Arizona republican., 1915-03-22
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
BIBLE SAYS TURK WILL
 COME TO HIS END

1 Sir: The awful scourge that like a mighty avalanche is now devas tatins the fairest parts of Europe is not the time of trouble of Dan iers prophecy, but it is undoubted ly the prelude to it. Soon the Turk will make his last stand at Jerusa- lem, the day of salvation will enc, the great day of the Lord will be gin, the time of trouble such as rever was will suddenly break upon the world, the King of Glory will appear and the great conflict so long waged with sin will forever end
 What has the eastern question Or , the future of the Turk to do with Scripture, and why so much con- cern about whether Turkey or some other power shall occupy ,Constant- nople? More than twenty-fOur centuries ago the Lord revealed to the prophet Daniel events tha, would take place among earthly powers in connection with the clos ing scenes of earth's history, as follows:
 And he shall plant the taber- nacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. And at that time shall Micael stand uo, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same tme and at that time thy people shall be de llVered. every one that shall be found written in the book And many of them that sleep in the cust of the earth shall awake, sor,e to everlasting life, and some 10 shame and everlasting contempt" Dan. 11:45: I2:l. ?.
 This is the conclusion of long prophecy that begins with the Aledo- Persian kingdom and closes with the establishment of the eternal kingdom and the resurrection.
 Soon after the death of Alexander ! the Great. his generals formed compact for the government of his empire; but it was soon broken. anu out of his conQuests four kingdoms arose toward the four winds of heaven" It was not long after this 1 division had been effected till Cas- sander had succeeded in conquering all that portion of Alexanders king dom lying to the north of Jerusalem. leaving but two of the original four divisions remaining. These are men toned in the prophecy as the king of the north" and the king of the south Since 1453 A. D.. when Constantinople fell into the hands of the Turk, this power has ruled over the territory of the king of the north.'
 king of the north) shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy moun- tain; yet he shall come to his end. land none shall help him. Dan. 1l:45. This verse speaks of two events that all the world has look ed forward to with great apprehension, and has expected to see accomplish : ed at an early date-the driving of
 
 ing to his end.
 The glorious holy mountain" Is where Jerusalem is located Zech. S:3. It is situated between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. According to the prophecy, the sea. of government of the Turk is to hn removed from Constantinople and located at Jerusalem
 During the progress of the Balkan war in 1912, many writers in daily papers and the magazines freely eN. pressed their conviction that the tome had come for the Turk to leave Europe. While he was driven by the Balkan allies to the verge of Europe. their hands were stayed by the conference of the European pow CTS in London, and the Turk still holds Constantinople. Scarcely had the present war begun when it was freely predicted that this would end the stay of the Turk in Europe.
 Paraphrasing the scripture in th. light of simple deductions, we havs the following: The Turk shall To- cate his seat of government at Je- rusalem, and shall come to hie end and at that time Christ shall begin His eternal reign. The time oi ltroable to the nations. such as new Ter was. will follow. and at that time all Gods people. whose names are found written in the book o life, will be delivered
 The thought that Christ takes Hi. Kingdom and begins his reign at tn, beginning of this time of unparai leled trouble to the nations ma, seem strange to some. but it vii be seen to be in perfect accord witt the scripture
 Like the muffled tread of tn, thief in the night. the day of th. Lord is stealing upon us. Nor. suddenly than the present war broke over Europe and with much nor dire results. will the war of tn. great day of God break over all tn, world. The only safety in that houl will he found in Jesus.
 "He that dwelleth in the secre lplace of the Most High shall abid. under the shadow of the Almighty Ps, 9l;'>
 Very sincerely yours.
 C. A. ROBERTS. Elder of Seventh day Adventis
 Church