Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-08
SIZE THE TURKS BEING DRIVEN
FROM THE CONTINENT
or EUROPE
FULFILLS OLD PROPHECY
Seventh Day Ad,cntists Believe lhi-
Event Means the End uf
thr World.

world is watching eagerly the wa
now being waeed iu Turkey Tor Bih!'
students claim 90 see in the driving
out Of the Turk from Europe q ful
fillment Of the prophecy which dee
clarcs that The ottoman empire Is 'H
be- destroyed. and that Its dowut'
will be- the signal that the end pf 900
things Us impending The seventh
Ad,entists also believe that when this
prophecy is fulfilled. time NJ irou
BILE such as never was viii be usherci
in and the close Of all human history
viii bee here.
In speaking Of the belief Of Ad'
ventists. and how they view the "in
In Turkey, Elder j. W. Norwood pr"s
ideut Of the Arkansas conference, IN
lecture delivered at their church In
this city. said In part.
Just now the eyes Of AL the world
are focused upon the great struggle
that is going on between the Balkan
troops and Turkey. For several dr-
cades Turkey has been called tho
sick man Of the East and ere thi'
her possessions In Europe would have
been wrestcd from her II the powers
could have agreed concerning the re-
mains OF this Sick Man
"To 100000 Seventhday Adventist
scattered over the world. the strug
gle there IL OF special interest, They
see in II step towards the fulrl-
ment OF prophecy. For nearly hall
century they have looked upon "a
driving out OF the Turk. and the drT-
ing up Of the ottoman empire, ds .
direct fulfilment OF the propheclcs
and one OF the last events in mo
drama Of the world.
Turkey occupies prominent place
with other nations in the prophecies
OF the Scriptures. It's rise and 'ri-
umphs are clearly foretold In the
ninth chapter Of Revelation. Also In
the great chain Of prophecy recorded
in the llth chapter Of Daniel. which
gives an outline Of It's history Tur-
key holds an important place unler
the symbol Of "The King OF the
North After many years OF VA,
revolution. and changes. Turkey came
into nearly all that territory originally
occupied by THE King Of the North.
and thus Itself became King " the
North. BY King OF the North, oi
Kingdom of the North is meant that
territory lying north Of Palestine; for
Palestine Is where the prophet was
when he spoke this prophetic word.
AT one time Turkey had a terri
torial area Of 100000 square miles,
and population OF 60,000,000. II Is
at this time that Turkey comes into
the prophecy Of Daniel AK the Klns
Of the North The prophecy Of Rove
lation forctells the rise and develop
ment Of the Turkish empire. ana the
prophecy of Daniel forctclls its down
fall and extinction. But the prophecy
In Revelation speaks Of a time whom
the Turkish empire would be 'drleo
up In this prophecy Turkey Is intro
ducod under the symbol of the River
Euphrates. and the drying up OF u
river rs a natural symbol. Turkey has
been drying up. In 1928 Greece was
broken or. and she established her in
dependence. Algeria in 1890, with g.
000. 600 was taken from her Egypt.
with 6 O00. 600 became indcpondent IN
1867: and the same wear Scrvia and
Bosnia with combined population of
$500. 600 became independent pro
inccs. In 1873 tho Independence ~
Bulgaria and Roumella. with 600.
600 inhabitants. was declared. as also
was that of Roumanla with 5000. 600
and Montenegro with 100000 Last
year Tripou. with . 900 600 was taken
bv Italy.
There has. therefore. been grad
ual disintcrgration. "A driving M of this
power known i'm prophecy as the
the King of tho North In the
last century. therefore. Turkey has
lost AN her possessions I'm Africa and
Europc. save CoustautinoIpe. the cap
ital She now has only about ouc-half
Of her former possessions in Emopc.
The prophet Of God fortold h,r lie
cline ana fan. her dr,ing up Tn
past century has fulfilled much of .hc
prophctv.
more than Nfty years ago tho Sa,-
onthday Adventist determination ou
the strength II thO. prophecy took the
position that the ottoman empire
would finally hc crushed. blottcd out