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THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY Y. JULY IA.
THE EUROPEAN WAR IN PROPHECY.

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The military struggle which seems about
to between Turkey and Russia as
sumes additional aspects OF interest and i'm
portance from the consideration that many
students of the Bible, irrespective of denom-
national creeds, regard the war situation IN
Europe as beginning the fulfllment of the
prophecy given in the last six verses of the
eleventh chapter of Daniel, in these words
40. And at the time of the end shall the
king of the south push at him and the king
of the north shall come against him Like a whirl-
wind, with c~hariots, and with horsemen, and
with many ships and he shall enter into the
countries. and shall overthrow and pass over.
Al. He shall enter also into the glorious
land. and many countries shall be overtbrown;
but these shall escape out of his hand, eUen
Edom and Moab, and the chief of the children
of Ammon.
AZ. He shall stretch forth his hands also
upon the countries, and the land of Egypt shall
43. But he shall have power over the
treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the
precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans
and the Philippians shall be at his steps.
"A. But tidings out OF the east and out OF
the north shall trouble him therefore he shall
go forth with great fury to destroy, and
utterly to make away many.
As. And he shall plant the tabernacles of
his palace between the seas in the glorious holy
mountain yet he shall come to his end, and
none shall help him.
A book out of print entitled "Armageddon,
or the United States in Prophecy writtn by
the Rev. s.. D. Baldwin, a Presbyterian min
lister of Nashville, Tenn, then president of
Soule female college, but long deceased, was
published in 1854. When the work appeared
it attracted very wide attention. Among the
predictions was a bloody and furious war to
begin in 1861, and to end on the 117th day of
1864 war which exactly fulflls the term of
the late rebellion, Johnston having surrendered
to Sherman April 26, 1865, and thus terminated
the array of arms. From this remarkable ex-
position of the prophetic parts of the Bible we
copy SO much as relates to the first four verses
of our quotation from Daniel. as follows
And at the time of the end" This period
was to be that between the first and last
endings of the three and half times, or between
1876 and 1873, or between the 1920 and 1885
days. During this period this wilIful king
was to come to his end but, before his end,
he was engaged in war for some outlying coun-
tries, and was to be interrupted by two great
powers but was to conquer and prosper till
the {" last end of the indignation" As this
was to be the great monarchy power represen-
ted by the image that was to be broken by
the stone (since it was Romeo, it is evident
that its head must be in Europe, and must be
the empire represented by the septimo-octave
head Of the beast in revelation. Now, the
great power which fills half of Europe and
overshadows and controls the rest is the rising
sbS1Ao > AsaS1A0s SANASAOASy AAC 0O
the power intended as falling in the holy
mountain. Now, as Ezekiel, almost literally,
describes Russia as falling on the mountains of
Israel in the latter day, he furnishes further
evidence that the fourth kingdom, in the time
of the end, was to be resurrected in or by
Russia. The willful kingdom was an antocrat
among nations, and SO is the Russian king
dom.
"The king of the south shall push or butt
at him and the king of the north shall come
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and with horsemen, and with many ships"
The two Kingdoms, under the names north
and south, are to be identified by their rela-
tive positions to the Russian power, or to each
other. The king, or kingdom, of the south
would. very naturally, apply to Turkey, on
the sufferance of Franco and England, it is
possible that the two great western powers,
which hold to each other the relation of north
and south, may be intended. At any rate, the
southern king makes a short fight of it, if any
thing is to be understood by the figure of but
fight. The Kingdoms of Syria and Egypt,
called the north and south, held about the
same close relation to each other, and to Rome,
and the case is now just reversed. The king
of the north is Great Britain. This is evident
from its northern position, as a great power,
and from the immense naval, as well as land,
forces it possesses. No'nation but a very great
one would attack the autocratic king and no
nation has such u navy as Britain. This north
nation was to come like a whirlwind, with
his great naval and land forces, which are in
Dictated by &c many Ships" and Sc chariots and
h~orsemen." The attack was to be great and
furious, but, finally, unsuccessful for the autocrat
moves right on to his purpose and more than gains
it, according to the prophet.
He shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow, and pass over"
His entering the countries intimated that
this was his original design, in which he had
been interrupted by the two great powers
that had confederated against him.. England
and France, or England and Turkey, will unite
against Russia. And it seems as if a consid-
cradle effort was to be made to check Russia's
designs yet Russia is to take the countries
the side of the crossings, and then to pass over
into Asia, it would seem. The word I" over
throw" signifies the great increase of his armies
and %triumphs. To pass over' implies the
of conquest, by some great cross
ing, into a new scene of warfare.
He shall enter the glorious land" This
at once reveals his advancement into Palestine,
and shows that the passing over related to the
conquest of Asia Minor, and the Turkish en-
pire generally.
= Many countries shall be overthrow blu
these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom
and Moab, and the chief of the children of
This would literally imply the
of a great portion of Asiatic Turkey,
some exceptions. There were conquests
in Asia.
II shall stretch forth his hand also upon
the countries, and the land of Egypt shall
not escape" This expression implies the ex-
of severe sovereignty. African countries
are here referred to, as Egypt is a specific for
a generic term or a part Of the whole. "He
shall have power over the treasures of gold and
silver, and over all the precious things of
1.-THE Libyans and Philippians shall be at
his steps" This still further teaches the
unlimited dominion over Africa in the west
and south. Thus having obtained nearly all
Europe, Asia and Africa he becomes indomita-
BILE and his empire almost limitless it emulates
old Rome, as the possessor of three CONT
nents.
According to the views of MIR. Baldwin the
accomplishment Of Daniels prophecy was to
begin in 1876, continue through 1877 and
terminate before the close of April. 1878.
Should his representations turn out to be
true the near fntnre will dezelon startlinr and