Daniel

the prophet,' a contempoe rary of Ezekiel; was born of a distinguished Hebrew family. In his youth, 605 B. c., he was carried captive to Babylon, and educated in the Babylonish court for the service of King Nebuchadnezzar. Thrown into the lion’s den for conscientiously refusing to obey the king, he was miraculously preserved, and finally made prime-minister in the court of the Persian King Darius. He ranks with what are called the “greater prophets.” The book of the Old Testament which bears his name is divided into a historical and a prophetic part. Modern criticism generally regards it as written during the oppre ion of the Jews under Antiochus, about 170 B. c. It is partly in Chaldee, ¥y A i c= 22. — Bs SS — aS i c-, ie i a eee” SS 3 OSS re GREAT DANE. Daniels, Winthrop More, profe or of political economy at Princeton; born, Dayton. O., Sept. 30, 1867.