Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-11
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THE APOCALYPSE UNVEILED.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY

this work is to explain the mysterious and symbocal
writings of the Book of Revelation" Apocalypse.
The failure in all such attempts hitherto made give
satisfactory solution Of the meaning Of that book has
produced general indifference toward oil such efforts
and almost subjects the authors of them to the mpua-
ton Of insanity Every attempt at explanation has
encounter this ncredulty. But it has been owing
perseverance against prejudice and increduy that
the greatest trumphs of Art well the improve
ments Of Science The human mind require OPP
position in order that its powers may forcby
and successfully.
Whatever has been written for mans instruction and
improvement must be regarded subject within the
reach of his intelligence if his intelligence takes the right
course in making its investigation.
The author Of the apocalypse Unveiled" has pursued
different in his explanations from all others who
have preceded him. Instead of looking for the meaning
of the Prophet almost exclusively in the of the
Empire and the fall of Jerusalem, he leaves Rome
and Jerusalem behind and takes the tide of history civil
and ecclesiastical and watches the rise and fall of king
doms and empires and the downward of the Church
in her corrupt association with worldly Powers and
through the dark ages until she arrested BY the Re-
formation in Germany. The conflict which then
between the great ecclesiastical power which coerced all
the kingdoms Of Europe and the authors Of the Reorma
ton, struggling against the dominion of hierar
chy is period in the history Of christianity which
not fail always to impress the mind Of truly christian
men with wonder and admiration.
This period of the history Of the German Empire,
der Charles " is the great stand point which food
Of light goes out the past, disclosing the events
ferred by the Prophet antecedent to that time and
pours light upon the civil and religious history of chris
tendon since that period lighting up, it flows along
the mysterious pages which record the sublime visions OF
the Prophet and gives the true meaning of the symbols
onJ Al haa A fhao ~ En-
rope and conspicuousy these United States,
symbolized and distinctly pointed in the wonderful
which passed before the wrapt vision of the Pro-
phet And all these scenes fully set forth and de,
scrbed in the work presented to the public under
the title of Apocalypse Unveiled
The explanations contained in that work are too
tended to be brought into passing notice Of it. and
nothing further will be done in that way just than to
hold up the approaching crisis Of the Turkish Empire in
its present war with Russia. n.. t..."
Both Russia and Turkey have figured quite conspcu-
ouy in the of prophecy before the great struggle
in which they engaged; the former always in
character Of bengny and justice and the latter in that
of cruel and morose Power.
When the Turks made their Eruption into Europe they
came with sweep Of desolation which shook the strong
est kingdoms with alarm They Frustrated the then Gre
clan Empire, it called, and made Coasanhnople
the seat of their dominion. When this calamity fell upon
the East of Europe it illustrated the fall of the great star
from Heaven whose brightness is compared by the Pro-
phet to the burning Of lamp.
But this very Power which subverted the Greek religion
and Government itself to be subyerted and turned out
of Europe and how fitting it is, and consistent too with
the wise dispensatons Of Providence that this punish
should be realiaed upon Turkey by people whose
religion she had so barbarously treated.
The brief and simple announcement Of the Prophet,
IA of
in these words And the sixth angel poured out his
vial upon the great EphTa and the soatr thereof
dried '4 The reasons for supposng that the Eu-
pirates is the symbol of the Turkish Power given at
length in the apocalypse Unveiled" and too extern
sive for notice which is designed to be brief pos
sble The Turkish Empire at least in Europe being the
Power referred to by this great river is inevitably to
come to an end
Much establishment is felt at the forecast and
ing knowledge Of Napoleon the First, in the predictions
which he uttered the lonely island of ST. Helena about
the Turkish Empire. But almost eighteen hundred years
before Napoleon lived there voice from the so
tary island of Pamos, declaring this event in the
language Of the text above quoted.
Napoleon gives his for his predictions and they
all political, and quite probably they are oil we'll
founded But thing he says is inevitably true and
that is combination coalition Of other Powers
against Russia succeed in preventing her from over
throwing Turkey"
The prophet of Patmos into explanation about
the means or the iIstrumenaites which will produce the
event he announces; these will be well known when the
event occurs But before said, the presumption is
very strong in favor of Russias being the mighty arm
which will strike down the Crescent Power.
There is popularity about this which takestout
of the common character of the which nations wage
upon one another; and that is, it is religious oar.
war of this character has not been known in Europe
ages until now have alusion to the civil commo-
tons which arisen out Of religious quarres and have
greatly agtated the nation in which they have occurred
But refer to just such the present between Rus
STA and Turkey where nations rush to battle upon some
religious dispute The holy places in Jerusalem, the
religious rights Of the Greeks living under the Mosem
dominion claimed by the Autocrat his religious sub
ects at least have given rise to this In this respect
the war is significant and may not cease until some great
change has been produced in the present relations Of the
religious and civil power Of the Moslem and the Greek
religion.
Russia has been at with Turkey on several occa-
sions heretofore always however, upon some political
quarrel In the reign of Napoleon the First she had con-
auered the provinces portions of the domnions
Of Turkey and the shrewd politicians Of Europe predicted
that Russia would not give her advantages gained up
on Turkey for the uncertain prospect Of any benefits to
arise from war with France to which she then
srenuously urged by other Powers But politicians are
as often deceived other people, and their boosted wis
dom is often most fault when they least suspect
failure Such was the result Of their political forecast in
the instance referred to. France moved upon Rus