The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-11-27

him, laid a virtual trap for him at
st. Jean d'Acre where he attempted
a siege, brought up fleet to menace
him from the harbor and finally COM
PEELED him to order u retreat-the
first In his career-to save his army.
Going fArt.er we see the Turks fol-
lowing swift in his path down
through Palestine and into Egyp':
The prophet had sad, "lie shall
enter also into the glorious land -.
and the land OF Egypt shall not
escape" Egypt was wrested from
the French by the Turks and put
under tribute OF money and grain.
Thus the King Of the South at last
fell before the King Of the North and
hence is no more referred to 10 pro-
phecy. Not so, however, with Tur-
key, the King Of the North.
In the 44th and 45th verses we read
"But tidings out OF the elst and out
Of the north shall trouble him.
persia lay to the east and Russia to
the north.) 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 shall move his capItaD
between the seas Mediterranean and
Dead saas) 10 the glorious holy noun.
tam (Jerusalem) yet he shall come to
his end and none shah help him."
Undoubtedly the events here pre-.
dicted began to transpire in 1885
ia the Crimean war. At that time
we find Turkey rushing into war
with Russia over Persia. even winning
victories, aud finally defeating her
with the help of France and England.
Notice that word HELP. England and
Russia help ped Turkey against France
in 1898 1901. England and France
helped her against Russia In 1885.
All the great powers helped her
against Russia at Berlin in 1878. But
the prophet says she will again enter
a Conflict when none shall help her,
that In the conflict she will move her
capital, as Belgium and France have
done, and that soon after she will
come To her end. The present
Struggle looks dire for her God may
in mercy turn the Russian back and
spare the world little longer, but to
the casual observer the situation
seems ripe. Russia, England and
France. her one time helpers, are now
arrayed against her. Austria and
Germany seem plentifully occupied in
their own defense and there are
prophecies that imply that Germany
and Austria will eventually bow
before the Russian advance. This
leaves Turkey alone against her old
implacable foe from the northland.
The feet and armies of Russia on the
north and those Of England and
France on the south may combine to
render Constantinople uninha bita Bile
at any time. Turkey will then, In
all probability, move her capital;
sooner or later it will be forced back
to jerusalem. and before long the
empire will be wiped out What Of
IL? Well, just this: Turkey is the
last mile post along the road OF time.
Her flight from Constantinople the
last event before the closing OF mans
probation, the ushering ia of the
time of trouble such as never Was,"
the pouring cut OF the plaques Of
Gods wrath upon this wicked world,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS glorious coming
OF Christ amid the most awful scenes
this world has ever witnessed. Her
final fall comes under the sixth
plague some time at least after the
close OF probation. when the cases,
brother, Of you and me are unaltera.
bly, settled by the use we have made
of the time God gives us now. Our
last warning will be her removal from
Europe. Is MT that worth thinking
about?
God gave these nrnnhecies for lie