tal with shouts of applause and
loud rejoicings. The Grecian monarch then entered the temple, and
offered sacrifices, complying with all the requirements of the law: and
Jaddus showed him, in the Book of Daniel, the prophecy concerning
himself and his kingdom overcoming the Medo-Persian realm. Mary, will
you be kind enough to read it?"

Mary opened the book at the 8th chapter, 3d verse: "Then I lifted up
mine eyes, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two
horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other,
and the higher came up last.

"I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that
no beast might stand before him, neither was there any that could
deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became
great.

"And as I was considering, behold, an he-goat came from the west on the
face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes.

"And he came to the ram which had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.

"And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler
against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was
no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the
ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the
ram out of his hand.

"Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones towards the
four winds of heaven."

And at the twentieth verse it says: "The ram which thou sawest having
two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

"And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn which is
between his eyes is the first king.

"Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms
shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power."

"This is very plain, Aunt Lucy," said Mary; "and I suppose that the
larger horn of the ram, which came up last, refers to the power of
Persia, which overshadowed Media, originally so much its superior. If
you notice, the ram comes from the east, and pushes westward, northward,
and southward: while the he-goat comes from the west to attack the ram,
and so rapidly, that he is represented as not touching the ground."

"I suppose that is a poetical expression," said John; "but if it were
anywhere else but in the Bible, I'd s