Weekly journal-miner., 1913-01-01
THE TURK A SUBJECT
 OF BIBLE PROPHECY
Interesting Address on Timely Topic Delivered Recently by W.L. Sims
 In This City.


 city. Following is a synopsis of
 Rev. Sims talk:
 At such a time as this when the
 attention of many people is being
 call to the Balkan and Turkish trou-
 bles, I wish to invite your attention
 to a study of this Eastern question
 in new setting; viz: in the light of
 divine revelation as revealed in the
 scriptures of truth.
 By the pen of Daniel the proph-
 ct, the God of Heaven has made
 known the career and fate of the
 Turkish power This prophet has
 prophesied of the expulsion of the
 Turk from Europe. He has de
 clared that Jerusalem will become
 the future capitol of the Turkish
 government The driving of the
 Turk out of Jerusalem is also set
 forth in his prophecy as a sign to
 all the world of a great and solemn
 event, which is even now impending,
 and in which the peoples of all na-
 tions have a vital interest whether they are aware of 1t or not. These facts are not perceived by the wise men of the world, because they are revealed only in the prophetic Word and can be learned only from the i study of inspired prophecy.
 The Prophecy.
 That prophecy, these facts, and | that event, purpose now to show Turn with me to the eleventh chap ter of the book of Daniel, and with out prejudice let us consider what 1 the Most High has to say. In this chapter IS given an outline of events m the careers of certain of the na- tions of the old world, including Turkey, reaching from the days of the prophet Daniel down to the close of time This prophecy opens with the reign of three kings of Persia, who were to be followed by a fourth king of great wealth, who was to stir up his empire against Grecia. This fourth king of Persia was Xerxes, who was famous for his riches.
 Verse } of this chapter introduc- i es "a mighty king who should stand up and do according to, his will yet whose kingdom was to be brok- ' en and left not to his posterity, but S divided toward the four winds of f heaven. Here is a plain reference to the career of Alexander the | Great, who died suddenly at the t height Of his career, leaving no pos s terity to rule after him. His empire 1; fell into the hands of his generals, r and in the course of few years be- h came divided into four parts, ruled Il over by four of his leading com nlanders. Those four divisions lay W toward the four points of the com k pass, viz: north, south, east and tc west. |, Turkey The King of The North. c
 After few years the eastern and western divisions disappeared, being absorbed into the remaining two C the northern and southern divisions. O The northern division embraced E Thrace, which then included Asia $, Minor, and the countries lying on ci the Hellespont and the Bosphorus. T The Southern division embraced h. Egypt and its surrounding coun- e, -ries. g Whatever power occupies Egypt le is at that time the king of the fr 'outh,' and the power occupying the e. territory of the northern division " of Alexander's empire is at that V; lime the king of the north And al he power that occupies that terri B ory today is Turkey and no other. in The wars which followed be- fc ween the king of the north and the oing of the south, with the changes tt ,esulting from them are outlined in al -erses 6 to 13. Ire
 Turkey, Egypt and France. ta The king of the north is not 10 mentioned in the prophecy again ti. i'll we reach verse 40, The preced- ar ng verses, 36-3o, outline the career tlt # France during the French revo- R ution when the people threw off all piritual restraint, and became open y atheistic and introduced the wor- Er hip of reason. At the time of the ru nd'-a period just preceding the WI nd-says verse 40 of this prophetic pc hapter, shall the king of the south ha ush at him, and the king of the str orth shall come against him like ne