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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 9, 1900

BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY.

(January 14-20.)

Two chapters are assigned for this week’s study, as the incidents of each are more or less familiar to all. Be not content with a mere study of the story. Consider carefully the practical lessons taught thereby. The notes on these studies, which are published exclusively in the Youth’s Instructor, will be helpful to each family.

Lesson 7.

(Dan. 5:1-31; 6: 1-28; “Thoughts on Daniel,” pages 94-112.)

1. Describe the feast of Belshazzar.

2. While the Babylonians were feasting, what was going on outside the city?

3. How did God interfere in their revelries, and what was the effect upon the king?

4. How did Daniel become connected with the events of the evening?

5. Relate the conversation between Belshazzar and Daniel. Why did Daniel refer to the history of Nebuchadnezzar?

6. What did Daniel tell the king was the interpretation of the writing?

7. Review the taking of Babylon by Cyrus. See “Thoughts on Daniel,” pages 49, 50.

8. What governmental system was then adopted by Darius, the king?

9. What was the effect of one of the appointments upon the other rulers? and what efforts did they make to overthrow it?

10. How does the course of the rulers indicate their persistence, untruthfulness, and cunning?

11. What course was taken by Daniel?

12. Trace the part the king had in this matter, from the beginning to the end, noting the traits of character revealed.

13. Describe the manner of Daniel’s deliverance, and consider the reasons for such an exhibition of the power of God.

14. What two great lines of duty are taught by illustration in the third and sixth chapters of Daniel?

15. Analyze the decree of the king into nine distinct points setting forth the character of the true God.

Review Topics.

1. Give a brief summary of Dan. 5:1-31.

2. Review a previous prediction with reference to the Babylonian Empire, and describe the events which fulfilled it.

3. What object was attained by the providential circumstances that caused Daniel to have a prominent place in the succeeding kingdom? Describe the manner in which the true God was made known to the new rulers, by giving a summary of Dan. 6:1-28.

4. Describe in detail the “political scheme,” which was the result of envy. What is envy? To what does it lead? Gal. 5:21. Give examples. Mark 15:10; Acts 5:17, 18, margin; Acts 7:9. Read the exhortation in 1 Peter 2:1.

5. Study the following topics, which are suggestive of present conditions, noting the striking similarity to the incidents of the lesson:—

(a) Desecration of sacred time.

(b) Decrees of the law interfering with religious convictions.

(c) Penalties inflicted for the violation of such laws.

(d) Nearness of the end of the kingdoms of this world.

(e) A glorious deliverance promised.

(f) Our duty to the world, in view of all this.