lions.
 Would Daniel stop praying to God in heaven ? Just
as he always did, three times every day he knelt and
prayed, with his windows open towards Jerusalem and
the temple. The princes watched him, they told the
king; he could not take back his law which he had made.
Daniel was thrown to the lions, but you know how he
was saved, because he had done no wrong, but was faith-
ful to his king and to God.