The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-12-07


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fhs Adventist faith ii ! rscet iu4sr-
view at Elwood, Indians, regarding
the present Turkish troubles and
their relation 70 prophecies Of tho
Bible, said:
THE Seventh Day Adventists
believe tho present Turkish crisis
foreshadows tho end Of tho world,
tho destruction Of its kingdoms and
the second coming Of Jesus Christ.
We base our belief upon tho fulfill.
ment Of prophecy, and see in the
present movements Of the nations
the gathering together Of the ma
tons to fight tho last great battle
Of the centuries-the battle Of Ar
mageddon.
1.-The Ottoman power, or Moham-
medan power, is the one meant in
the ninth chapter of Revelations,
to which was to be given q power
to torment men five months, or $50
years in prophetic time, when it
was to gain supremacy and be given
power to kill men :9l years and Is
days. The Ottoman empire fulfills
all these conditions, for it was
founded by Gilman, July ~, 1899,
and for $50 years tormented men,
when it became supreme until Aug.
II, 1910. When the 391 years and
Is days ended it killed the third
part of men, as prophesied, when
its power was dried up to prepare
the way of the Kings of the Lost,
which was fulfilled when France,
Russia, Prussia and England forced
their ultimatum on the Mohamme-
dan power Aug. II, 1910. Thus
was fulfilled the first part Of the
vision of the sixth vial.
"The three uncertain spirits were
then loosed and went forth to de-
ceive the nation, and they are spir-
itualism, nihilism and in6delity.
and they are doing their work well.
They are gathering the nations to-
gether to the great battle of Arma-
geddon. The King OF the South
possibly the English power-after
overrunning Egypt, Soudan and
Turkey, will encarnp in the glorious
Holy Mountain in the Holy Land,
and the nations will be compelled
to bring their mighty armies aud
munitions of war against this pow
or and will encamp in the plains Of
Armageddon.
"The nations are now moving to-
wards that battlefield, and all their
implements of modern war
fare will be there when the seventh
vial is poured, when the battle of
Armageddon, which is described in
symbols in Revelations, 10Th chap.
ter, 18th and 21st verses, will result. !
The great city of the nations will
be that tented field, and it will be
divided into three pafts-the Ro-
man power, the Mohammedan pow
sr and the other powers represented.
"The hail spoken of means can
non balls, the earth on the explo-
sion of the batteries, and the lake
Of fire and birthstone will be the
battlefield itself. 1t will be battle
IF annihilation, and the kingdoms
Of the world will go down to rise
no more. The United States will
probably not be represented in this
battle, but will be among the rem
nant left to be destroyed afterward.
When this battle occurs, as it short
y must, its climax will be the Sec
ond coming of Christ.
1.-THE end of all things is even
now at the door, and the nations
cannot long strangle the Turkish
as the unrest of ma
lions is urging them on to bring
about these things, for fear of
which nations are trembling. The
lime is near; watch !'
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