Show A SECOND DANIEL dsniel inscribed lid general D JI welts wells W imprisoned yot for con 1 saric may I 1 s 1879 geen then answered they and ebid rail before the tho king hin kin that daniel which la is ot of the child children ren ot or the captivity ot of judah reg ardeth not thee 0 king kin nor the decree that thou hast bast signed I 1 but mabeth his petition three tims times a 0 day then the tho king commanded and they brought danei daniel and cast him into the tho den don ot of lions lons den DANIEL vl vi 1316 1516 k I 1 attend ye champions ot of right and corners gt arony whose souls bouis reflecting freedoms light around her standard th ot of modern tyrants itis itts my lot to sing ot of justice sold A daniel to the judgment brought like unto him of old where malice sat enthroned ad and bias blas held the rules rule I 1 where perjury ot of vice condoned became its pliant tool tools the aged hero here took his stand in mien and action plains plain to face fice on freedoms holy land lands inquisitors Inqui ol 01 spain swain JF eor for conscience was on trial now j zhe tha human gift divines c fair reason from her throne must bois boit bow before a bigots barine anrine As A acred sacred oath mus must t bo be A secret rite ei pressed expressed or justice chalmel aa as penalty fidei Fidel itys arrest theu forswear thyself behest ot of legal tongue tongues on him whose speech was never stayed when battling the wrong and blinded justice stood aghast her sword and balance fell As from a 3 lips we re passed thebe these keywords ofa ora of a holl bell all ears cars were nvere strained cued ried to catch reply and thus it came to me therba s nought EO base beneath the sky biry t As coward treachery what yo ye require my tofil would bend i I 1 K eath neath shames avenging rod I 1 never yet betrayed my friends friend my country or my god por for this thib the veteran chieftain bra bravo brave ya to a dungeon cell was sent and like a guilty felon siave slave held feakin banishment shades of our patriotic sires looe LOOK down from heavenly rest and quench with tears indignant fira tira clr s within thy childrens breasts how long shail suffering fortitude fortl tude tudo in silence bear its load and cries of injured multitudes be answered with the goad has justice all her claim renounced Is patriotism dead i i has hoberty by law denounced denounce ds our and land forever fled t oh tell it not riot in ia Aske lont nor in the homes of gath oath that chiat freedoms freedom vre Fre edoma hosen chosen home hath bath won the thunders of gods goda i that ichabod must written bo be J r on all her noble towers i I 1 that law hath bath strangled liberty and tyrants are her powe but the dungeon opens wido wide wo t i the durance hours flee with friends frienda and com comi i ades adea at his sida bido once more our brothers free the god ot of daniel ever true his servant biath restored reat cred and Israela wealth of praise Is due A lion nou of the lord i behold the grau graL grandeur deur ald and display f As far AS eye ca can n see 1 where youth and age agela ia bright array arrays t are come to welcome mek mee thee thle the waves ot ban bad masses koll like billows of ot the sea bea and giada glada gladness ets breaks beyond control ot of legal tyranny we honor him who would not bend J I 1 the cringing suppliants knee though ibm tempted apted ten een ts ea with threats to le lend d his ilia voice volca to perjury A we attend who brayed oppre i and never nevor iette jette yet betrayed trayo traye d a irleand ir friend fead lead lira country or his gol god 1 J the Tho ThoA thea heavens beavens eavens smile approvingly on heroisms tesi test i while atos heart heartbeat boas beas i lovingly wilh with parl azes izes A the skies are rent with loud acclaims acclaim A nations abbsom and israels thousands a ads biess bleas the name ot of daniel daviel hanmer hanmer A eita elfa v i i P of may 6 1879 1679 |