The New York herald., 1877-12-24

COTTON SMITHS VIEWS OF THE PLACE IN
PROPHECY OF MoHAMMEDANIsM AND TILE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
The Rev. John Cotton Smith last evening, In the
Church of tho Ascension, Fifth avenue and Tenth
street, delivered the last lecture the the
"Regious Aspects OF the Eastern Question:" the SUBJ
ject being "Thc Place in Prophecy Of Nohammeoan-
ism aud the Ottoman Empre" Tho speaker
gave an elaborate expression OF his views OF
the laws ana methods OF symbolical inter-
probation OF the Scriptures. He said:-We
start with the prophetic symbol OF tho goat
Ia tho book OF Daniel, which Daniel tells us
course, MS the Macedonian Empire, or Tho En-
pire OF Alexander tho Great, winch succeeded the
Medopersian. Then there atterward appears q little
horn upon the goat Whatever 1t Is that is repro
scented by this horn these things positively
asserted in regard to i:-"lt Is Power which shall
become very great shall down tho place OF tho
and cast down the truth to the ground it
shall craft prosper, aud 1t shall by peace de.
soy many" Tho prophet further says IN regard to II
that tins vision OF tho daily offering Of the sanctu
ary aud tho treadng OF II under loot and the trans
grcsson abomnalion shall cud after period OF 800
Gays, according to use generally understood ana
accepted In prophecy, taking yoar Tor day.
period Of $500 years II would then bc period Of
aW years from some aa'e 0onneo.co ,aaco WIN ,nis
sanctuary from its pollution shall begin and the trans
gression or abomination of GcsoiatIon cease But
Daniel says elsewhere that this abonIn alton OF deso
lat.on is to continue 1850 days, or 1,260 years.
Here then we reach this result fixing tho place OF
this Power history represented by the horn OF the
goat Take 300 years then from characteristic
date to be selected In the history 0f tho Empire Of
Alexander tho Great; thep retraco your steps L.2C0
years you will arrive at the time OF tho springng
up OF this horn or Of tho Power which It
symboiz,s Lot Us see, then, where thts
calculation will lead US The inquiry Is not an idle
ona IL To which Sir Isaac Newton devoted his
magnificent intellectual powers. Tho period OF 800
years from nny date that might be selected during Tho
time OF Alexander the Greats Empire must have
pred already It's expiration must be hand.
Ii follows, then, that from l. 260 years ago was
tile beginning OF the Power sybolzed by tho horn Of
tho goat tho vision OF DANIEL We emusi dnd, thcn
tory OF what the GrBco- Macedonian EN-
pre. IL must be Power hostile 10 Christian
Ny, trampng upon tho ordinances and holy
places OF Christian worship crafty Powcr''
and Power so fur as We can judge from the expros
used in regard TO IT, which IS to and destroy
by of tho peace which II S ablo 10 impose upon
those Christian nations which should every prin-
cipo combine for It's overthrow az an auti-Chrlstan
Power. know OF no Power which u, all these
conditions except Mohammedansm manifested
especially In tho history OF the Ottoman Turk This
Power began not lar from 200 years ago IN Arabia,
within the limits Of tho old Empirc of Alexander 1t has
been hostile TO Christianity. IL has through long
periods OF time and IN innumerabc Instances sup
pressed the ordinances OF Christian worship II
dchlcd the sanctuary the holy places by It's posses
sion OF Palestine aud Jerusalem. Now near the close
OF this period OF go years 1t IL toterng to It's nal
and irrcv fall Dr. Smith drew the Same lesson
IRON ST. john OF whom he said I'll cannot hesitate 10
express the opinion that 81 John in tho Revelation
gives prophetcaI outline Of the fortunes OF tho
Church In connection with the great world Powers
from that timo until tho end"