Faithful from the Outset

“But Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” Daniel 1:8. An immediate temptation! An immediate temptation faced Daniel and his three friends in Babylon, the land of captivity to which these boys of not over sixteen or seventeen were carried away. Already the mere fact that they were among those of the royal seed...