The Republican journal., 1896-02-20

OF tne lou years III uOok lne 1uIkS
to gain their supremacy over the Greeks,
plus 80 years and Is days or 54l years
and is days, will cover the whole time
from July n, 1929, when the Turks
took Nicomeda to such time as they
will be obliged to acknowledge their de-
pendence on other powers. By adding
541 years and - days to July u, 1899, it
will take us to Aug II, 1910.
In my last article we noticed that the
Turks went down into Egypt and the
prophet in the 42d verse said of him. ''He
Shall stretch forth his hand upon the
countries; and the land of Egypt shall not
escape" Then the 43d verse continues,
''But he shall have power over the treas
ures of gold and of silver etc.
In 1889 the ruler of Egypt began war
with the Sultan for independence, and he
would have succeeded in overthrowing
the Turkish government but for the inter-
ference of other nations to save the Turks
from a complete overthrow; and from that
time until the present the Turkish En-
pire has had to rely on the help of other
powers for its existence, and we find that
it was on Aug. II, 1910, that the Sultan
resigned himself to the dictation of the
powers and thereby filed the prophetic
mold to a day.
SO we see Gods word was fulfilled and
Divine prophecy honored and the church
has a ''sure word OF prophecy" and to
them it is '.as a light that shineth in a
dark place.
The Turk coming into Europe is called
a Woe. And he has ever been a source of
trouble since he came in sight of Europe.
First as a dread and fear, as they made
their long halt in the Euphrates valley,
which was Tor years. Says Gibbon: ''Ihey
hung over Europe like a black cloud,
Second, as a strong ruling power he was
hated, watched and fought by ALL and
third, as weak, sick man he is bolstered
up by the powers that hate him the most.
Take Russia, for an example. There is
nothing she would like to do So well as to
wipe the Turks out of existence; and she
would have done it long ago but for the
other powers. Russia claims CONSTANT
nople as belonging TO her, and she has ever
been schemlng to get possession of it. And
yet we have the recent report that she has
formed treaty with the Sultan and has
thus agreed to help the very one that she
would put out of existence in short order
but for the interference of other nations.
| do not wonder politicians of every
stamp are at their wits end to know what
the next move will be. We all know that
the great powers of the world have been
changing their political position, first one
way and then another. to gain some ad
vantage, but it serves to draw them deeper
into the all perplexing Eastern Question;
and how it will be solved is a mystery to
every one except those who study and be-
lieve God S prophetic word Surely it is
profitable to be child of God. We have
seen how the Revelator described and
measured the rise and fall of the Turks in
Europe, and now we will compare what he
says of the final disposal of the Turks with
Daniels testimony. We find in the 44th
verse of the 11th OF Daniel it reads: 'But
tidings out of the east and out of the north
shall trouble him (The Sultan); there
fore he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy, and utterly to make away many"
| said in my last article that history ended
with the 43d verse. But | find many able
commentators think this velse had its
perfect fulfillment during the Crimean
war. When the Sultan was maddened by
the proceedings of the Czal of Russia on
his north and by Persia on the East, he
rushed into battle and gained several vic
tories before the French and English came
to his help. There We're about one half
lllIlIIOll HIVES IoSl III tIllS w l uIlN IL COtitt
well fulfill this prophecy,
Dr. Adam Clarke and others comment
ing ON this verse before the Climean war
thought it might mean that the Persians
on the east and the Russians on the north
would at some time greatly embarrass the
Ottoman government, and thus fulfill
this verse. Whether this verse has been
fulfilled OF not it makes no difference
with the outcome of the matter. We
read in the 18th that ''he shall plant his
tahelnaclfs Of his palace between the seas
in Ihe glorious holy mountain; yet he
shah come to his end, and none shall
help him.
The general understanding OF these two
verses is that sometime in the future
there will be some news come from the
north and east that will greatly enrage or
excite the Turks; and they will 90 forth
with great fury to kill every one that
comes in their way, and he will destroy
many lives before the Christian powers
can control him, and then the Sultan will
be obliged to leave Europe, and will go to
Jerusalem and make his last effort to re-
sist his enemies; but he will have done so
much damage, by taking so many lives,
they will pursue him into Palestine ard
there destroy him.
Let us look at the Turks present stu
alton and compare it with these two verses,
and see if there can be any other conclu-
sions than the above. 1t is the general
impression of the political and religious
world that the Turk must go and the
prophet says he must go. Every one
knows that he won't go of his own free
will. There will be great struggle, and
as the Boston Globe has well remarked,
cit is difficult to predict what effect the
raising of the green flag would have upon
the Mohammedan world" Knowing the
nature and the religion of the Turk we
can imagine how furious it would make
him to have the nations drive him from
Constantinople. 1t is then we think in
his fury that he will utterly 'make away
with many as predicted by the prophet.
But if he is driven out OF Europe where
would he go to? The prophet says he will
plant the tabernacles of his palace be-
tween the seas in the glorious holy noun
tain. This is very plain language and is
easy to be understood, as Jerusalem is be-
tween the Mediterranean and Dead Seas,
and contains many noted buildings; and,
all things considered, it is about the only