St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28
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THE TURKS IN EUROPE.

XhG ~ 0HAO AN <sO MI Ess
! First the Saracens and then the
Ottomans have l,eou the tr0ublera
of Christian Europe. All Christen.
dom rejoiced when Spain expelled
the Moorish INVADER; but the
Turks remain there still. Why does
not Europe expel them also: They
are as base as their Saracenic breth-
req. and fierce and more despotic
in their expressions Of the Chris
tians within their bounds.
] IT'S true, for . long time tho
Christians could not expel them.
Two hundred years ago, . word
lightly spoken in the harem Of Con-
stantinople would make all Europe
tremble: but now they are . shell
which the smallest Christian State
could crush. Why then are they
allowed As followers of MOhammed
still to retain their place in Europe.
and Cypress the children OF those
who once owned the land: Now
this il . strange thing from a Chris
tian standpoint, hut several rea-
sons have conspired TO produce the
fact.
William Of Orange. once King of
England. was jealous of Russia,
which has always had its eyes on
Turkey, and fearful Russia might
get too large and powerful for the
rest Of Europe, invented the silly
phrase Of ''the balance of power in
Europe" and this, all European
states men followed: and whenever
Russia was about to conquer Tur.
key, the other powers would step
in and stop her. In each time
tho giving Russia slice Of Tur-
key and taking two slices for them
selves. Thus presenting the strange
spectacle to the world Of Christian
nations warning against = sister
Chr stian pc xer to assist the abom.
Unable Turk. We hear no more now
Of ''the balance of power :" bu,
there is another reason to account
for Turkeys not being at once
overwhelmed and DESTROYED by |
some sudden overthrow in Europe, |
and this reason helng drawn from |
will be best understood |
by Bible students. but yet I trust
it is SD plain that all will UNDER
stand il.
In the 9th chapter of Revelation
tho Turks are sywbolixed BY the
river Euphrates, and It tells US thew
will be SUCCESSFUL over Christian ma
tons for 39I symbolic days or
years, till they have overrun one
third Of Chsistendom, and after
that they literally dry up" like
evaporation. That the sixth trum-
pet refers to the Ottomans, al
expositors Of the Bible are agreed.
They came from the region OF the
great Euphrates river. and Bishop
Newman. in commenting on them.
'ays: lit is certain that the first
conquest OF the Ottomans over the
occurred at the taking OF
: ltalli. in a. ID. 1881, and the last
II their cOnquests was the taking of
carmeniec in 1872" Now add
'9l years to 1891, and We have
6'2. the very year their conquests
,eased. |,
1t is reasonable therefore to ex- ,
'ect no sudden destruction OF the /
Turks. tho they will be destroyed. /,
t least. in ruling any part of Eu- +,
ope. hut it must be gradnal-liter- I
lily drying up" (Rsv. xvi. Icy Of
hat people.
Time and again the s'sick man." Z
turkey. has been Remembered by q
radual loss Ut territory; and La
maritime declared that turkey il !;
wing for want Of Turks" Thus ,
cripture must he fulfilled. The 4
turks must go. but ~e must wait .
18th patience for the ''sick man" to .
ie; but whether a Greek kingdom 4
I'll he set upon his ruins. or be d. a
lded out among other nations, the Il
ord OF God has not forct0ld. 4
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