David for being merciful,
Inherited a kingly throne for ever and ever. 
Elijah because he was so zealous for the law,
Was taken up into heaven. 
Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael believed,
And were rescued from the flame. 
Daniel because of his innocence,
Was delivered from the mouth of lions. 
And thus consider from generation to generation: 
None who put their trust in him ever want strength. 
Then be not afraid of the words of a sinful man;
For his glory shall be dung and worms. 
To-day he is exalted, but to-morrow he cannot be found,
Because he has returned to dust, and the memory of him has perished.

Then my sons be strong, and show yourselves men in behalf of the law;
By so doing you shall obtain glory.

[Sidenote:  I Macc. 2:65-68]
And, behold, Simon your brother, I know that he is a man of counsel;
Obey him always; let him be your adviser. 
Judas Maccabeus, too, has been a man of war from his youth;
He shall be your captain, and fight the battle of the people. 
And take to yourselves all law-abiding men,
And avenge the wrong of your people. 
Render a recompense to the heathen,
And give heed to the commands of the law.

[Sidenote:  I Macc. 2:69-70] Thus he blessed them and was gathered to his fathers.  And he died in the one hundred and forty-sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modein, and all Israel made a great lamentation for him.

[Sidenote:  Dan. 7:1-8] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed.  Then he wrote down the dream:  I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven broke forth upon the great sea.  And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.  The first was like a lion and had eagle’s wings.  I looked until its wings were stripped off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it.  And behold, a second beast, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth, between its teeth; and they said thus to it:  Arise, devour much flesh.  After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, which had upon its sides four wings of a bird; and the beast had also four heads, and dominion was given to it.  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped the rest with its feet; and it differed from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.  I gave attention to the horns, and behold another little horn came up amongst them, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes, like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

[Sidenote:  Dan. 7:9, 10] I waited until thrones were set up, and an aged one took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and his hair like spotless wool, his throne was fiery flames, its wheels burning fire.  A fiery stream issued and came forth before him; thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the judgment was set and the books were opened.