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Ken OF IN Revelation XVI, 162 f.

0HNIS III iulV IWhVSW lVutHult Wi bSuNEtS
Ind Il amusing II nothing Hore:
r. thE Editor Of Ediope'S ShrewS6ury Journal.
SiG; This question hos lately been raised. On
prophecy uululhlIed, Of only in course Of fulfil
meal, Il LeGOIhes us u PlOIONRd UuI OplnI0nG Will
dtfdeHcei but assU,elIy this does moi preclude
the exercise Of humble and CevOnt inquiry. III
this view, permit me ~ fuw Unl iOE consideration
the following hints:
Commentators, writing btfOte the present VAT
have, believe, generally dawn tlleiE explanation
OF tie VOID "ArmayeddUm," from its fist syllable
Dir, SignllYing InOMnnini but Ills lIus 1hfown no
lIeht UNION lie text. There IL another liebrcw
VOID having the same sound, (Ar,l though iOtn
Ell from different lrtler. This .ir signifies
city, joining lOIt is The word Afdgsttdm, which
III Hebrew, signifies pfe. eminent OfllluSlrOuS, we
rel IrmagtddOn-lhe ilIusltlouS city. Now, SCI
LasLOpol is compounded Uf twO Greek wOFdS,
which, together, signify The same ihins-ihe au'
gust OF llUSttIOni CITY, THIS Ns 'sE as know, is
IL substance. lie discovery suggested W the pres
enl exltaOti naIy Seige. The coincidence Is, nj
least, cutiOvsj but the point admits o! IttIheF
calculation.
81 John wrOle in Greek, and II he had mol IN
The passage undrt consideration IOtSaken the dteeH
fOr the Hebrew, TINT passage would have run mus
In out English ltanSIAlIOw
"Anl he galhsTed them together Inlo o place
called, in the Creek tOut ue, SebSlOpol'
but Ibis would have been 10 PLAN IOtpEophecy,
which employs ensmAllcaI devices loI the purpose
Of presenting truth, us wete IOOnllS III l'S''
10 ihe eye OF faith while II cOnSealS Tie precise
event fOteshulIwet tom certain knowledge until
m. pEoper IlrriOh IOi It's development. In tbs
Instance, the enigma CONSISTS in substituting the
Hebrew word drmGgrGtQn, fur The plain natHe VI
lLe Mace SrL9siOpOI II deserves remark, that
had ST. John used the GEeek void SeCISlOP0l, this
100, might have equally hidden his meaning, w
Ia The time when the RuSSluuS galntd fraudulent
noSseSsiuu Of the Crinea, but no longer. The
Tartar Nunlc Of the pluCt WIS AklaT. Dr. Clarke
IN his itaveIs pALIISeed in 1870, NIIWdlng IL this
change Ia the designation VI The city Says
ave teaclleL the great bay OF Akuar, upon
which place the Russians, in the tune OF CulhalIlc
II, bestowed the fantastic Uf Sr1IsiOrVL"
Al that tine the new name was fantastic; but
il may enhance our GrYrfeHce t1tdlvlHC Inspiration
10 reflect that mi only was II IUttNEcn lal lie
place Uf gathering should ages ntIer DC called ~
human prde by II ljhIasIIG lame. lNit lhal IL
Should, in a Shot tine, by The course al fIO'l'
LcEcc, YInLiuLle its title To lie c0LSIdeEcd really
illuStIOuS. For, what can be betlrI entitled 4"
such term that that very place on which l'erYS
Of The wOrIl nrr now fixed! The two greatest
nAtIOnS Ul Europe putting 10th, Hh' as yell '"l"y
lhriI mighty RESOURCES 10 takv IT, and tue Iunu'cuSc
Empife u I!nssia 20 OlSIlHnIrly, aud beyond all
calculation, defending II, II Is linly The lIitStI
Gus city, lhr StbistOpJi, the .hmgrdttOn-cuII 1t
which we will. .
Learned Interpreters OF prophecy, (Alr. Elliot,
fOt IuSlance,) SInU yclTS asn brought dUwn, IEOIn
totally urIcluluni cOIiSi,lrT allUlS, OnE present
ICl,IOnhlOIIua IMLSUn IN The ulIpJlIIlns VI Tic
sixth YiII. Under that vial the battle OI AtlIaGcu
don lakes place; 50 that We ought nav To he LOOK"
ing Uul fOr .lrmIgch!On-und II we nSk wlIctc IL
Is, SrImsiopUl mltvenuuSly nnswrtS The question:
| II is very CuIOuS lIul there Is "aIlcY III The
Ctinca, IN the ncIg6OTl0Ol Of ScbISlOpn, KNOW u
10y H.: name VI JrhUSlIapmt. The Prophet JOEL
\ speakins Of the EeSlOIlIUn VI The JrwS-an event
which the Christian world now looks lot us ncaI-
describes tie gdth,rimg Of The nations 10 tie valley
VI JulUSlIaphal. The whole passage (JOel llLl IS
wUflhy OF deep consideration uul OI ClOSc cOInlMiI'
son with ScHpturcS.-Y Your leahetS can rcIcr to III
anu SJlnc VI theH may bc surprised 10 learn thar
". Clarke tleSctIOrS COLONY ut the kaEa'tr Jews
in that patti u thu Ctlnr., about the valley O'
iJcIOSluphaI, lrllakable Ut thcIf IutIly, lnIrenY
and Truth. Connect this with Tie prophetic TACT
that The Lord IS 10 viutIcac lis people, the Jews
at the valley Of JuhOSlaphat. U!ShUp l.OnllI, cX'
pounding the Prophet joel, thus expressed himself
many yeats ago: "rhe prophets speak Of O gencTII
discontinue VI GVd'S vuemIeS III sone deGSSive
battle IaIUfC Tie geUerll jmiSruIrmli
such, prObnbly, is the battle u Cog AMI M"GoS'
described in Ezekiel xANlx, aud that OF AtInascIdOn
N Rev. Av The place Of this remarkable nC9IOn
is let. callcd The Valley Of JehUshapiat."
IN Revelations xvi, The gathering 10 .ir"mE'"6on
is 10 bv ty three sptS LIKE figs, c"'nr"S out Ol
the mouth Of lie IILngO, the lIcuSt, aud The False
Ptnphtt. II would cOIrobOratc Tie identity VI St'
LasiUpgl anL !IrmugcddOM il the pIcScnt gathering
rouml SvbnStUpOl Can he traced 10 the SOFT " IT,.
>l,vation thus animated. The DlOgUn IS uIluCS.
iiOnahly, os explained in The Apocalypse, 'ihHt
old SrEpunt llU DcyiI." Something characteristic
Of Satan We ought, lIete(JTe, IL I III cue Of tie
chief nct0tS In ,hc contest. "lOw MI thou fallen
from heaven, o l.ucteI, Sna VI the morning." u.s.
xiv. l2) Thus speaks the pEOlILct III ulIUSIun lU
The King Of babylon, whit St pride was lnSlEaled
hy Satan. "Ille fall Of Satan, the prince oil the
npDSlA;e angels, is also sometimes alluded to by
the prophets when they Ihtcn'"M distinction 10 HE
psOud aud uSOIent tytauts, who, in InltutiOn Of
| The ple OF tie Devil, exnlt themselves neNinst
God and his truth, and ATE The instruments VI Sa.
lun IN promoting idOlaly and wcSednrS III the
world" (!.oulh.) Does mol this tetnInh us Of the
proud, ambitious Czhr aud Of his pTOieciUEatc Of
The ilolalsOuS Creek ChulclI rLrn there IS The
TACT that Slnn'S primal temptation was that The
human pair, by gtaSWns Of unlawful acquisition,
might become rs gods. II is nOtvfOuS, that by
cOsnatc motives the pulley Of Russia has t0t ngeS
been animated 10 unnglIieOnS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
TINT the same lust Ol territorial extension Oh The
pafl Of Nicholas, coupled with his ambition 10
Uyermle the Sultan IN The government oi his Gierk
subjects, as though H. would tE up hIInS"lf 10
0d like elevation in tie world, has issued III the
l Inns ~ h. MI F,f
DtuEOn has undoubtedly whispered into the ear Of
the Aulncut Just uS Milton describes Satan III sin.
liar 'ofn Whispering in the eat Of Eve.
The least leads our Thoughts 10 l'OpeTy. The
Dragon which SwavetI the old Pagan Roman En-.
pre- cave his seat tllome) 10 the least. See Rev.
Aiii, fur this and Oher evidences that the beast
images l'Opery. The ftOs out Of the mouth VI the
lIraS' may without difficulty be interpreted VI The
In,mIliiOn Which has gathered FtanCc into Tie
struggle. Tie quarrel actually began III dispute
between the Lrln nIl1 tifcCk pilgrims far certain
advantages IN their supetsiitUuS worship Sl The
holy places in Palestine. FtAnce, long since ie.
RaTGrd rs the protecting power OF the Latin Or
PUplSh p,lgEnlS, has certainly maintained that
clalacteI In the diplomacy connected with the
present contest, SlleIad obtained distinct Odyan.
lagrS lOT those Roman or POIMSlI plIGEInS by III.
man from the Porte This Eoused The jealousy Oi
lEussiu, The protector Of the Greek pilgrims, aud,
according to formal public documents, the ad.
vNncrhent OF rval claims by the Car III respect 10
the holy paceS-Greek superstition thus com.
batting with l.utin-haS been the pioSimale cause
Of the war. Franc: then was prompted 10 ptO.
woke this jealousy BY the frog out Of The mouth Of
The BEST.
The tn,t fog is out OF The mouth Of the False
Prophet. 10 whom does that upprlatlOn IN pro-.
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