San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-20
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDoN
The End of the World Is at Hand
and the Seventh Vial I'm.
corked

interview concerning the adven-
fist belief, regarding the present
Turkish troubles and their relation
to prophecy, Elder w. P. Ebert, OF
Frankton, Ind, one of the leading
opponents Of the belief said: "We
seventh day adventists believe the
present Turkish rising foreshadows
the end of the world, the destruc-
ton of its Kingdoms and the Sec
ond coming OF Jesus Christ. We
base our belief upon the fulfill
ment of prophecy, and see in the
present movement Of the nations
the gathering together Of nations
to fight the battle of ArmageddOn.
"The Ottoman power, or Mo-
hsmmedan power, is the one
meant in the ninth chapter Of
revelations to which was to be
given powers to torment five
months in prophetic time, when it
was to gain supremacy and be
given power to kill men
this is 39l years and If
teen days. The Ottman DOW
er fulfills all these conditions
for it was founded by Gilman
July 81, 1899, and for $50 years
tormented men, when it became
supreme until August IL, 1910.
When these 39l years and Is days
elapsed it killed the third part of
men, as prophecied, 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 Mahommedan
power, August IL, 1910. There
was fulfilled the first part of the
vision OF the sixth vial. The
three unclean spirits were then
loosed and went forth to deceive
the nations and they are spiritua-
lism, nihilism and infidelity, and
they are doing their work well.
They are gathering the nations to-
gether to the great battle Of Ar
mageddon. The King Of the south
possibly English power-after
overrunning Egypt, Soudan and
Turkey, will encamp in the glori-
Gus holy mountain in the holy
land and the nations will be COM
PEELED to bring their mighty
armies and munitions Of war
against this power and will en-
camp in the plains Of Armageddon.
The nations are now moving
towards that battlefield and all
their terrible implements Of mod
ern warfare will be there when the
seventh vial is poured, when the
battle OF Armageddon, which is
described in symbols in Rev., 16
chapter; II, 81, will result. The
great city of the nations will be
that tented field and it will be
divided into three parts, the
Roman power, the Mohammedan
power and the other powers repre-
sented.
The hail spoken of means can.
non balls, the earthquake the ex-
plosion OF the batteries and the
lake OF fire and birthstone will be
the battlefield itself. 1t will be a
battlefield Of humiliation and the
Kingdoms of the world will go
down to rise no more. The United
States will probably not be repre-
sented in this battle, but will be
among the remnant left to be de.
stroyed afterward. When this bat
tie occurs, as it shortly must, it's
climax will be the second coming
of Christ.
The end Of all things is even
now at the door, and the nations
cannot long strangle the Turkish
complications, as the unrest of
nations is urging them to bring
about these things for fear of
which nations are trembling. The
time is near watch ~