South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-17
SAYS MILLENNIUM
IS NEAR At HAND
Russia Will Capture CONSTANT
nOpIe and Sweep on Into the
Holy Land is Declaration of
Minister. w,
The millennium is close at hand.


Such was the declaration Of Rev. A.
Adams OF Omaha. Neb.. at the Church
OF God service at Melville hall last
night Rev Mr. Adams pointed 10
the European strife now in progress
and declared that scripturaI proph-
estes are coming 10 pass 10 the very
letter. As Rev Mr. Adams trans
lates the scriptCral prOphesies. the
final overthrow OF Turkey is at hand.
This will be accomplished by Russia,
he said. who continuing in her mill
tary dash southwark Will sweep the
Mediterranean and Black seas and
throw her forces into the Holy Land
with the aim in view OF the usurpa-
ton OF Jerusalem. But here the mil
lenium will occur. said Rev Mr..
Adams. The Lord Will appear and the
Russian bear shall come 70 his end
and none shall helr him" From
thence on will be the thousand years
rule OF Christ on earth
Points To Prophecies.
The contention that the millennium
is at hand was based on the prOph
estes OF Ezekiel and Daniel. The first
seventeen verses Of the thirty-eighth
chapter from Ezekiel and the final five
verses from the eleventh chapter OF
Daniel were cited by the pastor.
Before launching on a translation
of various passages of the scripture
the preacher gave a short history Of
Russia and her attempt 10 seize Con-
stantinOple In 1878. For some I'M
known reason the pastor stated the
Russian army was within . miles Of
the Turkish capitol when 1t suddenly
halted and never got any farther.
Here Rev. Mr.. Adams finds things
came to pass as prophesied in the
i 1T
tecnth chapter OF Ezekiel as follows
Behold, I am against thee O God
(meaning Russia). the chief prince of
Meshech and Tubal
And / will turn thee back and put
hooks into thy jaws, and 1 will bring
thee forth, al d all thine army,
horses and hosemen, all OF them
clothed with all sorts Of armOr. even
a great company with bucklers and
shields all OF them handling swords"
The time is now at hand for another
attempt by Russia to seize CONSTANT
nOple and control OF the Mediter-
ranean. asserted the speaker
He explained that we hear very lit
tie OF Russian advances because that
country is only awaiting the oppOr-
tunity to make a sudden march to the
south once more. And after this the
march into Egypt and the seizure of
the Holy Land. To prove his asser-
ton the pastor quoted the fifteenth
and sixteenth verses Of the same chap
ter OF Ezekiel as follows:
And thou shalt come from thy
place in the north parts. thou. and
many people with thee. all of them
riding upon horses. a great company
and a mighty army:
And thou shalt come against my
people of Israel as a cloud to cover
the land; it shall be in the latter days
and / will bring thee against my land.
that the heather may know me. when
I shall be sanctified in thee O God
before their eyes"
Puts Same Interpretation or Scripture
The same Interpretation is put on
the fortieth verse of the eleventh
chapter of Daniel which speaks as
follows:
And at the time of the end shall
the king of the south push at him:
and the king OF the north shall come
against him like a whirlwind. with
Chariots and with hOrsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into
the countries, and shall overflow and
pass over"
In the forty-ffth verse the pastor
found prophesy that Russia will con-
Quer and enter the Holy Land. This
verse is as follows:
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."
At this time Rev. Mr.. Adams as
serted all Jews will return and re-
ceive their Messiah.
War in the air ne said is predicted
in the statement of "a rain of fire
and birthstone" Pestilence is also due
10 follow said the pastor
The United states may be drawn
into the struggle the pastor declared.