The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-12

In meaning, to make even the most hard
ened sinners stop and think
1.-THE GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY
OF THE LORD"
Many terrible signs, indicating that ''the
great and dreadful day Of the Lord" is at
hand.
In the light of the awful things that are
now taking place, well may we ask and
seriously consider the questions:
Was John Alexander Dowie "The Mes
senger Of the Covenant?''
Was his ministry in the spirit and power
of Elijah?
/ Rapidly transpiring events go to con-
firm the position that he was. That he
was swift and terrific witness against the
sOrcerers druggists manufacturers, sell
lers and users Of drugs, against the adul-
terers, against false swearers, and against
all other iniquities in low and high places,
must be admitted by both friend and foe.
And it is question whether any other
man could appear who, in his ministry,
would fulfill literally and with greater
success the 3rd chapter of Malachi, than
he did in his ministry.
God, through the Prophet Malachi,
promised, saying: Behold, I will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of
the GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF
THE LORD"
John Alexander Dowie's ministry stir
red the world; and his ministry is becom-
ing palmer every day in the light of de-
velOpments.
We stand at the threshold Of the GREAT
AND DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD,
as numerous events plainly and fully
prove.
Read Daniel II "A, 45 and Daniel 12:1.
'FBut tidings out Of the east (probably
Persia) and out of the north (probably
Russia) shall trouble him Turkey there
fore he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy, and utterly to make away many y
1t is held by some writer's that this was
fulfilled in 1853. 1t is fact that the Cri-
mean War was instigated by Persia on the
east, and by Russia on the north. Turkey
declared war on Russia in 1853 England
and France soon came to the help Of Tur-
key
''And he shall plant the tabernacles of
his palace between the seas in the glorious
holy mountain; yet he shall come to his
end and none shall help him..
If the position is correct that everything
in the first forty -four verses Of the 18th
of Daniel has been fulfilled, and that the
forty-ffth verse has yet to be fulfilled,
then indeed, with intense interest, may
Gods children watch the remarkable
events Of the present time
If the reference is to Turkey, then to
Turkey we must look to make the move
outlined-namely, to plant the tabernacles
Of his palace between the seas and the
glorious holy mountain.
One writer says: Palestine, which con-
tains the glorious holy mountain, the
mountain on which Jerusalem stands, be-
tween the seas (the Dead Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea- is a Turkish Province
and if the Turk should be obliged to re-
tire hastily from Europe, he could easily
go to any point within his own dominion
to establish his temporary headquarters
here properly described as the 'taber-
nacles = immovable dwellings = { Of his
palace But he could not go beyond
them. The most notable point within the
limit of Turkey in Asia is Jerusalem.
Please read again the following = the
close Of the forty-ffth verse: "Yet he shall
come to his end, and none shall help him"
and then note the following facts:
England and Russia assisted the Sultan
in the war against France in 1798-1801.
England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia
intervened in behalf of Turkey in the war
between Turkey and Egypt in 1838-184O.
England France and Sardinia supported
the Turks in the Crimean war in 1853-1856.
Since 1910 the Turkish Empire has ex-
listed only by permission of the great
powers Of Europe. When their support
is withdrawn, she must and will fall.
The Eastern Question" has been de-
fined as follows: "The driving of the
Turk into Asia, and scramble for his
territory.
"And at that time shall Michael stand