The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-03-18
The Bible Says the Turk Will Come
TO His End.
(By VIM. Butler.)

i The awful scourge that like ,
mighty avalanche is now devastating
the fairest parts Of Europe is not tn
time of trouble Of Daniels prophecy
but II is undoubtedly the prelude to II
Soon the Turk will make his last stan,
at Jerusalem, the day Of salvation will
end, the great day OF the Lord will
begin, the time Of trouble such al
never was will suddenly break upor
the world, the King Of glory will ap
pear, and the great conflict so long
waged with sin will forever end.
What has the Eastern question oi
the future Of the Turk to do with
Scripture, and why so much concern
about whether Turkey or some other
power shall occupy Constantinople ?
More than twenty-four centuries ago
the Lord revealed to the prophet Dan.
iel events that would take place
among earthly powers in connection
with the closing scenes of earth's his
tory, 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. And at that time shall
Michael stand up, 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 n nation even to that same
time; and at that time thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book. And many
Of them that sleep in the dust Of the
earth shall awake, some to everlasting
life, and some TO shame and everlast-
ing contempt" Dan. ii;45; ~: l, 2.
This is the conclusion of a long
prophecy that begins with the Medo-
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 COM
pact for the government of his EN-
pire; but il was soon broken, and
out of his conquests four Kingdoms
arose toward the four winds of
heaven" II was not long after this
division had been effected till Cassan-
der had succeeded in conquering all
that portion of Alexander's kingdom
lying TO the north Of Jerusalem, leav-
ing but two of the original four divis-
ions remaining. These are mentioned
in the prophecy as "the king of the
north" and "the king of the south"
Since 1853 A, d., when Constantinople
fell into the hands of the Turk, this
power has ruled over the territory
IF "the king of the north"
The prophet declares, "He (the king
If the north shall plant the taber-
lacles of his palace between the seas
n the glorious holy mountain; yet
he shall come to his end, and none
hall help him." Dan. IL: 45. This
'erse speaks of two events that all
he world has looked forward to with
great apprehension, and has expected
o see accomplished at an early date
he driving of the Turk from Europe,
md his coming to his end.
The GLORIOUS holy mountain" is
where Jerusalem is located. Zech. S:S.
I is situated between the Mediterran-
an and the Dead Sea. According to
he prophecy, the seat of government
f the Turk is to be removed from
,onstantinople and located at Jeru-
alem.
During the progress of the Balkin
var in 1912, many writers in the daily
apers and the magazines freely ex-
ressed their conviction that the time
ad come for the Turk to leave
Europe. While he was driven by the ,
'alkan allies to the verge Of Europe, ,
heir hands were stayed by the con-
erenee of the European powers in ,
ondon, and the Turk still holds Con- ,
Scarcely had the present |
'ar begun when il was freely pre- 1
icted that this would end the stay 4
the Turk in Europe. 4