Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-03-26

Seventh Day Adventists upon the
present European situation, as con-
nected with the second coming of
Christ and the ushering in of the
millennium. We submit it to our read
ers without comment, as we are not
an authority on the scriptures. The
article Is, however, rather interesting,
and in some respects comedies with
opinions and deductions formed by
members Of the dominant church In
Utah:
Sir Edward Grey's recent state
ment in the House of Commons that
England is in entire sympathy with
Russian access to the open sea thru
the Dardanelles, the reported declara-
ton of Minister Sazanoff in the Rus
sian Duma that Russia intends per-
manently to occupy Constantinople.
and the Sultan's removal to Asia Mi
nor are of more than ordinary inter
est to thousands of Seventh Day Ad-
ventists throughout the world. They
believe that Turkeys downfall will
be the signal for Jesus Christ's re.
turn to earth in clouds of glory, ac-
companied by thousands of angels
that the righteous dead from Adams
day to the present then will arise from
their graves in bodily form, and that
during the millennium the earth will
resemble a vast, blackened stuble
field, wicked men havig been con-
sumed by the glory of Christ's CON-
ing.
Although Seventh Day Adventists
are known universally as thorough
and ardent Bible students, 1t is safe
to say that among the lay members
Of the denomination more study has
been given to the prophesies of Dam
lei, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Revelation
since the present war broke out than
in many months before. In fact, the
entry of Turkey into the present Eu-
ropean cataclysm has revived the
study of Bible prophecy to a greater
extent than has been known since the
religious movement of 1843 and "a
The prophecy that the Seventh Day
Adventists believe refers to Turkey
is found in Daniel 11:44, 45, and 12:-
/, 2, and reads:
"But tidings out Of the East and out
of the North shall trouble him: there
fore he shall go forth with great fury
to destroy, and utterly to make away
many. And he shall plant the taber-
nacles of his palace between the seas
n 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 time of
trouble, such as there never was since
there was 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 ever.
lasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt"
Jerusalem lies between the seas"
and is called in Zachariah 8:3 "the
holy mountain" Adventists therefore
look for the sultan eventually to make
that his headquarters. But in spite of
this, the empire will come to its end
without the help it hitherto has had.
Germany either will desert Turkey, or
be prevented from rendering aid, say
the Adventists, because the Scripture
says, "None shall help him." Premier
Asouith's recent statement at Guild
hall is significant: "The entrance Of
Turkey into this war means the death
knell of Ottoman dominion, not only
in Europe, but Asia" Also, 1t is in
teresting to know that the Mohani-
medans regard jerusalem as a holy
city, more important than Mecca or
Medina, and point to 1t as gather
inp-place at the end of the world.
Seventh Day Adventists say the
"Michael" who is to "stand up" is
Jesus Christ himself because Judge 8
calls Michael the "Archangal," or
chief angel, and ! Thessalonians AIS
saws of Christ that in raising the
dead he speaks with the voice OF the
Archangel." The expression stand
up' they say, means begin to reign"
fietWeen the tiHio WHICH Nhi'oe ~
ccifsks from the Father the Kingdoms
of earth, and his appearance In the
clouds above the earth, the Advent
lists look for "time of trouble such
as never was since there was a ma
ton" They look to the gathering OF
the nations to "the war Of that great
day of God, the Almighty" culminat-
ing In the battle Of Armageddon, on
the plains of Megiddo, near Jerusa-
lem, and base their belief on Reve-
lation 1914, 10, 10.
A. G. Daniels, president OF the
World Conference Of the Seventh Day
Adventists, with headquarters In
Washington, d. c., is in the Orient
visiting the institutions and churches
of the denomination in that field, but
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