62 THE LAW ON IDOLATRY.

 

went up into his chamber, with the window open toward
Jerusalem, as he had been accustomed to do, and prayed
to his God, believing that he would take care of all the
threats of the king.

Did God forget this faithful child of his? Not by
any means. When some heard him pray as before, they
hastened to tell the king that Daniel had broken his law.
Now the king loved Daniel, for he had shown before him
an excellent spirit. He was almost sorry he had made
any such law, but he could not take it back, so he ordered
his soldiers to put Daniel in the lion’s den. When they
did so the savage beasts never touched him, for God sent
his angel to shut their mouths, and Daniel stayed there
with them all night without harm. Was not that
wonderful ? ;

When the king came the next morning, and found
that Daniel was unharmed, he was very glad, and he
knew now that Daniel’s God was greater than all other
gods, for he had delivered him from the power of the
lions. Then the king made another law, that all the
people over whom he ruled should worship no other God

“save the God of Daniel.

We see here how God takes care of those who keep
his commandments and obey him rather than man. We
shall always find it safe, children, to do just what God
has told us to do, for his angels are still sent for the care
and protection of those who “dare to do right.”