Smyrna times., 1878-05-08
Two Great Downfalls,

&c W ASfioC IIl6lF DOCKS. The TI1pl-
80 30 iSn Empire, whatever it is called in tbe
ht hhe bible, is effectually destroyed. The PanaI
L. power, Whatever that is called in the RibIo
20 th n"S ceased to be among the potentates of
re 1e the earth. Both of these have 49,.
;s nl9h'y among the nations. The one hos
70 poeI called the false prophet. The Other
u y mas been known as Babylon. Their doo,,,
- mas oeen read in the Revelation. In tLa
II oonhlcC OF opinion that has divided learned
], commentators, we do not undertake. ~
II decide between them. ''Ne W
. Dut we Go regard it as a wonderful and
= interesting fact, in this one cantnr,, o,li ',1
! within one decade, the Papal mower eSo',iJ "hJ
: oe brought down to the ground and n,i0I,u az
power OF the False Prophet crushed So
utteriy are both these enemies nrostra+oJ
nat .i@I from this time onward, neither Of
:IieNl Is 10 De OF the least account in mol,
ins an estlmate of the forces hy which tho
progress OF the gospel can be hipdered '"e
III Ihe year 1870 the Papal mower wos
stronger than it had been at anv time sinoo
.Ie reformation. 1t was regarded 90
T 1THeh!ined IN existence with the French |
umpire, It's protector. In one brief cam. |
praS.,, py,agn, tne throne of Louis Napoleon was
orosL Niteu .i' oy Protestant arms, and in the
was cast off by the people of Ttaiv RE RE
coming OF the King Of Italv mt an ond lto ~
M me ciVal power of the Roman Cbnrcb
ne 0ultan was protected in his misrnje
G Sliu oppression by the combined forcos of
G0atnoLlc france and Protestant ENGLAND
tlVetS OF blood were shed in the Crimnor
war to do that unholy work. Cbis'n Cbr;st;"n
governments upheld the representativos nf
lhe Ialse prophet, whose foot was on tho
i1GcA I9:c OF millions of protesting Christians
history VIII not furnish one event noro
iunique IN Its Inconsistency, and more il,
i',ss iI'e."1i'e OF the absorbing selfshness of
Mt. MI soEer"meht, that the support of
'uiliieuah iaNd c turkey by Christian Eng
.anN' Ior tne imaginary or real pWrnoso of
conserving British interests. The ri9b+S % of
mlillons m OF men, the march of cvili7atioo
me Tue reign OF oppression and robbery
through 400 years, the opinions of man,
Ninu ana the claims of Justice. have haan
o.e"ciiy ana coldly set aside as of no an. Y
Piec,'oIG Importance, when once weighed Il
India. ''e"' VI way into a
nut the ways of divine Providence arc +,
~ tho "s me ways OF man. Whatever were 81
d. D. Ii''en IiohS OF France in upholding the p
~ ana what schemes England had in b
IL. rio" 9y sustaining the Sultan, it has n,
or!ng to nought all the machinations oF e - -
princes and statesmen; to break fororor ~
Tue sceptre OF Popsry, and to dismenobor a
ana ana destroy the Empire of the FaIsa ~
| FOphet Both of them NAV have q 49, =. -
10 I'VE, but they are dead. Both NAV eli "e
speak dreadful words against the cai,,tr " =.
pI 2ut they can no longer drink their blood ~
! ne sword was the gospel of Islem. and - -
i"s oeeh "reSted from the hand of Mo. bI
"il'heo' 10 rule the consciences of na
NlHss' 20 put down one and set up another ~.
,, teoeEe ana send ambassadors as kim nc
Imong kings, were held to be the nrern,ae 80 90
ives OF the Head of the Romisb CbnroI ~ ~
low he hides himself in the recesses Of tt> tS
'alace' and lives on the pence that tba Oo
'oOr % SEND to him of their poverty ~; ~
Lnese are great changes in moral and ~
oilI'caI history. Either one of them ~,
ou'" stamp the character of the century ~
'o'n rushlng upon us within seven wears Tow
oniound and bewilder by their magnitude Ja, .I
"u Importance. The two great lessons an
ney teach are these: ''li' w
man proposes, but God dsposcs. II wos 81
le PnIeugcd purpose of France to maintain fess
- Po on ms throne, because he could lel,
eiP the Emperor to preserve his hold or ~
he people. 1t was the avowed nurnoso of ~;
le government of England to UNFOLD tho ~ ~
ltegrlty, OF the Turkish Empire. because ao rar
was ueemed the surest method of sorry Irn
= bfltlsh interests. But God suffered tbo a.
notion OF Napoleon the Little TO worlC oo,, oei
u ms own ruin and, with it, the dcstrnc, Th' g''
on OF the temporal power of the Pone COW ~,
lslahd was restrained from war viii f.,
'Ssia when she could have offered efFac xh.
'e resistance to the downfall of tho b;l.I
lrklsh Empire in Europe, and that En-. nc s
re Is now prostrated, never to exert ;ts r. r.
"er again over the Christian popnlations ~
IS side OF the Bosphorus, and, as we inst
ls1, never to exert its tyrannous control II;on
er those in the East. ilon ni
The other lesson is that when tho sot ma, r'ai
ne has come, it is in the easy comnoss of ~ I'M
vine power to convert this world from, ohtS y
eanlsm, superstition, error and sin. and bo
1t with knowledge, light, peace and oIos,
e; God has the hearts of kings in his oss;s
mas. lie holds the destinies of nations T,4 bove
= MS promises will not be fulfilled untiI 10 ,
Son is universal King ''' Sptic o
lie in v;o,, ec ~, oi prophecy read his bron
: decade ar " Sne Two great events of jewe
breaking of two swords.-Ne,o Yorf snnc;
'erver. "" spec
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