The Republican journal., 1896-01-30
The Eastern Question,
OR HOW WILL THE TURKISH EMPIRE BE
DISPOSED OF.
Continued from Jan. 10th.

Continued from Jan. 10TH
To TIE EDITOR OF THE JoURNAL: Ny
previous article ended with the 9th verse
OF the 18th chapter of the Book of Daniel,
which referred to the prophetic history of
the Grecian Kingdom in it's divided state
And as the remaining part of the prophetic
history of these kingdoms relates to the
wars they had among tn emselves it will
be OF no special profit to the reader, so
we Will pass over few verses to where
another government or power is intro
duced. L wish to say in passing these
verses that they can be traced out in his
tory to every little detail and it should
forever silence the unbeliever i'll the truth
fulness of the Bible. Also they establish
the fact that the reader should bear in
mind viz: that the one who ruled over
Syria when spoken of in prophesy is call
ed the king of the north and the ruler
over Egypt is called the king of the south.
Before noticing the next government
brought out in this chapter we will COM
pare the 9TH and Sth verses with history
and see how perfectly they agree.
Verse I. But out of a branch of her
roots shall one stand up in his estate
which shall come with an army and shall
enter INTO the fortress of the king of the
north and shall deal against them and
snail prevail.
Those who read the explanation of the
9th verse in my last article will readily see
that the her in this verse can refer to no
one but Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy
Philadelphus (the king of the south), and
by referring to history this verse is made
plain, for we find that after the death of
Ptoemy Philadelphus Berenices brother
(Ptolemy Evergetes) took the throne. The
prophet expresses this fact by saying that
out OF a branch of her roots, OF the roots
from which she sprang, shall one stand
up in his estate Tor take the throne in his
place.. The prophet further tells us that
this one that sprang from branch of her
roots was to come with an army against
the northern king and shall prevail.
AS soon as Berenice's brother, then king
of the south, heard that his sister and her
son had been exiled by the northern king
and then cruelty murdered he marched an
army against them and would have taken
the northern king, but an instruction in
his own kingdom obliged him to return
into his own land, but he took with him
as trophies of war large quantities of sill
yer, with silver and gold vessels and over
two thousand statues, some of which
were worshipped as Gods; also number
of princes were taken captive, or as it is
expressed in the Sth verse, and shall also
carry captives into Egypt, their gods with
their princes and with their precious YES
sells OF silver and gold. and he shall CON
tinue more years than the king of the
| north AS the southern king S reign was
some five years longer than the northern
king S, thus fulfilling the last part of this
| verse, we will now pass over few verses
| that refer to the wars between these two
kings and notice the 10th verse; where a
new power is introduced. This, with the
three following verses, gives Il prophetic
account of the rising up of the Roman
government, and the first character we
will stop to notice is the prince mention
ed in the 18th verse.
| Ii we are correct in saying that the 10th
verse begins the prophetic history of the
Romans, by comparing the 10Th and
10th verses with history it makes it very
evident that the prince mentioned in the
18th verse is none other than julius
Caesar, and he who tried to bring reproach
upon him was Pompey. 1t is very inter
esting to study the history of their times,
and then notice the few words the proph-
ct takes to foretell the same facts. But
some may justly ask, how do we know
ohal VIC 1otu VeIse ielelS 70 hoIlldn pow
er or government? This chapter under
consideration was given to Daniel when
Cyrus held unrivalled sway; that is all ma
lions were subject to him, and the govern
ment was known in history as the Medic
Persian Kingdom.
That kingdom continued until it was
broken down by Alexander the Great,
who established the Grecian kingdom,
| and, as the prophet said i'm the Sd verse
he did according to his will, and as the
old saying goes of Alexander, che con
quered the world and then wept because
there were no more worlds to conquer
but whether this saying be true or not the
prophets statement of him as just refer