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breaches ON THE
DOWNFALL OF TURKEY.
Downfall of Turkey Will Mark The
End of World, Says Evangelist

Downfall of Turkey Will Mark The
End of World, Says Evangelist
Turkey is doomed, and will soon
be driven out of Europe. He will ul-
timately make his last stand at Je-
rusalem, and there come to his end.
But, more important the downfall of
Turkey will also mark the close of
human probation, and the end of the
world" So predicted Evangelist L.
E. Froom, last Sunday night, at the
Adventist Chapel, in an address on
''The Downfall of Turkey" Continu-
ing, he said:
"The entry of Turkey into the
European War has widened the area
and complicated the issues. The fate
of Turkey is a live question today,
but it would become theme OF
deepest eternal interest if seen in the
light of the sure word of God. Both
, the entrance and the exit of the
Turk from Europe are subjects of
! Bible prophecy. His irruption into
Europe we studied last week from
Revelation TX The exit of the Sick
Man from Europe we shall study to-
night from Revelation XVI, and
Daniel XII"
The speaker then read Rev. XVI.
1917, where the prophet John de-
scribes the drying up of "the great
river Euphrates," preparing the way
! for the battle of the great day of
God Almighty, called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon. Into this ter
rifle conflict will be gathered all ma
tions, at the end of the world to be
ended by the second coming of
Christ.
In commenting, he said: "As the
Nile stood for Egypt, and the Tiber
for Rome, so in all modern times the
Euphrates has stood for Turkey. God
/ has frequently indicated the nation
by the river flowing through its ter
ritory. Turkey is to be dried up
In the height of her power Turkey
ruled from Persia on the east, to
Austria on the west, and from Hun
gary on the north to Egypt on the
south-a territory of more than two
million square miles. Behold the
contrast today. Province after prov
ince have been whitfield away. All
the Balkan States have slipped from
her grasp. Egypt, Tripoli, Algeria,
are gone. 1t is unique spectacle,
unparalleled in history. Soon it will
be entirely dried up But when
the Turkish power gives way the
nations will meet, like the rushing
together of mighty storm clouds, up
on the field of Armageddon."
The speaker again read from Dan,
XI, A, 45,the following words. which
were shown to refer to the last move
ments of the Turk: 'Tidings out of
rThe east anu out Of the z 71sss eas n
trouble him; therefore he shall go
forth with great fury to destroy and
utterly to make away many. And
he shall plant the tabernacles of his
palace between the seas in the glori-
Gus holy mountain; yet he shall come
ito his end and none shall help him. !"
continuing, Mr.. Froom said:
when the Turk makes his last
stand none shall help him. This sug-
gests that formerly he has had help.
For a century it has been the policy
of the European statesmen that Tur-
key must be maintained, that the bal
ance of power might be preserved.
The late Lord Salisbury said: 'Tur-
key is in that remarkable condition
that it has now stood for helf CEN
tury mainly because the great pow
| ers of the world have resolved that
| for the peace of. Christendom it is
necessary that the Ottoman Empire
should stand
"The danger mas Deen that the
exit of the Turk from Europe would
involve all Europe in death strug-
gle for the coveted Constantinople,
for the power that obtains control
of the Bosphorus will hold the bal
ance of power. Ever since the days
of Peter the Great, Russia's studied
policy has been to gain possession of
Constantlnople. Ten times during
the past two centuries has Russia
been in combat with Turkey. nearly
all of which were for the possession
of Constantinople.
But that is just what the other
powers have heretofore been deter
mined to prevent, and Turkey has
been helped by the other powers, es-
pecially by England. But the day
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