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A Singular Prophecy.


spective fulfillment of at least portion of the
remainder, is singular to say the least. Not
the least interesting part of the article are the
conclusions which were at the time drawn by
the Inter Ocean in reference TO it. "Should his
(Mr. Baldwin's) representations turn out to
be true" says the article, she efforts of the Eu
ropedn potOers TO patch up piece Wiu prove door-
nUe; the actual occupation Of the
by Russian troops toiH take place. Engidpd 'Om
oppose The Cars progress with a sudden and tre
1leadous onset" ETC., etc. IS
Part of these conclusions are alread verified,
and the attitude of England indicates that the
course foreshadowed for her will also be full
filled. In spite of oul incredulous smiles, we
cannot fail in view of what has already trans
pired, to read this singular prophecy with in
tcrest --
THE EUROPEAN WAR IN PROPHECY.
The military struggle which seems about to
commence between Turkey and Russia assumes
additional aspects Of interest and Importance
from the consideration that many students of
the Bible irrespective eofdenominational creeds
regard the war situation in Europe as begin
ming the tufillment of the prophecy given In
the last six verses of the eleventh chapter of
TO- And at the time of the end snull the king
of the south push at him; and the king of the
north shall come against him like whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into the coun-
tries. and shall overflow and pass over.
ii. He shall enter also into the glorious land
and many countries, shall belov9rthrown but
and Moab, and the chief of the children OF Am
mon. r..
the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
escape
of gold and of silver, and over all the precious
things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethio-
plans shall be at his steps. M
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
IS. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his
Epalaoe between the seas in the glorious molly
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 written by
the Rev. s. d. Baldwin, Presbyterian minis
| ter, of Nashville, Tenn, then President of
Soule Female College, but long deceased, was
published in 1884, When the work appeared it
attracted very wide attention. Among the
predictions was bloody and furious war to be-
| gin in 1861, and end on the ll7th day of 1864
war which exactly fulflls the term of the late
rebellion, Johnston having surrendered to
sherman April %, 1856, and thus terminated the
array of arms. From this remarkable exposi-
tion of thepropheticp parts of the Bible we copy
so much as relates to the first four verses of our
quotation from Daniel as follows:
| HAnu nU tno Time OF inc enu." InlS pef1Ou
was to be that between the first and last end.
| ings of the three and O half times, or between
1776 and 1873, or between the 290 and 1925 days.
| During this period this willful king was to
| come TO his end, but. before his end, he was to
| engage in war for some outlying countries, and
was was to to conquer and prosper Till the last end Of
| the Indignation" As this was to be the great
monarchy represented by the image that
was to be broken by the stone (since 1t was
/ Rome J. it is evident that its head must be in
Europe, ana must be the empire represented
/ by the septimo-octavo head ofthe beast in Rev.
| citation. Now, the great posyer which fills half
| of Europe and overshadows and controls the
/ rest is the rising colossus Russia; Russia there
| fore, must be the power intended as falling in
| the holy mountain. Now, as Ezekiel, almost
literally, describes Russia as falling on the
| mountains of Israeli in the latter day, he furn-
| ishes further evidence that the fourth king
dom, in the time of the end, was to be resurrec-
| ted in or by Russia The willful kingdom was
| an autocrat among nations, and so is the Rus
1.-The King of the south shall push or butt at
/ him; and the king of the north shall come
| against him like whirlwind, with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with many ships"
| The two Kingdoms, under the names north
and south, are to be identified by their relative
| positions to the Russian power,or to each other.
The king, or Kingdom, of the south would, very
| Russia; but as Turkey exists by the sutferance
| of France and England, IL 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
short fight of Il anything is to be understood
| by the figure of butting at the willful king, or
he brings on the fight. The Kingdoms of Syria
and Egypt, called the kingdoms of the, north
| and south, held about the same close relations
| to each other, and to Rome, tnat England and
| France do to each other and to Russia; only
/ they were on the east of Rome, and the case is
| now just reversed. The king Of the north is
| Great Britain. This is evident from its north
ern position, as IA great power, and from the
| immense naval, as well as land, forces it pos
sesses. No nation but a very great one would
attack the autocratic king; and no nation has
| such a navy as Britain. This north nation was
| to come like whirlwind, with his great naval
| and land forces, which are indicated by "many
ships" and 'chariots, and horsemen." The at
/ tack was to be great and furious, but, finally,
| unsuccessful; for the autocrat moves right on
| to his purpose and more than gains it, accord
| ing to the prophet
"He shall enter into the countries, and shall
| overflow, and pass over" h.b
His entering the countries, intimates that
| this was his original design, in which he had
| been interrupted by the two great powers that
had confedeIatsd against him. England and
| France. or England and Turkey, will unite
| against Russia. And it seems as ii q considera-
| BILE effort was to be made to check Russia's de-
signs, yet Russia is to take the countries this
| side Of the crossings and then to pass over into
| Asia, 1t would seem. The word "over1ow" sig
miles the great increase OF his armies and tri-
umphs. To "pass OYER implies the advance
ment of conquest, by some great crossing, 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-
I "Many countries shall be overthrown; but
these shall escane out of his hand, even Edom
| mon." This would LITERALLY imply the conquest
| OF a great portion of Asiatic Turkey, with some
| exceptions. These were conquests in Asia.
| HE shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
| countries, and the land of Egypt shall not es-
/ cape" This expression implies the exertion of
| severe sovereignty. African countries are here
| referred to, as Egypt is used as specific for q
| generic term or n part of the whole. "He shall
| have power over the treasures of gold and sill
ver.and over all the precious things of Egypt"
| "The Libyans and Philippians shall be at his
Inns st fIrIner M teacRes it tne d snt
| Thus having obtained nearly all Europe, Asia,
| and Africa, he becomes indomitable, and his
| empire almost limitless; 1t emulates old Rome,
| as the possessor of three continents.
According to the views of Mr.. Baldwin the
accomplishment of Daniels prophecy was to
begin in 1876, continae through 1871 and ter
inmate before close of April, 1878. Should his
representations turn out 10 be true the near
future will develop startling and profoundly
| interesting events In that case the efforts of
the European powers to patch up q peace will
prove abortive; the actual occupation of the
revolted provinces by Russian troops will take
place; England will oppose the Cars progress
with sudden, tremendous onset in magnif-
cent array, but without avail; Russian armies
| will victoriously cross the Dardanelles into
Turkey, making conquest of the European
portion first, then pour triumphantly into Asia
Minor, reduce it to subjection, together with
| Egypt, Palestine, and some African countries
besides. If Daniels prophecy has been accu-
rately interpreted, Russia is to become the au-
tocratic colossus among nations in the Old
| World within eighteen months from this date,
and then precipitately tumble into vast and
wonderful ruin. Our readers, with this pro-